"The Unknown Archont"

The House of Vlastimirovic is named for Knez Vlastimir who was the great great grandson of the Unknown Archont who led the Serbs to the Balkans from White Serbia (modern day Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine) during the reign of Byzantine emperor Heraclius somewhere between 610 - 641. House of Vlastimirović (ca. ... Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe southeastern Europe (see the Definitions and boundaries section below). ... This is a list of Byzantine Emperors. ... Flavius Heraclius Augustus (c. ... Events October 4 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. ... Events Founding of the city of Fostat, later Cairo, in Egypt. ...

The Unknown Archont must have been an incredible leader. He lead the Serbs in White Serbia, then defeated the Eurasian Avars in central Europe, then lead the Serb tribe thousands of miles to the shores of the Adriatic Sea, the Sava river and the Morava river valley after negotiating this land with Heraclius as payment for having defeated the Eurasian Avars. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos writes in De Administrando Imperio that the Serbs received in Rascia / Raska, Zachumlie/Zahumlje, Trebounia/Travunia, Zeta/Duklja, Bosnia/Bosna and Pagania/Paganija. Internal struggles started immediately after the Serbs settled these parts. The Avars were a nomadic people of Eurasia who established a state in the Volga River area of Europe in the early 6th century. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... The Adriatic Sea Source: NASA The Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. ... Sava also Save (in German: Save; in Hungarian: Száva) is a river in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ... There are several European rivers called Morava: Morava river, Central Europe Morava rivers, Serbia Morava is also the Czech name for Moravia, the eastern part of the Czech Republic. ... Flavius Heraclius Augustus (c. ... The Avars were a nomadic people of Eurasia who established a state in the Volga River area of Europe in the early 6th century. ... Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos (the Purple-born) (905 – November 9, 959) was the son of Byzantine emperor Leo VI and nephew of Alexander III. He earned his nickname as the legitimate (or more accurately legitimized) son of Leo, as opposed to the others who claimed the throne during his lifetime. ... De Administrando Imperio is a scholarly work from ca. ... Raška (Raschka, Rascia, Rassa) was the central and most successful medieval Serbian state (or župa, area ruled by a župan) that unified neighboring Serbian tribes into the main medieval Serbian state in Balkans. ... Zahumlje Travunia in the 9th century, according to [[De administrando imperio]] Greek map of Serb lands in the 9th century, according to [[De administrando imperio]] Constantine VII, De Administrando Imperio, Chapter: 32 [[1]] Bordered by Serbia to the north, Travunia. ... Travunia Travunja Travunians Travunia in the 9th century, according to [[De administrando imperio]] Greek map of Serb lands in the 9th century, according to [[De administrando imperio]] This was a medieval principality located in todays Hercegovina and Southern Dalmatia. ... Zeta can refer to: Zeta (letter), a letter of the Greek alphabet. ... Duklja (Latin: Doclea or Dioclea, after the town of Dioclea) was a vassal state of Byzantium until it won its independence in 1042, ruled by the Vojislavljevic Dynasty, located in Zeta, or modern Montenegro and northern Albania including the city of Shkodër. ... The source of the Bosna river on the outskirts of Sarajevo. ... Paganija or Pagania or Narenta or Neretva Pagania in the 9th century, according to De administrando imperio Greek map of Serb lands in the 9th century, according to De administrando imperio This was a medieval principality located in todays Central Dalmatia. ...

The Unknown Archont was displaced early after the settlement of the Serbs. Other chiefs vied for power. The Unknown Archont died in 680. Events October 10 - Battle of Kerbela November 12 - The Sixth Ecumenical Council opens in Constantinople The Bulgars subjugate the country of current-day Bulgaria Pippin of Herstal becomes Mayor of the Palace Umayyad caliph Muawiyah I succeeded by Yazid I ibn Muawiyah Erwig deposes Wamba to become king of the...

See also

• List of Serbian monarchs