The Vukanović dynasty ( sr-Cyrl, Вукановић, Vukanovići / Вукановићи), was a medieval Serbian

dynasty A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family, usually in the context of a monarchy, monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A dynasty may also be referred to as a "house", "family" or "clan", among others. H ...

that ruled over inner

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, centered in the Raška region (), during the 11th and 12th century. Several members of the Vukanović dynasty also ruled in some other regions (

Zachlumia Zachlumia or Zachumlia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Zahumlje, Захумље, ), also Hum, was a medieval principality located in the modern-day regions of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia (today parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, r ...

Travunia Travunia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Travunija, Травунија; ; ; ) was a South Slavic medieval principality that was part of Medieval Serbia (850–1371), and later the Medieval Bosnia (1373–1482). The principality became hereditar ...

Duklja Duklja ( sr-Cyrl, Дукља; ; ) was a medieval South Slavs, South Slavic state which roughly encompassed the territories of modern-day southeastern Montenegro, from the Bay of Kotor in the west to the Bojana river in the east, and to the sou ...

, and also

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). The house may have descended from the Vojislavljević dynasty of Duklja. Vukanović dynasty was later succeeded in Serbia by the closely related

Nemanjić dynasty The House of Nemanjić ( sr-Cyrl, Немањић, Немањићи; Nemanjić, Nemanjići, ) was the most prominent Serbian dynasty of Serbia in the Middle Ages. This princely, royal and imperial house produced List of Serbian monarchs, twelv ...

. The Vukanović family was named by later historians, after its founder Vukan of Serbia. However, the family itself is also known as the ''Urošević dynasty'' ( sr-Cyrl, Урошевић, Uroševići / Урошевићи), after Vukan's nephew, Uroš I of Serbia. The rulers of this dynasty were split into two branches: the branch in Raška and the branch in Zachumlia. Rulers of the first branch wore the title Grand Prince ( sr-Cyrl, Велики Жупан) of Serbia, while its Zachlumian branch wore the title ''Duke of Zachlumia''. Other titles included ''

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'', held by

Beloš Beloš ( sr-cyr, Белош; or ''Belus''; fl. 1141–1163), was a Serbian prince and Hungarian palatine who served as the regent of Hungary from 1141 until 1146, alongside his sister Helena, mother of the infant King Géza II. Beloš held th ...

of the branch in Raška, ''Prince of Duklja and Travunia'', held by Desa of the same branch, and ''Count of

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'', held by Petar of the Zachlumian branch. Other titles included ''Duke of Upper Zachlumia'', held by Toljen II of the Zachlumian branch, ''Duke of Southern Zachlumia'', held by

Andrija Andrija (; sr-cyr, Андрија) is a South Slavic masculine given name. It is cognate to Greek ''Andreas'', or English Andrew. Notable people with the name include: * Andrija, Prince of Hum (fl. 1203–50), medieval nobleman from the Vukanovi� ...

of the Zachlumian branch, and ''Prince of the Littoral'', also held by Andrija of the Zachlumian branch. According to the

Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja The ''Chronicle of the Priest of Dioclea or Duklja'' ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Ljetopis popa Dukljanina, Љетопис попа Дукљанина; ) is the usual name given to a medieval chronicle written in two versions between 1295 and 1301 by an eccles ...

, Doclean king

Constantine Bodin Constantine Bodin ( Bulgarian and , ''Konstantin Bodin''; 1072–1101) was a medieval king and the ruler of Duklja, the most powerful Serbian principality of the time, from 1081 to 1101, succeeding his father, Mihailo Vojislavljević ( 10 ...

gained inner Serbia (c. 1083–1084) and assigned two princes from his court, brothers Vukan and Marko, to govern the region of Raška. According to

Mavro Orbini Mavro Orbini (1563–1614) was a Ragusan chronicler, notable for his work '' The Realm of the Slavs'' (1601) which influenced Slavic ideology and historiography in the later centuries. Life Orbini was born in Ragusa (now Dubrovnik), the capital ...

, Bodin split Raška into two principalities, assigning one of the principalities to Vukan and the other to Marko.

Rulers

Branch in Raška

* Vukan and Marko (1083/84–c. 1112/15) * Uroš I (c. 1112/15–1131/c. 1145) * Uroš II (c. 1145–1155, 1155–1161/62) *

(1142–1158, 1163 (Croatia); 1161/1162 (Raška)) * Desa (1155, 1161/62–1165 (Raška); 1148–1162 (Duklja)) * Tihomir (1165–1166) *

Stefan Nemanja Stefan Nemanja (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: , ; – 13 February 1199) was the Grand Prince (Grand Župan#Serbia, Veliki Župan) of the Grand Principality of Serbia, Serbian Grand Principality (also known as Raška (region), Raš ...

(1166–1196): (thereafter

)

Branch in Zachlumia

* Zavida (fl. 1112) * Miroslav (Prince of Hum in 1166–1190 and 1192–1198) * Toljen (Knez of Hum in 1192–1198) * Petar (Prince of Hum in 1198–1216) *

(Prince of Hum in 1216–1218 and 1250) * Toljen II (Prince of Hum in 1227–1239) *

Nikola Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek '' Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bul ...

(Prince of Hum in 1239–?) *

Bogdan Bogdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in the South Slavic languages and in Polish, Romanian and Moldovan. It is derived from the Slavic words ''Bog'' (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning 'god', and ''dan'' (Cyrillic: ...

(Prince of Hum in 1249–1252) * Radoslav (Prince of Hum in 1254)

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