Jovan Uroš
Jovan Uroš Nemanjić or Ioannes Oureses Doukas Palaiologos ( gr. Ιωάννης Ούρεσης Δούκας Παλαιολόγος ) was the son of Simeon Uroš and his wife Thomais, and Ruler of Thessaly from 1371 to about 1,381th
He followed his father Simeon as emperor of the Romans and Serbs in Thessaly, but did not show too much interest in secular rule. He developed an affection for the Meteora monasteries at an early age, some of which arose under his father's rule and which he also supported financially. In 1381 he became a monk under the name Josaphat and handed over the rule to his administrator Alexios Angelos Philanthropenos , who recognized the suzerainty of Byzantium . This in turn was followed by his son Manuel Angelos Philanthropenos , who lost Thessaly to the Ottomans in 1394 . A last Christian rule in Thessaly is said to have existed in Farsala , under Stefan Uroš, who is said to have outlived his older brother Jovan for a few years. Jovan, now a monk Josaphat, helped his sister Maria in Epirus after the murder of her husband Thomas Preljubović . In the 1390s Jovan lived on Mount Athos . In 1401 he returned to the Meteora monasteries, where he died around 1422 or 1423.
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| SURNAME | Jovan Uroš |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ioannes Oureses Doukas Palaiologos; Ιωάννης Ούρεσης Δούκας Παλαιολόγος |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ruler of Thessaly (1371 - around 1381) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1371 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1422 |