Porga (Greek: Ποργά) or Porin (Greek: Πορίνος), was an early ruler of the Duchy of Croatia during which rule the Croats were baptized. He succeeded his father as the archon of Croats, who ruled when the Croats successfully fought the Avars during the reign of Byzantine emperor Heraclius (610–641).
Porga (Greek: Ποργά) or Porin (Greek: Πορίνος), was an early ruler of the Duchy ofCroatia during which rule the Croats were baptized. He succeeded his...
related and connected to Croats and Croatia. Christianisation ofCroats began in the 7th century at the time of archon PorgaofCroatia, initially probably...
verifiable. The Croats started gradually converting to Christianity under the rule ofPorga in the 7th century. The areas of modern-day Croatia located in...
The earliest recorded Croatian archons, referred to by the Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus, was father ofPorga and Porga himself. After their participation...
Christianity. Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus claimed that Duke PorgaofCroatia, who had been invited into Dalmatia by Heraclius, sent to Emperor Heraclius...
ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom (approximate date). At the request ofPorgaofCroatia, one of the first dukes or princes (Croatian: knez) of Dalmatian...
this at the incentive of emperor Heraclius (610–641), then of Duke Porga who mainly Christianized his people after the influence of missionaries from Rome...
Crusade). PorgaofCroatia (died 660), last pagan ruler of the Principality of Dalmatian Croatia Vlastimir of Serbia (died 851), last pagan ruler of the first...
first king ofCroatia. He became Duke ofCroatia c. 910 and was crowned king in 925, reigning until 928. During Tomislav's rule, Croatia forged an alliance...
priests and deacons, which then baptized Croats." Historical sources mention the christening ofCroatian rulers Porga, Vojnomir, Višeslava, Borna, Ljudevit...
settled in Croatia under Totila's leadership. The Croatian ethnonym Hrvat, as well of those five brothers and sisters and the early ruler Porga, are often...
Branimir (Latin: Branimiro) was a ruler of Duchy ofCroatia who reigned as duke (Croatian: knez) from 879 to c. 892. His country received papal recognition...
parts of the former Roman province of Pannonia. The term Lower Pannonia (Latin: Pannonia inferior, Hungarian: Alsó-pannoniai grófság, Serbo-Croatian: Donja...
soon started accepting Christianity during the time ofPorga, the first known archon of Duchy ofCroatia. Others who stayed in their Carpathian homeland continued...
Domagoi) was Duke ofCroatia from 864 to 876, and the founder of the Domagojević dynasty. He usurped the Croatian throne after the death of Trpimir I and...
Mutimir, was a duke (Croatian: knez) of the Duchy ofCroatia and reigned from 892 to around 910. He was a member of the House of Trpimirović. Muncimir...
ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom (approximate date). At the request ofPorgaofCroatia, one of the first dukes or princes (Croatian: knez) of Dalmatian...
Trpimir I (Croatian pronunciation: [tř̩pimiːr př̩ʋiː], Latin: Trepimerus/Trepimero) was a duke (Croatian: knez) in Croatia from around 845 until his death...
Zdeslav (Croatian pronunciation: [zdêslaʋ], Latin: Sedesclavus) was a duke (Croatian: knez) in Croatia from 878 until his death in 879. He was from the...
duke of Slavs in Lower Pannonia, who ruled from c. 790 to c. 800 or from 791 to c. 810 over an area that corresponds to modern-day Slavonia, Croatia. The...
historiography, Iljko was a duke (Croatian: knez) in Croatia from 876 until 878, and a member of the Domagojević dynasty, probably the son of Domagoj. However, it...
duke (Croatian: knez) in Croatia from around 835 until his death around 845. Mislav came to power at some point after Vladislav as the Duke of Dalmatian...
in power in 823 in parts of Dalmatia known as the Duchy of the Croats. Ljudemisl was the maternal uncle of Borna, the Duke of Dalmatia (r. 819–821). After...