Krajina Belojević

Who is Krajina Belojević?

Krajina Belojević was the župan of Travunia, an administrative unit of the Principality of Serbia, in the 9th century. In 847/848, not long after the three-year Bulgarian–Serbian War in which Prince Vlastimir of Serbia defeated the Bulgar army sent by Presian I, Krajina married the daughter of Prince Vlastimir and gained a raising in rank, and was entitled the županate centered around Trebinje, which had earlier been held by Krajina's father, the local lord Beloje. His father-in-law was the eponymous founder of the Vlastimirović dynasty, which would rule Serbia until 969. Krajina continued the office under Mutimir. With the unnamed daughter of Vlastimir, Krajina had a son that would succeed him, Hvalimir. Hvalimir in turn had a son, Čučimir, who was the last known Belojević in charge of Travunia, as it Serbia fell to the Byzantine Empire, in ca. 969.