Emperor of the Serbs
Emperor of the Serbs | |
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Imperial | |
Details | |
First monarch | Stefan Dušan |
Last monarch | Stefan Uroš V |
Formation | 16 April 1346 |
Abolition | 2/4 December 1371 |
Appointer | Hereditary |
Between 1345 and 1371, the Serbian
Establishment and titles
Taking advantage of the
Following his conquest of Serres, which crowned his conquest of Macedonia, in November or December 1345 Stefan Dušan proclaimed himself emperor (
In Greek, the title was "basileus and autokrator of Serbia and of Romania" (βασιλεὺς καὶ αὐτοκράτωρ Σερβίας καὶ Ῥωμανίας). The use of "Romania" (i.e. the 'land of the
On his early Western-style coinage, issued between his proclamation as emperor and his coronation, Dušan continued to use the abbreviated Latin title Rex Rasciae ("King of Rascia"), and simply added the title I[m]p[erator] Roma[niae] ("Emperor of the Roman lands"), but also I[m]p[erator] Ro[ma]io[ru]m ("Emperor of the Romans"). After his coronation, the title of king was dropped.[11]
Monarchs
When Stefan Dušan died in 1355, his son Stefan Uroš V succeeded him. Uroš V's uncle Simeon Uroš in Thessaly claimed the title in rivalry, continued by his son John Uroš. With the extinction of the main line of the Nemanjić dynasty with the death of heirless Stefan Uroš V in 1371, the imperial title became obsolete. The fall of the Serbian Empire saw the state fragmenting into provinces ruled by magnates, holding various titles, except the imperial. In 1527, a renegade Serbian commander in Hungary, Jovan Nenad, styled himself Emperor.
Monarch | Reign | Comments |
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Stefan Dušan |
16 April 1346 – 20 December 1355 | |
Stefan Uroš V |
20 December 1355–2/4 December 1371 | |
Simeon Uroš |
1359–1370 | Rival Emperor in Epirus, and later Thessaly. |
John Uroš |
1370–1373 | Rival Emperor in Thessaly. |
Titles
- Stefan Dušan
- "Emperor of Serbs and Greeks"
- "Emperor of Serbs and Greeks and the Western Provinces" (царь Срблемь и Гркωмь и Западнимь Странамь), in 1349.[12]
- "Emperor of Serbs, Greeks and Bulgarians". („Царь Србљем, Грком и Блгаром".)[17]
- "Emperor of Serbs, Greeks, Bulgarians and Albanians". („Царь Србљем, Грком, Блгаром и Арбанасом".)[18]
- "Emperor of the Serbs", by the Athonite community.[8]
- "Emperor and Autocrat of Serbia and Romania" (Iveron Monastery.[19]
- "Emperor of all Serb and Greek lands, the Maritime Region, Arbania and the Western Provinces (цар свију српских и грчких земаља, Поморја, Арбаније и Западних Страна).
- "Emperor of Greece and King of All Serb Lands and the Maritime" (царь грьчкїи и краль все срьбскїе земли и поморскїе), between 1347 and 1356.[20]
- "Emperor of Serbia and the Maritime Region" (царь србкχ и пморски), between 1347 and 1356.[21]
- "Emperor of
- Stefan Uroš V
- "Emperor of Serbs and Greeks"
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Hupchick 1995, p. 141
- ^ Darby & Clissold 1968, p. 98
- ^ White 2000, p. 246
- ^ Soulis 1984, pp. 10–26.
- ^ Soulis 1984, p. 19.
- ^ Soulis 1984, pp. 26, 29.
- ^ Fine 1994, p. 309.
- ^ a b Fine 1994, p. 324.
- ^ Franjo Barišić (1986). Vizantijski izvori za istoriju naroda Jugoslavije. Naučna knjiga.
- ^ Maksimovic 2011, pp. 333–336.
- ^ Soulis 1984, p. 30.
- ^ a b Miklosich 1858, p. 142.
- ^ Miklosich 1858, pp. 142–145.
- ^ Miklosich 1858, pp. 146–148.
- ^ Miklosich 1858, pp. 149–152.
- ^ Miklosich 1858, p. 155.
- ^ Car, Book 3 of Car Dušan: istorijski roman iz XIV oga veka u tri knjige, Car Dušan: istorijski roman iz XIV oga veka u tri knjige. Vladan Đorđević Edition reprint, Publisher K. Stilos, p. 122.
- ^ Car, Book 3 of Car Dušan: istorijski roman iz XIV oga veka u tri knjige, Car Dušan: istorijski roman iz XIV oga veka u tri knjige. Vladan Đorđević, Edition reprint, Publisher K. Stilos, p. 135.
- ISBN 978-88-6655-632-9.
In una crisobolla dello stesso mese Stefano concedeva privilegi al monastero di Iveron sul monte Athos in qualità di βασιλεὺς καὶ αὐτοκράτωρ Σερβίας καὶ Ῥωμανίας («imperatore e autocratore di Serbia e Romanía»)
- ^ Miklosich 1858, p. 154.
- ^ Miklosich 1858, pp. 154–155.
- ^ Soulis 1963, pp. 272–273.
- ^ Miklosich 1858, pp. 158–159.
- ^ Miklosich 1858, pp. 165–167.
- ^ Miklosich 1858, pp. 155–156.
- ^ Miklosich 1858, pp. 168–169.
- ^ Miklosich 1858, pp. 160–163, 164–165.
- ^ Miklosich 1858, pp. 169–171.
- ^ Miklosich 1858, pp. 172–173.
- ^ Miklosich 1858, p. 174.
Sources
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- Maksimovic, Ljubomir (2011). "Chapitre XVII. – La Serbie : pouvoir et administration sociale". In ISBN 978-2-13-052008-5.
- Miklosich, Franz (1858). Monumenta Serbica spectantia historiam Serbiae, Bosnae, Ragusii. Vienna: apud Guilelmum Braumüller.
- Soulis, George C. (1963). "Thessalian Vlachia". Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta. 8 (1): 271–273.
- Soulis, George C. (1984). The Serbs and Byzantium during the reign of Emperor Stephen Dušan (1331–1355) and his successors. ISBN 0-88402-137-8.
- Hupchick, Dennis P. (1995). Conflict and chaos in Eastern Europe. ISBN 978-0-312-12116-7.
- Darby, Henry Clifford; Clissold, Stephen (1968). Stephen Clissold (ed.). Short History of Yugoslavia from early time to 1966. CUP Archive. ISBN 0-521-09531-X.
- White, George W. (2000). Nationalism and Territory: Constructing Group Identity in Southeastern Europe. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8476-9809-7.
Further reading
- Ćirković, Sima (1999). Ćirković S.; Mihaljčić R. (eds.). "Car". Leksikon Srpskog Srednjeg Veka. Belgrade: 789–792.
- ISBN 9781405142915.
- Dinić, Mihailo (1958). "Srpska vladarska titula za vreme Carstva". Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta (5): 9–17.
- Dinić, Mihailo (1951). "Dušanova carska titula u očima savremenika". Zbornik u čast šeste stogodišnjice Zakonika cara Dušana. Belgrade: SAN: 87–118.
- Maksimović, Ljubomir (1970). "Грци и Романија у српској владарској титули". ЗРВИ. 12.
- Maksimović, Ljubomir (1998). "Српска царска титула". Глас САНУ. 384.
- ISBN 9788637906377.
- Novaković, Stojan (1912). Законски споменици Српских држава средњега века. Državna štamparija Kraljevine Srbije.
- Ostrogorsky, George (1935). "Avtokrator i Samodržac: prilog za istoriju vladalačke titulature u Vizantiji i u južnih Slovena". Glas Srpske Kraljevske Akademije (CLXIV). Srpska kraljevska akademija: 95–187.