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White Croats (Byelohravati) is the designation for one group of Slavic
Slavic peoples

The Slavic Peoples are a linguistic branch of Indo-European peoples, living mainly in eastern Europe. From the early 6th century they spread from their original homeland to inhabit most of eastern Central Europe, Eastern Europe and the Balkans....
 (Croatian) tribes which migrated to Dalmatia
Dalmatia

Dalmatia is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, situated mostly in modern Croatia and spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast....
 (the coastal part of today's Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
) as part of the migration of the Croats
Croats

Croats are a South Slavs nation mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 5 million Croats living in the southern Central Europe region, along the east bank of the Adriatic Sea and an estimated 9 million throughout the world....
 in 610-641 A.D. Their homeland, defined by Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788....
 as "the inland regions of Silesia
Silesia

Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in present-day Poland, with parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas....
 and Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southeastern corner of the country. It should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers just a part of the historical region of Lesser Poland...
", has as White Croatia
White Croatia

White Croatia is a vaguely defined area, said to lie somewhere in Central Europe, near Bavaria, beyond Hungary, and adjacent to the Frankish Empire" from which the White Croats crossed the Carpathian Mountains and migrated in the 7th century into Dalmatia ....
.

In the late 10th century, White Croats were one of the tribes ruled by Slavnik's dynasty. In 995 A.D.






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White Croats (Byelohravati) is the designation for one group of Slavic
Slavic peoples

The Slavic Peoples are a linguistic branch of Indo-European peoples, living mainly in eastern Europe. From the early 6th century they spread from their original homeland to inhabit most of eastern Central Europe, Eastern Europe and the Balkans....
 (Croatian) tribes which migrated to Dalmatia
Dalmatia

Dalmatia is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, situated mostly in modern Croatia and spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast....
 (the coastal part of today's Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
) as part of the migration of the Croats
Croats

Croats are a South Slavs nation mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 5 million Croats living in the southern Central Europe region, along the east bank of the Adriatic Sea and an estimated 9 million throughout the world....
 in 610-641 A.D. Their homeland, defined by Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788....
 as "the inland regions of Silesia
Silesia

Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in present-day Poland, with parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas....
 and Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southeastern corner of the country. It should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers just a part of the historical region of Lesser Poland...
", has as White Croatia
White Croatia

White Croatia is a vaguely defined area, said to lie somewhere in Central Europe, near Bavaria, beyond Hungary, and adjacent to the Frankish Empire" from which the White Croats crossed the Carpathian Mountains and migrated in the 7th century into Dalmatia ....
.

In the late 10th century, White Croats were one of the tribes ruled by Slavnik's dynasty. In 995 A.D. Czech warriors from Bohemia
Bohemia

History...
 invaded the White Croat tribe and destroyed their capital at Libice
Libice nad Cidlinou

Libice nad Cidlinou is a village in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is one of the oldest settlements in Bohemia, located 5 km southeast of Podebrady at the confluence of the Cidlina River and Elbe rivers....
. Soon after the Byelohravati were invaded by the new Polish kingdom. The last ruler, Sobebor
Sobebor

Sobebor was the brother of Saint Adalbert of Prague, son of Strezislava and Slavnik and a friend of Polish king, Boleslaus the Brave. He was equally powerful as the Premyslid dynasty in his time, for example, he was able to mint his own money....
 (Sobjeslav), was killed near Prague
Prague

Prague is the Capital and World's largest cities of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavn? mesto Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City....
 by Polish forces in 1004 A.D.

The White Croats should not be conflated with the eponymous East Slavic
East Slavic

East Slavic can refer to:* East Slavic languages* East Slavs...
 tribe, which, according to the Russian Primary Chronicle, inhabited the vicinity of Przemysl
Przemysl

File:Przemysl - Panorama z Kopca Tatarskiego.jpgFile:Przemysl - Rynek.jpgPrzemysl is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of 30.06.2008....
 in the 10th and 11th centuries. They were the neighbours of the Ledzianie.

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