Stefan Uroš V.

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Stefan Uroš V. the weak

Stefan Uroš V. "the weak" ( Serbian : свети Стефан Урош V. - нејаки) (* 1337 - † December 4, 1371 ), also known as Uroš the weak (Uroš Nejaki) from the Nemanjić dynasty, was the Serbian king ( 1346–1355) Co-regent of his father Tsar Dušan , after Dušan's death he succeeded him as the second Serbian Tsar (1355–1371).

Life

Stefan Uroš V. was the only son of Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan and Helena of Bulgaria, the sister of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria . He was crowned king in 1346 after his father elevated himself to emperor, making him co-regent of his father. After the death of his father in 1355 he became the sole ruler, but nevertheless remained largely dependent on his mother and the princes.

Unable to rule over the great empire of his father, Uroš V could not even repel the attacks of the enemy. The Serbian Empire was divided into many principalities, some of which did not accept the rule of Stefan Uroš V. The first big challenge for Stefan was when his uncle Simeon Uroš Palaiologos tried to take the throne. Simeon was defeated in 1356 and moved to Thessaly and Epirus , where he ruled with the title of Emperor of the Romans and Serbs . As a result, Stefan Uroš also lost territories in what is now Greece that his father had conquered. At the end of his reign his rule only existed in the area between the Šar Planina and the Danube , the Serbian princes in Macedonia had declared themselves de facto independent.

Stefan Uroš died childless in December 1371. A large part of the Serbian principalities in the south was conquered by the Ottomans after the Battle of the Mariza in the same year. As a result of this defeat, the territory of Lazar Hrebeljanović emerged as the new core area of ​​the Serbian state, as Lazar had a large area of ​​power in the north of the country. After the great conquests of his father Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan, Serbia fell victim to the nobility.

The exceptional humility and tolerance of Stefan Uroš was the main reason why he was called weak . This was also the reason why he was canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church 211 years after his death . His body is kept in the Jazak Monastery on Fruška Gora Mountain .

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Stefan Uroš IV. Tsar of Serbia
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SURNAME Stefan Uroš V.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ruler of Serbia
DATE OF BIRTH 1337
DATE OF DEATH December 4, 1371