Carantania

Carantania
*Korǫtanъ
658–828
CapitalKarnburg
Common languagesProto-Slavic
GovernmentMonarchy
Historical eraEarly Middle Ages
658
• Tributary to Franks
745
• Integration to Franks
828
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Samo's Empire
Francia
Today part ofAustria
Slovenia

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.