Stefan Nemanjić

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Depiction of Stefans in a fresco , around 1308

Stefan Nemanjić ( Stefan II. Nemanja , Stefan the First Crowned ( Serbian : Stefan Prvovenčani ; Simeon or Simon ) * around 1165, † 1227 ) was the second oldest son of Stefan Nemanja and his wife Ana , and Serbian Großžupan from 1196 to 1217 and King of Raszien , the coastal countries and all Serbs in the period from 1217 to 1227. His brothers were Vukan and Rastko. Rastko, as Sava of Serbia, was to become the founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church .

Stefan Nemanjić was preferred to his older brother Vukan and enthroned as Großžupan in 1196. There were arguments between the brothers, which were only mediated by the youngest brother Rastko. In 1217 he received from Pope Honorius III. the royal insignia. During his reign, Raszien got its own Christian-Orthodox archbishopric in 1219 . In 1221 he was consecrated once again, this time according to the Orthodox rite by his brother Sava, who was Archbishop of Raszien.

Above all, Stefan Nemanjić was distinguished by his skillful diplomacy , with which he consolidated the independence of the Serbian state that his father had begun. He was first with Eudokia, the daughter of the Byzantine emperor Alexios III. married, and then to Anna Dandolo , granddaughter of the Venetian doge Enrico Dandolo . His son from his first marriage, Stefan Radoslav , was chosen as his successor .

The Church of St. Venerable Simon the Monk (Darosava) is dedicated to him.

literature

  • Stefan Nemanjić . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 8, LexMA-Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-89659-908-9 , column 86.
  • John Van Antwerp Fine, jr .: The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. The University of Michigan Press, 1994, pp. 49-94.

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predecessor Office successor
Stefan Nemanja Großzupan of Serbia
1196–1217 		himself as king
none King of Serbia
1217–1227 		Stefan Radoslav
personal data
SURNAME Stefan Nemanjić
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stefan II Nemanja; Stefan the first crowned
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Serbian Großžupan
DATE OF BIRTH between 1150 and 1196
DATE OF DEATH 1227