Serbian Noble Houses - House of Vojislavljevi?, House of Nemanji?, House of Crnojevi?, House of Vlastimirovi?, House of Nikoli? (Paperback)

Chapters: House of Vojislavljevi?, House of Nemanji?, House of Crnojevi?, House of Vlastimirovi?, House of Nikoli?, House of Vukanovi?, House of Brankovi?, House of Bal i?, House of Sankovi?, House of Lazarevi?, House of Pavlovi?, House of Rastislali?. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 53. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The House of Vojislav was a noble Serbian medieval dynasty that inherited the claims over Duklja of the old ruling House of Saint Vladimir and the Serbian House of Vlastimir dynasty. It ruled Duklja and the surrounding territories; including Zahumlje, Rascia and Bosnia, where the dynasty's side branches have become rulers. It lasted from 1034 until 1186, when it was transformed into the House of Nemanja. It was named by a Travunian nobleman by the name of Stefan Dobroslav I Vojislav who was the son of the uncle of Duklja's ruler Saint Jovan Vladimir of Duklja and Tribalia. He was also the maternal grandson of Ljutomir, the last Prince of Rascia. Later the Byzantines again occupied Raka, but Vojislav's son Mihajlo (Michael), born after 1042, who became the Grand upan of Zeta/Duklja around 1050/1055, restored the country's independence and maintained independence from the Byzantine Empire. Mihajlo installed his son Petrislav as the grand prince of Duklja. After the abortive rebellion in Bulgaria the military governor of Dyrrhachium, Nicephorus Bryennius, restored Byzantine rule to Raka in 1073. Mihailo of Vojislav, the first King of Duklja on a fresco in the Church of St. Michael in Ston: He was crowned as King of Slavs and became known as the Ruler of Tribals and Serbs during his reign.Mihailo reportedly received royal insignia in 1077 from the Pope Gregory VII, although this is still a matter of debate. An image of King Mihajlo with his crown is still found in the...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=173044