- Desa Urošević
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Desa Grand Prince (Veliki Župan) of Rascia Reign 1150-1153 (Co-ruler of Rascia)
1153-1155, 1162-1166 (Rascia)
1148-1162 (Duklja)Titles Prince (Župan) of Pomorje
(Dessa Dioclie, Terbunie et Zacholmie dux)Royal House House of Vukanović (Urošević) Father Uroš I of Rascia Mother Anna Diogene Desa Urošević Vojislavljević or Desa of Serbia (Serbian: Деса) was the Serbian Župan of Duklja (Zeta and Travunija, Primorje) (1148-1162), Co-ruler of Serbia 1149-1153, Grand Župan of Serbia (Zahumlje and Rascia) 1153-1155 and 1162-1166. He was given the region of Dendra, near Niš.[1]
In 1148 Desa attacked Radoslav of Duklja and took over Duklja with Travunia and became the Župan of the coastal Principalities (Primorje) under his older brother Uroš II of Serbia. Radoslav continued to rule Kotor, the south-west of Duklja.[2]
His brother Uroš II Primislav ruled Rascia alone from 1140 until the battle of Tara river against the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I in 1150, when the Byzantine defeated the Serbs and Hungarians. Uroš II was spared and Desa was instated as co-ruler along with Uroš.[1] He is mentioned in Venetian charters from 1150 as a Prince of Duklja, Travunija and Zahumlje, and again in 1151.[3]
In 1153 a dispute between the two brothers resulted in Desa and the Rascian court ousting Uroš II. Byzantine Emperor Manuel I intervened and re-instated Uroš II in 1155, deposing Desa.[2][4]
He tried to make diplomacy with Hungarian king Frederick.[5] In the summer of 1165, Manuel I sent an army to pursuit Desa.[6] Desa was granted a safe meeting with Manuel I and was escorted by a bodyguard. Desa gave oaths to Manuel I in a public humiliation after being tried in Constantinople on his diplomacy with Hungary. Manuel put Tihomir on the throne in 1166.[1][7]
Some have concluded that Desa was the father of Stefan Nemanja, this however is disputed among other theories.[7]
Ancestry
Ancestors of Desa Urošević 16. Mihailo I Vojislavljević
Serbian King8. Petrislav Vojislavljević
Serbian Prince17. Unnamed Greek wife 4. Vukan Petrislavov
Serbian Grand Prince2. Uroš I Vukanović
Serbian Grand Prince1. Desa of Serbia 24. Constantine Diogenes
strategos of Serbia12. Romanos IV Diogenes
Byzantine Emperor25. X Argyra 6. Constantine Diogenes II 26. Alusian Cometopuli
Bulgarian Tsar13. Anna of Bulgaria 3. Anna Diogenissa 28. Manuel Erotikos Komnenos 14. Ioannis Komnenos 7. Theodora Komnene Dalassene 30. Alexios Charon
imperial lieutenant in Italy15. Anna Dalassene 31. Adriana Dalassene Desa UroševićRegnal titles Preceded by
Uroš IIGrand Prince of Rascia
Co-ruler with Uroš II
1149–1153Succeeded by
Uroš IIGrand Prince of Rascia
Only ruler of Serbia
1153–1155Grand Prince of Rascia
1162–1166Succeeded by
TihomirRoyal titles Preceded by
Radoslav
Byzantine vassalDuke of Primorje
Duklja and Travunia
1148-1162Succeeded by
Mihailo III
as King of Duklja
Grdeša
as Župan of TrebinjeReferences
- ^ a b c Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250
- ^ a b The early medieval Balkans
- ^ http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BOSNIA.htm#_Toc283713263
- ^ Byzantium's Balkan frontier: a political study of the Northern Balkans, 900-1204
- ^ The empire of Manuel I Komnenos, 1143-1180
- ^ O city of Byzantium: annals of Niketas Choniatēs
- ^ a b The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century
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