Mladen Vladojević ( sr-cyr, Младен Владојевић; 1330–48) was a Serbian nobleman who served
king
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and
emperor
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Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55).
Biography
Together with his parents, he was the ''
ktetor'' (founder, donator) of the
Church of the Holy Saviour in
Prizren
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(now in
Kosovo
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), built in 1330, as mentioned in the
Holy Archangels' Chrysobull (1348). Dušan decided that Mladen together with his mother and relatives, and not alone, were to mark the boundary of their family estate. The church was granted as a ''
metochion'' (monastic dependency) to the
Monastery of the Holy Archangels, the foundation of Stefan Dušan, while Mladen in turn was granted a church in
Ohrid, along with its estates. It has been presumed by some historians (Đorđe Sp. Radojičić) that Mladen Vladojević was the same as magnate
Mladen ( 1323–26). He was included in the novel ''Car Dušan'' (1919) by
Vladan Đorđević.
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14th-century deaths
13th-century births
14th-century Serbian nobility
Medieval Serbian magnates
People from the Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)
People from the Serbian Empire
Kosovo Serbs
Ktetors