Dervan (duke)
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Dervan or Derwan was an Early Slavic ruler of the Sorbs, a Polabian Slavic ancestral tribe of modern Sorbs. He was the first Sorbian ruler mentioned by name in historical sources.
The Chronicle of Fredegar mentions a "Dervanus dux gente Surbiorum" and is the only independent historical source containing details about his life
Approximate location of the areas in which Sorbian tribesmen were ruled over by Dervan in the 7th-century.
The tribe of the Sorbs under Dervan, as part of speculative reconstruction of the territories in which various Slavic tribes had pledged allegiance to Samo's tribal polity in 631
Sorbs (tribe)
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The Sorbs or Sorabi or Surbi were a medieval Early Slavic tribe, who settled between Saale and Elbe, and as a tribal confederation a region encompassing much of present-day Saxony and Thuringia. They
Dervan (duke)
…Dervan or Derwan (Latin: Deruanus, fl. 615–636) was an Early Slavic ruler of the Sorbs, a Polabian Slavic ancestral tribe of modern Sorbs. He was the first Sorbian ruler mentioned by name in historical sources. In the 7th-century Frankish…
Sorbs and their sub-tribes, Luzici, Milceni and Daleminci, seen in the southwest corner of the early West Slavic tribal area, by W. Fix, 1869
Sorbian tribes between the 7th and 11th century, by Wilhelm Bogusławski, 1861