Baldovin (knez)

Baldovin ( sr-cyr, Балдовин; ) was a Serbian ''knez'' (duke) and ''kaznac'' (financial chancellor) that served King Stefan Uroš III (). He held the province around Vranje.

Life

According to Konstantin Jireček, he was most likely born in Kotor. Most scholars maintain that Baldovin was a nobleman mentioned by both his titles (knez and kaznac), although some theorize that there were in fact two magnates by that name.Društvo istoričara SR Srbije 1976, p. 18: "О родбинским односима кнеза Балдовина и жупана Мажьушата види 'В. Сп. Радойичин, Феудалиа породица Багаш, Враъьски Гласник 1 (1965), 20. Ако би била иста личност кнез Балдовин и казнац Балдовин‚ онда би Балдовин био родом из Котора ..." Baldovin was possibly an ancestor of the Bagaš noble family.

Metropolitan Arsenije of Prizren, ''kaznac'' Baldovin, ''vojvoda'' Gradislav, '' župan'' Vratko, ''knez'' Grgur Kurjaković, ''stavilac'' Miloš (title mentioned for the first time), ''vojvoda'' Dejan Manjak, Gradislav Sušenica, Nikola Buća, and archdeacon Marin Baranic, all signed the document issued by Stefan Uroš III, dated 22 January 1325, for the sale of some maritime possessions to the Republic of Ragusa. The possessions, Ston and Pelješac, were officially handed over in 1333, with Baldovin also being present.

He ruled over the province around Vranje, which he had received from King Stephen Uroš III. The King's chrysobull mentioned "Baldovin and his children", who received the "Church of St. Nicholas in Vranje, the villages, the march, the vineyards, the ''katun'', the meadows, the mills, and all sides of the village ranje"Феудална породица Багаш: "Наиме, кнезу Балдовину Багашу и његовој деци за њихово „правоверно поработаније“ (службу) краљ Стефан Урош трећи Дечански (1321 – 1331) „даровао је Цркву св. Николе у Врању са селима Горње и Доње Врање и Собина и с међама и с виноградима и с катуном“ (Радојичић 1965). Властелин цара Душана, жупан Маљушат, приложио је Цркву св. Николе Хиландару, што је и потврђено Душановом повељом 1343 – 1345. године." The entry was cited by King Stefan Dušan in one of his charters dated between 1343 and 1345, where he confirmed the gift of the Church of St. Nicholas to Hilandar by ''župan'' (count) Maljušat, the son of Baldovin. Emperor Dušan does mention that Baldovin and his children received the chrysobull for their service to King Stephen Uroš III, meaning that the ''children'' were already adults by the time of the chrysobull of Uroš III.Starinar 1936, p. 59: "Да су Балдовинова деца у доба издавања тога хрисовуља била већ одрасла, излази из тога што Душан изрично каже, да су Балдовин и његова деца добили тај хрисовуљ „за правов-ћр^но поработаниге ИХБ". Дакле, није само Балдовин посведочио ..."

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Феудална породица Багаш
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14th-century Serbian nobility
People of the Serbian Empire
13th-century births
14th-century deaths
Dukes in Serbia
Vranje
People from Kotor
People of the Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)
Kaznac