House of Nemanjić
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| Country | Serbia |
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| Ancestral house | House of Vlastimirović |
| Titles | Grand Prince (Велики Жупан/Veliki Župan), King (Краљ/Kralj), Emperor/Tsar (Цар/Car) |
| Founder | Stephen Nemanja |
| Final sovereign | Stephen Uroš V |
| Founding | 1166 |
| Dissolution | 1371 |
| Ethnicity | Serbian |
| Cadet branches | House of Miroslav (House of Nikolić) |
The House of Nemanjić (Serbian: Немањићи, Nemanjići) was a Medieval Serbian noble house and dynasty that ruled Serbia from 1166 to 1371. It was a branch of the House of Vlastimirović.
The "Stefan" dynasty - House of Nemanjić was named after Stefan Nemanja. It was descended from the cadet line of the House of Vojislavljević. The House of Nemanjić produced eleven Serbian monarchs between 1166 and 1371.
After Stefan Nemanja had taken Stefan as his name, all the subsequent monarchs of the house used it as sort of title. Soon it became inseparable from the monarchy, and all claimants denoted their royal pretensions by using the same name, in front of their original names.
Rulers of this dynasty wore the titles Grand Princes of Rascia from 1166. After the crowning of Stefan the First in 1217, the full title of the dynasty was King of the land of Rascia, Doclea, Travunia, Dalmatia and Zachlumia, although a shorter version of the title was King of the Serbs. Following the elevation of members of the dynasty to the status of Emperors in 1346, the title became Tsar of All Serbs, Albanians, Greeks and Bulgarians.
The family crest was a bicephalic argent eagle on a red shield, inherited from the Byzantine Paleologus dynasty.
The House of Nemanjić ruled the Serb lands between c. 1166 and 1371.
Compared with other dynasties of Serbian lands, which usually lost their position in much less than a century, the Nemanjićs were exceptionally mighty and well-sustained ruling dynasty, and their legacy is respected among Serbs.
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Rulers
The House of Nemanjić, fresco from Visoki Dečani monastery
- Licinius For unknown reasons, Licinius was traditionally for centuries throughout the entire Serbian historiography considered as a Serb and as a forefather of the House of Nemanjić.
- Stefan Nemanja also Stefan I, Nemanja (ca 1166-1199)
- Vukan II Nemanjić (1196 - 1208), elder son of Stefan Nemanja
- Stefan Prvovenčani (Stefan the Firstcrowned) also Stefan II, Nemanja (1199- 1228), younger son of Stefan Nemanja
- Đorđe Nemanjić (1208 - 1243), Ruler of Zeta
- Stefan Radoslav (1228 - 1233)
- Stefan Vladislav I (1234 - 1243)
- Stefan Uroš I (1243 - 1276)
- Stefan Dragutin (1276 - 1282)
- Stefan (Uroš II) Milutin (1282 - 1321)
- Stefan Vladislav II (1321 - about 1325)
- Stefan (Uroš III) Dečanski (1321 - 1331)
- Stefan (Uroš IV) Dušan (Dušan the Mighty) (1331 - 1355), King of Serbia (1331 - 1346); Tsar of Serbs and Greeks (1346 - 1355)
- Stefan Uroš V (Uroš the Weak) (1355 - 1371), tsar
- Tsar Simeon-Siniša of Epirus (1359 -1370), son of Stefan Uroš III and the Greek Princess
- Tsar Jovan Uroš of Epirus (1370 - 1373), son of Simeon-Siniša; is the very last ruler of Epirus
See also
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| Medieval Principality of Serbia (Rascia · Doclea-Zeta Zachlumia · Travunia) |
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Serbia Portal |
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- House of Vojislavljević
- House of Kotromanić
- History of Serbia
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- History of Herzegovina
- History of Dalmatia
- Nemanjić family tree
Sources
- The Serbian Unity Congress - Serbian Medieval History.
- Fajfrić, Željko. Sveta loza Stefana Nemanje.
- Veselinović, Andrija & Ljušić, Radoš (2001). Српске династије, Platoneum.
- Ćorović, Vladimir (2005). ИЛУСТРОВАНА ИСТОРИЈА СРБА, Book II, Third Age, Politika.
- CD Chilandar by Studio A, Aetos, Library of Serb Patriarchate and Chilandar monastery, Belgrade, 1998
- Intervju - ДИНАСТИЈЕ и владари јужнословенских народа. Special Edition 12, 16 June 1989.
- Markuš, Jovan. Родослови династија из Зете и Црне Горе
External links
- Medieval Serbia - The Nemanjics
- Chilandar - Nemanjic Dynasty
- Serb Land of Montenegro - The Sacronist Nemanjic Dynasty
- Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Serbia - Grand Zupan of Serbia, 1166-1217, Nemanjic dynasty, Chapter 3 - Kings of Serbia 1217-1346, Tsars of Serbia 1346-1371, Nemanjic dynasty
- Serbian Unity Congress - Serbian Medieval History. Nemanjic Dynasty: Stefan Nemanja, Stefan Prvovencani (the First-crowned), Stefan Uros I, Stefan Dragutin, Stefan Uros II Milutin, Stefan Uros III Decanski, Stefan Uros IV Dusan, Stefan Uros V
- Genealogy of the Nemanjiden
- Holy bloodline of Stefan Nemanja by Željko Fajfrić (Serbian)
- History of the Serb People (Third Age) by Vladimir Ćorović. Stephen Nemanya, The Latin Empire and the creation of the Serb Kingdom, Serbian interregnums, Western Orientation in Serbia, Serbia as the main Balkan power, Pressing the Bulgarians as the main Serbian rivals, Creation of a Serbian Empire, The Work of Tsar Dusan, The Fall of the Serbian Empire (Serbian)
- The Genealogies of the dynasties from Zeta and Montenegro by Jovan B. Markuš. The Nemanjics: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5 (Serbian)
- The Nemanjics (Serbian)
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