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Desa Urošević
Desa ( sr-cyr, Деса)He is also known as Desa Vukanović. was the Grand Principality of Serbia, Grand Prince of Serbia from ca. 1162 to ca. 1165. He was one of several sons of grand prince Uroš I, Grand Prince of Serbia, Uroš I (d. 1145). Sometime between 1153 and 1155, Desa tried to depose his brother, the ruling grand prince Uroš II, Grand Prince of Serbia, Uroš II, but failed to establish himself as a new ruler. Only later, after the abdication of their other brother, the next grand prince Beloš of Serbia, Beloš ca. 1162, Desa became the new ruler of Serbia. He tried to challenge the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine suzerainty over Serbia, but was deposed by emperor Manuel I Komnenos. Before he became the grand prince, Desa ruled as prince of Duklja, Travunija and Zahumlje, ca. from 1149 to 1162. Biography Desa was the youngest of three sons of Uroš I, Grand Prince of Serbia, Uroš I, the Grand Prince of Serbia from 1112 to 1145. His mother was Anna of Serbia (wife of Uro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 sources of the Zeta (river), Zeta and Morača rivers in the north. First mentioned in 10th– and 11th-century Byzantine chronicles, it was a vassal of the First Bulgarian Empire, Bulgarian Empire between 997 and 1018, and then of the Byzantine Empire until it became independent in 1040 under Stefan Vojislav ( 1034–43) who rose up and managed to take over territories of the earlier Principality of Serbia (early medieval), Serbian Principality, founding the Vojislavljević dynasty. Between 1043 and 1080, under Mihailo Vojislavljević ( 1050–81), and his son, Constantine Bodin ( 1081–1101), Duklja saw its apogee. Mihailo was given the nominal title ''King of Slavs'' by the Pope after having left the Byzantine camp and supported an Uprising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
