White Serbs
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Not to be confused with Serbs
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| White Serbia (northwest part of the map) bordered by Poland, Bohemia, Bavaria | |||||||||
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~10,000 |
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| Lusatian Sorbs, Poles (West Slavs) |
White Serbs (Serbian: Beli Srbi) were a Slavic tribe, which lived in the region around river Elbe (today in eastern Germany and western Poland) in the Early Middle Ages. The direct descendants of White Serbs are present-day Lusatian Serbs (Sorbs). The land where White Serbs lived is known as White Serbia.
De Administrando Imperio reports that "these Serbs come from the non-Christianized Serbs, called the White Serbs, living beyond the Turks (Hungary) in the area which they call Bojki (Bohemia). The Franks and Great Croats i.e. non-Christianized Croats, also called White Croats, are their neighbours. There, then, have these Serbs lived from olden times."
Some White Serbs migrated to the Balkans in 610-641 led by the Unknown Archont. The White Serbs were first given and settled in the province of Thessalonica (Serbian: Solun) by the Roman emperor Heraclius as a gift because of their victory against the Avars of Dalmatia. They settled in an area called "Srbiste" or "Srbiti" situated west of Thessalonica. Later, they resettled in today's Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro (Paganija, Zahumlje, Travunija, Duklja, Rascia, later parts of the 14th-century Serbian Empire).
The Greek Serbs stayed in the area of Thessalonica. But with the passing of time they assimilated with the Greeks. The Serbian name (etymology) and Serbdom (culture) was preserved by the descendants of those Serbs who wished to return to the Serbian homeland of today's Poland, but resettled in Central Balkans.
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