Stefan Urosh II Milutin

Stefan Urosh II Milutin
   King of Serbia (q.v.) from 12821321, during whose reign Serbia became a major power in the Balkans. Expansion into Byzantine Macedonia (q.v.) characterized the first part of his reign. In 1282 he launched a great offensive against Byzantine Macedonia, having allied Serbia with Byzantine foes Charles I of Anjou (q.v.) and John I Doukas of Thessaly (qq.v.). Skopje (q.v.) was conquered (1282), as was Dyrrachion (q.v.). By 1298 his conquests reached just to the north of a line running from Ohrid east to Prilep (qq.v.) and Stip. At this point, Andronikos II (q.v.), on the advice of his general Michael Tarchaneiotes Glabas (q.v.), made peace (1299). Milutin accepted Andronikos's five-year-old daughter Simonis (q.v.) as his bride, along with acceptance of his conquests. Thereafter, Byzantine ceremonial and dress conquered the Serbian court, and Milutin constructed churches, using Byzantine artisans, in Serbia and throughout eastern Christendom, even in remote Jerusalem and on Mount Sinai (qq.v.). Included among them are those at Studenica, Hilandar monastery on Mount Athos (qq.v.), and, what is perhaps the most magnificent of all late Byzantine churches, Gracanica (q.v.).

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  • Gracanica —    Monastery church built by Stefan Urosh II Milutin of Serbia (qq.v.). Its cross in square (q.v.) plan is of the late Byzantine type, with five domes (q.v.). Probably the architect and artisans were from Thessalonike (q.v.), but the church… …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium

  • Simonis —    The daughter of Andronikos II and Irene Yolanda of Montferrat (qq.v.) who was married in 1299 at age five to Serbian king Stefan Urosh II Milutin (q.v.). He was then about 40, and Simonis was his fourth wife, all of which meant that the… …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium

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