Dejan Manjak ( sr-cyr, Дејан Мањак, 1333) was a nobleman in the service of Serbian King
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, Gre ...
, only mentioned in a charter dated January 22, 1333,
in which Stefan Dušan officially sold
Ston
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History
Because of its geopolitical and strategic position, Ston has had a rich history since ant ...
and
Prevlaka
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Because of its strategic location in the southern Adriatic, in the aftermath of the SFR Yu ...
to the
Republic of Venice
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.
Based on the order in which the witnesses appear, ''vojvoda'' Dejan was of lower rank than ''
stavilac''
Miloš.
suggested that Dejan Manjak was the same person as
Dejan
Dejan (Cyrillic: Дејан) is a Serbian masculine given name, derived from the Slavic verb ''dejati'', meaning "to act, to do". The name and the derived surname Dejanović are common among South Slavs.
The name is first recorded in 1325 (1333) ...
, the ''sevastokrator'' of Dušan.
According to two fresco compositions dated between 1332 and 1337 in the
Kučevište Monastery, in the narthex, on the northern and southern wall, Dejan had a wife, Vladislava, and two sons, Jovan and Dmitar. Dejan is depicted on the southern wall with his wife standing next to Stefan Dušan and his wife Jelena.
Annotations
*His surname may also be rendered Manak (Манак) or Manijakis (Манијакис). It is unknown whether ''Manjak'' was a demonym or an actual surname.
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14th-century Serbian nobility
Generals of Stefan Dušan
People of the Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
Boyars of Stefan Dušan