Vukan Nemanjić
Vukan Nemanjić ( Cyrillic Вукан Немањић , * around 1165; † 1208 ) was the eldest son of Stefan Nemanja and his wife Ana . Vukan was king of Zeta (1196–1208). By temporarily dismissing his brother Stefan II "the first crowned" he was temporarily also Grand Duke of Raszien (1202-1205), the heartland of Serbia. Her second brother, who later became Saint Sava of Serbia, mediated this conflict .
Vukan had three sons: Đorđe , Stefan and Dmitri , whose great-granddaughter Milica was the wife of Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović .
The Vukan Evangelist is named after him.
literature
- John VA Fine: The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. The University of Michigan Press, 2009, pp. 42-50.
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SURNAME | Vukan Nemanjić |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Вукан II Немањић |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of Zeta and Prince of Rascia |
DATE OF BIRTH | before 1196 |
DATE OF DEATH | after 1208 |