Petar Miroslavljević ( sr-cyr, Петар Мирослављевић) or Petar of Hum was a 13th-century Serbian royalty, that held lands of
Hum, in the
Principality of Serbia
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.
Biography
His father was
Miroslav of Hum
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, of the
Vukanović dynasty
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, his mother was a sister of
Ban Kulin
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.
Although his brother
Andrija Mirosavljević was entitled as heir of Miroslav, the Hum nobility chose Petar as Prince of Hum. Petar exiled Andrija and Miroslav's widow, Andrija fled to Rascia, to the court of
Stefan Nemanjić. At the meantime, Petar fought successfully with neighbouring Bosnia and Croatia.
Stefan Nemanjić sided with Andrija and went to war and secured Hum and
Popovo field
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Popovo polje i ...
for Andrija sometime after his accession. Petar was defeated and crossed the Neretva, continuing to rule the west and north of the Neretva, which had before 1203 been briefly occupied by
Andrew II of Hungary
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.
He was
count
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of the city of
Split
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Arts, enter ...
1224/25–1227.
Stefan gave the titular and supreme rule of Hum to his son Radoslav, Andrija initially held the district of Popovo with the coastal lands of Hum, including
Ston
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History
Because of its geopolitical and strategic position, Ston has had a rich history since ...
. By agreement, when Radoslav died, the lands were bound to Andrija.
References
Sources
*Sima M. Ćirković, ''The Serbs''
p. 37
*
123
(ref name ''TLMB'')
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