Milceni

The Milceni or Milzeni (Czech: Milčané; German: Milzener; Polish: Milczanie)[nb 1] were a West Slavic tribe, who settled in the present-day Upper Lusatia region.

[1] Stanisław Urbańczyk reconstructed the ethnonym as Mělъčane, meaning inhabitants of an assumed river called *Mělъcъ or *Mělъča, with similar argumentation by E. Eichler and H. Walther, possibly as an older name of upper Spree.

[1] However, that hypothesis ignores consonant "z" and suffix "-jane", which would reject a form of Milčane, and suggest derivation of Milzane/Milzeni < *Milъt-jane < *Milit-jane from Latin milites (possibly also the case with the Miloxi's name mentioned by Bavarian Geographer).

The hills of Burkau near Kamenz formed a natural boundary for the Milceni in the west, while their territory bordered that of the Besunzane in the east.

[1] Henry the Fowler, King of the Germans, defeated the Slavic tribe in 932 and demanded conversion to Christianity, although this was only partially successful.

[6][8] There's lack of information about the princes of Milceni and Lusici, possibly of Milzeni being certain venerabilis senior Dobremirus married to Saxon count's daughter and father of Emnilda (wife of Bolesław I the Brave), mentioned by Thietmar of Merserburg.