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The House of Nemanjic (Serbian
Serbian language

name=Serbian|nativename=|pronunciation=['sr?pski?]|familycolor=Indo-European|map=|states=See below under "Official status", besides that in Croatia and as an immigrant's language spread over Central Europe and Western Europe, as well as Northern America...
: ????????, Nemanjici; Anglicised: Nemanyid; ) was a medieval Serbian ruling dynasty.

The "Stefan" dynasty - House of Nemanjic was named after Stefan Nemanja
Stefan Nemanja

Stefan Nemanja was a Medieval Serb nobleman, descended from the House of Vojislavljevic who was Grand Prince of the History of Medieval Serbia state of Rascia from 1166 to 1199....
. It was descended from the cadet line
Cadet branch

Cadet branch is a term in genealogy to describe the lineage of the descendants of the younger sons of a monarch or patriarch. In the ruling dynasty and nobility families of much of Europe and Asia, the family's major assets – titles, realms, fiefs, property and income – have historically been passed from a father to his firstborn...
 of the House of Vojislavljevic
House of Vojislavljevic

The House of Vojislav was a medieval dynasty that inherited the claims over Duklja of the old ruling Jovan Vladimir and the Serbs Vlastimirovic dynasty....
. The House of Nemanjic produced eleven Serbian monarchs
List of Serbian monarchs

This is a list of Serbian monarchs.Notes:*Entries bounded within parentheses are for reference only; for instance, the Roman numerals keep counts of Stefans and Lazars....
 between 1166 and 1371.

After Stefan Nemanja had taken Stefan as his name, all the subsequent monarchs of the house used it as sort of title.






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The House of Nemanjic (Serbian
Serbian language

name=Serbian|nativename=|pronunciation=['sr?pski?]|familycolor=Indo-European|map=|states=See below under "Official status", besides that in Croatia and as an immigrant's language spread over Central Europe and Western Europe, as well as Northern America...
: ????????, Nemanjici; Anglicised: Nemanyid; ) was a medieval Serbian ruling dynasty.

The "Stefan" dynasty - House of Nemanjic was named after Stefan Nemanja
Stefan Nemanja

Stefan Nemanja was a Medieval Serb nobleman, descended from the House of Vojislavljevic who was Grand Prince of the History of Medieval Serbia state of Rascia from 1166 to 1199....
. It was descended from the cadet line
Cadet branch

Cadet branch is a term in genealogy to describe the lineage of the descendants of the younger sons of a monarch or patriarch. In the ruling dynasty and nobility families of much of Europe and Asia, the family's major assets – titles, realms, fiefs, property and income – have historically been passed from a father to his firstborn...
 of the House of Vojislavljevic
House of Vojislavljevic

The House of Vojislav was a medieval dynasty that inherited the claims over Duklja of the old ruling Jovan Vladimir and the Serbs Vlastimirovic dynasty....
. The House of Nemanjic produced eleven Serbian monarchs
List of Serbian monarchs

This is a list of Serbian monarchs.Notes:*Entries bounded within parentheses are for reference only; for instance, the Roman numerals keep counts of Stefans and Lazars....
 between 1166 and 1371.

After Stefan Nemanja had taken Stefan as his name, all the subsequent monarchs of the house used it as sort of title. Soon it became inseparable from the monarchy, and all claimants denoted their royal pretensions by using the same name, in front of their original names.

Rulers of this dynasty wore the titles Grand Princes of Rascia from 1166. After the crowning of Stefan the First-Crowned in 1217, the full title of the dynasty was King of the land of Rascia
Raška

Ra?ka can refer to:* Ra?ka , a medieval Serbian state* Ra?ka , a geographical region in Serbia and Montenegro* Ra?ka , a town and municipality in Serbia...
, Doclea
Duklja

Duklja or Diokletija was a South Slavic medieval state with hereditary lands roughly encompassing the territories of the modern-state Montenegro and bordering with Travunia at Kotor....
, Travunia
Travunia

Travunia was a medieval Serbs realm centered at Trebinje in today's eastern Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia .s:De Administrando Imperio states:...
, Dalmatia
Dalmatia

Dalmatia is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, situated mostly in modern Croatia and spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast....
 and Zachlumia
Zahumlje

Zachlumia , also known as the Land of the Hum and Chelm, was a medieval Serbs principality located in today's Herzegovina , and southern Dalmatia ....
, although a shorter version of the title was King of the Serbs
Serbs

Serbs are a South Slavs people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia....
. Following the elevation of members of the dynasty to the status of Emperor
Emperor

An emperor is a monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress is the female equivalent. As a title, "empress" may indicate the wife of an emperor or a woman who rules in her own right ....
s in 1346, the title became Tsar
Tsar

Tsar or czar , occasionally spelled csar or tzar in English language, is a slavs term designating certain monarchs.Originally, the title Czar meant Emperor in the European medieval sense of the term, that is, a ruler who has the same rank as a Ancient Rome or Byzantine emperor due to recognition by another emperor or...
 of All Serbs
Serbs

Serbs are a South Slavs people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia....
, Albanians
Albanians

The Albanian people , from southeast Europe, live in Albania and neighbouring countries and speak the Albanian language. About half of Albanians live in Albania, with other large groups residing in Kosovo, the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Montenegro....
, Greeks
Greeks

The Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in Greek diaspora communities around the world....
 and Bulgarians
Bulgarians

The Bulgarians are a South Slavs people generally associated with the Republic of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian language. Emigration has resulted in Bulgarian minorities or immigrant communities in a number of other countries....
.

The family crest was a bicephalic argent eagle on a red shield, inherited from the Byzantine
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
 Paleologus dynasty.

The House of Nemanjic ruled the Serb lands between c. 1166 and 1371.

Compared with other dynasties of Serbian lands, which usually lost their position in much less than a century, the Nemanjics were exceptionally mighty and well-sustained ruling dynasty, and its legacy is respected among Serbs.

Rulers

  • Stefan Nemanja
    Stefan Nemanja

    Stefan Nemanja was a Medieval Serb nobleman, descended from the House of Vojislavljevic who was Grand Prince of the History of Medieval Serbia state of Rascia from 1166 to 1199....
     also Stefan I, Nemanja (ca 1166-1199)
  • Vukan II Nemanjic
    Vukan II Nemanjic

    Vukan II Nemanjic was the oldest son of Serbian Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja. Vukan was monarch of the Independent Principality of Zeta and Grand Prince of Rascia ....
     (1196 - 1208)
  • Stefan Prvovencani (Stefan the Firstcrowned) also Stefan II, Nemanja (1199- 1228), eldest son of Stefan Nemanja
  • Đorde Nemanjic
    Đorde Nemanjic

    ?orde Nemanjic was the son of Vukan Nemanjic. He was also the ruler of Principality of Zeta from 1208 - 1243....
     (1208 - 1243), Ruler of Zeta
  • Stefan Radoslav (1228 - 1233)
  • Stefan Vladislav I (1234 - 1243)
  • Stefan Uroš I (1243 - 1276)
  • Stefan Dragutin (1276 - 1282)
  • Stefan (Uroš II) Milutin (1282 - 1321)
  • Stefan Vladislav II (1321 - about 1325)
  • Stefan (Uroš III) Decanski (1321 - 1331)
  • Stefan (Uroš IV) Dušan (Dušan the Mighty) (1331 - 1355), King of Serbia (1331 - 1346); Tsar of Serbs and Greeks (1346 - 1355)
  • Stefan Uroš V (Uroš the Weak) (1355 - 1371), tsar
  • Tsar Simeon-Siniša
    Simeon Uroš

    Simeon Uro? or Sini?a Uro?, also Symeon Ouresis Palaiologos , was the ruler of Despotate of Epirus from 1359 to 1366 and of Thessaly from 1359 until his death in c....
     of Epirus
    Epirus (region)

    Epirus is a region in south-eastern Europe, currently divided between the Peripheries of Greece Epirus in Greece and the prefectures of Gjirokast?r, Vlor?, Kor??, and Berat in southern Albania....
     (1359 -1370), son of Stefan Uroš III and the Greek Princess
  • Tsar Jovan Uroš of Epirus
    Epirus (region)

    Epirus is a region in south-eastern Europe, currently divided between the Peripheries of Greece Epirus in Greece and the prefectures of Gjirokast?r, Vlor?, Kor??, and Berat in southern Albania....
     (1370 - 1373), son of Simeon-Siniša; is the very last ruler of Epirus


See also

  • List of Serbian monarchs
    List of Serbian monarchs

    This is a list of Serbian monarchs.Notes:*Entries bounded within parentheses are for reference only; for instance, the Roman numerals keep counts of Stefans and Lazars....
  • House of Vojislavljevic
    House of Vojislavljevic

    The House of Vojislav was a medieval dynasty that inherited the claims over Duklja of the old ruling Jovan Vladimir and the Serbs Vlastimirovic dynasty....
  • House of Kotromanic
    House of Kotromanic

    The Kotromanic dynasty was a Bosnian ruling house that ruled in the regions of Bosnia and the surrounding lands from the 13th century as Ban until the crowning with the History of Bosnia and Herzegovina#Medieval Bosnia and Serbia crowns in 1377 and then as Kings until the Ottoman Empire conquest of Bosnia in 1463....
  • History of Serbia
    History of Serbia

    One of the first Serbian states, Ra?ka , was founded in the first half of the 7th century on Byzantine territory by the Unknown Archont, the founder of the House of Vlastimirovic; it evolved into the Serbian Empire under the House of Nemanjic....
  • History of Montenegro
    History of Montenegro

    The History of Montenegro begins in the early Middle Ages, into the former Roman province of Dalmatia that forms present-day Montenegro....
  • History of Herzegovina
    History of Herzegovina

    The History of Herzegovina ranges from the first Slavic migrations to the region to the most recent Bosnian War....
  • History of Dalmatia
    History of Dalmatia

    Antiquity Dalmatia's name is derived from the name of an Illyrians tribe called the Dalmatae who lived in the area of the eastern Adriatic coast in the 1st millennium BC....
  • Nemanjic family tree
    Nemanjic family tree

    Nemanjic family tree*Uro? I of Rascia**Zavida***Tihomir***Stefan Prvoslav***Stracimir***Miroslav****Toljen*****Petar******Nikola*******Vladislav...


External links

  • ,
  • Serbian Unity Congress - Serbian Medieval History. Nemanjic Dynasty: , , , , , , ,
  • by Željko Fajfric (Serbian
    Serbian language

    name=Serbian|nativename=|pronunciation=['sr?pski?]|familycolor=Indo-European|map=|states=See below under "Official status", besides that in Croatia and as an immigrant's language spread over Central Europe and Western Europe, as well as Northern America...
    )
  • History of the Serb People (Third Age) by Vladimir Corovic
    Vladimir Corovic

    Vladimir Corovic was a Bosnian Serb historian.Vladimir Corovic was born in Mostar in Herzegovina, History of Bosnia and Herzegovina under Ottoman Empire sovereignty but under Austria-Hungary administration, to a Serbs family....
    . , , , , , , , , (Serbian
    Serbian language

    name=Serbian|nativename=|pronunciation=['sr?pski?]|familycolor=Indo-European|map=|states=See below under "Official status", besides that in Croatia and as an immigrant's language spread over Central Europe and Western Europe, as well as Northern America...
    )
  • The Genealogies of the dynasties from Zeta and Montenegro by Jovan B. Markuš. The Nemanjics: , , , , (Serbian
    Serbian language

    name=Serbian|nativename=|pronunciation=['sr?pski?]|familycolor=Indo-European|map=|states=See below under "Official status", besides that in Croatia and as an immigrant's language spread over Central Europe and Western Europe, as well as Northern America...
    )
  • (Serbian
    Serbian language

    name=Serbian|nativename=|pronunciation=['sr?pski?]|familycolor=Indo-European|map=|states=See below under "Official status", besides that in Croatia and as an immigrant's language spread over Central Europe and Western Europe, as well as Northern America...
    )


Sources

  • .
  • Fajfric, Željko. Sveta loza Stefana Nemanje.
  • Veselinovic, Andrija & Ljušic, Radoš (2001). ?????? ?????????, Platoneum.
  • Corovic, Vladimir
    Vladimir Corovic

    Vladimir Corovic was a Bosnian Serb historian.Vladimir Corovic was born in Mostar in Herzegovina, History of Bosnia and Herzegovina under Ottoman Empire sovereignty but under Austria-Hungary administration, to a Serbs family....
     (2005). , Book II, Third Age, Politika
    Politika

    Politika is a Serbian newspaper. It is considered the Serbian newspaper of record and is the oldest daily in the Balkans, having been founded on 25 January, 1904 by Vladislav Ribnikar....
    .
  • CD Chilandar by Studio A, Aetos, Library of Serb Patriarchate and Chilandar monastery, Belgrade, 1998
  • Intervju - ????????? ? ??????? ??????????????? ??????. Special Edition 12, 16 June 1989.
  • Markuš, Jovan.