Carantania
Early medieval Slavic principality / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carantania, also known as Carentania (Slovene: Karantanija, German: Karantanien, in Old Slavic *Korǫtanъ), was a Slavic principality that emerged in the second half of the 7th century, in the territory of present-day southern Austria and north-eastern Slovenia. It was the predecessor of the March of Carinthia, created within the Carolingian Empire in 889.
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Carantania *Korǫtanъ | |||||||||
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658–828 | |||||||||
Capital | Karnburg | ||||||||
Common languages | Proto-Slavic | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Historical era | Early Middle Ages | ||||||||
658 | |||||||||
• Tributary to Franks | 745 | ||||||||
• Integration to Franks | 828 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Austria Slovenia |
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