Ivaniš ( sr-cyr, Иваниш, 1348) was a Serbian magnate ('' velikaš'') 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, Gre ...

(r. 1331–55) as '' despot''. He is mentioned in Emperor Dušan's charter of the

Monastery of the Holy Archangels The Monastery of the Holy Archangels ( sr, Манастир Светих Архангела, Manastir Svetih Arhangela; al, Manastiri i Arkangjelit të Shenjtë) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Prizren, Kosovo. The monastery was foun ...

near Prizren, dated 1348, in which he calls Ivaniš a "parent of my Empire". Not much is known about him, though his high dignitary title and the fact that Dušan called him "his parent" without a doubt shows that he was a close relative with the royal family. Ivaniš had possessions in the Toplica region and granted one of his villages to the Monastery. Ivaniš and then his son, Altoman, held a province in Toplica, evidently near the core of the future province of

Lazar Hrebeljanović Lazar Hrebeljanović ( sr-cyr, Лазар Хребељановић; ca. 1329 – 15 June 1389) was a medieval Serbian ruler who created the largest and most powerful state on the territory of the disintegrated Serbian Empire. Lazar's state, ...

. His son Altoman married a sister of

and had a son, Ivaniš, who died between 1372 and 1389, and was buried at

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. Some historians earlier believed that Ivaniš was related to Lazar's wife, Milica Nemanjić. Some did also try to connect him to monk Dorotej of Hilandar, who is known to have held the ''despot'' title prior to his monastic vows, and was the ktetor of the

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Monastery in Rasina, although his

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is not preserved.

Family tree

*Ivaniš (d. after 1348) **Altoman ***Ivaniš (d. 1372–89)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanis 14th-century Serbian nobility 14th-century births 14th-century deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Despots of the Serbian Empire Medieval Serbian magnates