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Duke Branimir 880s, spoke old Slavic Chakavian from the Dalmatian hinterland.
Duke Branimir 880s, spoke old Slavic Chakavian from the Dalmatian hinterland.
Mr Branimir is the first Croatian, really. His tribe the old Slavic Chakavian speakers are the first Croatians (Hrvati).
Mr Branimir is the first Croatian, really. His tribe the old Slavic Chakavian speakers are the first Croatians (Hrvati). Early medieval Western Balkans must had have multiple Slavic ethnic tribes which there history has not been recorded. They were all Identified as Slavs a Greco-Roman perspective. The Slavs found themselves living amongst a medieval multi-ethnic region. It was the most powerful chieftains, leaders who left a mark on history.
The first question I ask how far back does one go in proclaiming Croatian nationhood. In the past the Yugoslav Communist party, Pan-Slavism and the Croatian Nationalistic movements have taken this to extremes.
==== Sources ====
==== Sources ====
''"The reason for the pope's sharing such concerns with a Croatian prince is that Bulgaria apparently bordered Croatia ... Branimir (879–892) appears in no less than five Latin inscriptions. One of them was found in Nin and calls Branimir..."''
''"The reason for the pope's sharing such concerns with a Croatian prince is that Bulgaria apparently bordered Croatia ... Branimir (879–892) appears in no less than five Latin inscriptions. One of them was found in Nin and calls Branimir..."''
'''Rough Time line:'''
* Carolingian Empire (Franks) - Dalmatian Ducatus. Leader Borna ''a'' Guduscani (a Germanic tribe related to the Goths)
* Carolingian Empire (Franks) - Dalmatian Ducatus. Leader Vladislav a Slav.
* Carolingian Empire (Franks) - Dalmatian Ducatus. Leader Mislav a Slav. He ruled from Klis in central Dalmatia, when he made Klis Fortress seat to his throne.
* Carolingian Empire (Franks) - Dalmatian Ducatus. Leader Trpimir I (the founder of the Slavic House of Trpimirovic). Then Zdeslav (864,878–879) • Domagoj (864–876) • Iljko (876–878)
* Ducatus Chroatorum- Leader Duke Branimir (dux sclavorum & dux cruatorum)
* Slavs (intermixed with Sarmatians)
* Slavs (intermixed with Sarmatians)
* Within the Kingdom of Croatian (925–1102AD) all of her citizens weren't ethnic Croatian Slavs.
* Within the Kingdom of Croatian (925–1102AD) all of her citizens weren't ethnic Croatian Slavs.
== The Kingdom of Croatian was ruled by a Slavic nobility from the Dalmatian hinterland ==
== The Kingdom of Croatian was ruled by a Slavic nobility from the Dalmatian hinterland ==