Miloš Vojinović ( sr, Милош Војиновић; 1332) was a Serbian nobleman who served

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Stefan Dušan Stefan Uroš IV Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош IV Душан, ), known as Dušan the Mighty ( sr, / ; circa 1308 – 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Tsar (or Emperor) and autocrat of the Serbs, Gr ...

(r. 1331–55) as ''

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'', the son of general Vojin and brother of

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and Altoman. He is a hero of the pre-Kosovo cycle in

Serbian epic poetry Serbian epic poetry ( sr, Српске епске народне песме, Srpske epske narodne pesme) is a form of epic poetry created by Serbs originating in today's Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia. The ...

. Miloš was the eldest son of Vojin, a ''vojvoda'' (general) that served King

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and King Stefan Dušan and held the title of ''knez'' of Hum. Vojin was one of the more powerful nobles of King Stefan Dečanski, while his sons were in Young King Dušan's circle. When a conflict occurred between the King and his son, Dušan, however, Vojin and other noblemen joined the Young King Dušan (1330–31). Vojin's support of Dušan further elevated the Vojinović family. Metropolitan Arsenije of Prizren, ''

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, ''vojvoda'' Gradislav, ''

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'' Vratko, ''knez''

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, ''

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Dejan Manjak Dejan Manjak ( sr-cyr, Дејан Мањак, 1333) was a nobleman in the service of Serbian King Stefan Dušan, only mentioned in a charter dated January 22, 1333, in which Stefan Dušan officially sold Ston and Prevlaka to the Republic of Venice ...

, Gradislav Sušenica, Nikola Buća, and archdeacon Marin Baranić, all signed the document issued by Stefan Uroš III, dated 22 January 1325, for the sale of some maritime possessions to the

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. The possessions, Ston and Pelješac, were officially handed over in 1333, with Miloš also being present. After the death of Miloš's father Vojin, his sons divided their father's province. Soon after Vojin's death, Miloš died without progeny, his possessions being divided among his brothers Vojislav and Altoman. __NOTOC__

Legacy

Serbian epic poetry

Miloš is celebrated as a central hero, most notably in the famous ''Wedding of Emperor Dušan''. He is depicted as the youngest of the three Vojinović brothers, as a carefree and cheerful soul rejecting his noble background to be a shepherd in the

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. Though carefree and simple-minded, Miloš is depicted as one of the strongest warriors in Dušan's empire and as being very strategic and adept in battle. It is believed that there once existed an entire epic cycle dedicated to Miloš, however the poems did not survive to when Vuk Stefanović Karadžić began documenting Serbian epics in 1814. Miloš is the central character in the following epic poems: * Wedding of Emperor Dušan (''Женидба Душанова'') (recorded by Vuk Karadžić 1814) * Miloš Vojinović and the Fiery Lions (''Милош Војиновић и лави огњени'') (recorded by Bogoljub Petranović 1870) * Miloš Vojinović and the Duke of Kotor (''Оклада'') (recorded by Sima Milutinović 1837)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vojinovic, Milos 14th-century Serbian nobility People of the Serbian Empire Characters in Serbian epic poetry

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