Carantanians

thumb|Carantanian Prince sitting on the Prince's Stone Carantanians (, ) were a Slavic people of the Early Middle Ages (Latin: , or "Slavs called Carantanians"), living in the principality of Carantania, later known as Carinthia, which covered present-day southern Austria and parts of Slovenia. They are considered ancestors of modern Slovenes, particularly Carinthian Slovenes.

Boruth, also Borut (from , "fighter") or Borouth, (died about 750) was the first documented Slavic prince (Knyaz) of Carantania, ruling from about 740 until his death. He was one of the few pagan leaders of the Carantanians to convert to Christianity.

Slovenian saint

Caranthian duke