STEFAN NEMANJA


Meaning of STEFAN NEMANJA in English

n.

or Stephen Nemanja

died 1200

Founder of the Serbian state.

He was grand 017E; upan (clan leader) under Byzantine rule in 1169. He allied himself with Venice and was defeated by the avenging Byzantines, though he was later pardoned. After expanding Serbian territory, he abdicated in 1196 and entered a monastery.

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