Toljen ( sr-cyr, Тољен; fl. 1189) was a Serbian prince (''knez''), who ruled
Hum
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between 1192–1196, serving his uncle
Serbian Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja
Stefan Nemanja (Serbian Cyrillic: , ; – 13 February 1199) was the Grand Prince ( Veliki Župan) of the Serbian Grand Principality (also known as Raška, lat. ) from 1166 to 1196. A member of the Vukanović dynasty, Nemanja founded the Nema ...
(r. 1166–1196).
Life
His father was
Miroslav of Hum
Miroslav Zavidović ( sr-cyr, Мирослав Завидовић) was a 12th-century Great Prince ('' Veliki Župan'') of Zachumlia from 1162 to 1190, an administrative division (appanage) of the Grand Principality of Serbia ('' Rascia'') cover ...
(r. 1166–1190; 1192) and his mother was a sister of
Ban Kulin of Bosnia. Miroslav had ruled Hum under nominal rule of his brother,
Stefan Nemanja
Stefan Nemanja (Serbian Cyrillic: , ; – 13 February 1199) was the Grand Prince ( Veliki Župan) of the Serbian Grand Principality (also known as Raška, lat. ) from 1166 to 1196. A member of the Vukanović dynasty, Nemanja founded the Nema ...
.
In order to secure Serbian-German relations, during the talks between Stefan Nemanja and
Frederic Barbarossa
Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (german: link=no, Friedrich I, it, Federico I), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death 35 years later. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on ...
during his passing through Serbia during the
Third Crusade
The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt by three European monarchs of Western Christianity (Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor) to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by ...
, it was arranged that Toljen was betrothed (between 27 Jul 1189 and 24 Apr 1190) to the daughter of
Berthold IV, "Duke of Merano Marchese di Istria" and his wife Agnes von Wettin. Berthold IV, who was in Barbarossa's entourage at Niš, had an important part in the Serbian-German talks.
[Srejović 1892, p. 257 ] It was also decided that ''knez'' Toljen would succeed his father before any of his brothers.
[ Toljen was to await his spouse at Istria on the feast day of St. George the following year.]Rastko Nemanjić
Saint Sava ( sr, Свети Сава, Sveti Sava, ; Old Church Slavonic: ; gr, Άγιος Σάββας; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1236), known as the Enlightener, was a Serbian prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalou ...
, meanwhile Miroslav held the Lim region with Bijelo Polje
Bijelo Polje ( cnr, Бијело Поље, ) is a town in northeastern Montenegro on the Lim River. It has an urban population of 15,400 (2011 census). It is the administrative, economic, cultural and educational centre of northern Montenegro.
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.[Fine 1994, pp. 19-20, 52] Rastko however took monastic vows and Miroslav continued ruling Hum or parts of it after 1192. Miroslav died of old age in 1198.
Family
Together they had one son, Toljen II
Toljen ( sr-cyr, Тољен; fl. 1189) was a Serbian prince (''knez''), who ruled Hum between 1192–1196, serving his uncle Serbian Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja (r. 1166–1196).
Life
His father was Miroslav of Hum (r. 1166–1190; 1192) and h ...
, who succeeded as ''Prince'' later in 1227-1239.
Annotations
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References
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*Конст. Јиречек: Тољен син кнеза Мир о слава хумског. Српска кр. А кадемија. Глас ХХХV. 1892
12th-century Serbian royalty
Vukanović dynasty
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