Mihailo I of Duklja

Mihailo Vojislavljević
Prince of Triballians and Serbs
King of the Slavs
Mihailo I on a fresco in the Church of St. Michael in Ston.
King of Dioclea
Prince of Triballians and Serbs
Τριβαλλών και Σέρβων αρχηγός
Reign1046–1081
PredecessorNeda
SuccessorConstantine Bodin
Died1081
SpouseMonomachina
IssueVladimir
Constantine Bodin
Dobroslav II
Petrislav
HouseVojislavljević
FatherVojislav
MotherNeda
ReligionCatholic

Mihailo Vojislavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаило Војислављевић) was a medieval Serbian king and the ruler of Dioclea (Duklja),[1][2] from 1046 to 1081 initially as a Byzantine vassal holding the title of protospatharios, then after 1077 as nominally serving[3] Pope Gregory VII, addressed as "King of the Slavs". He had alienated himself from the Byzantines when he supported a Bulgarian Uprising of Georgi Voyteh, after which he then sought to gain support in the West. In 1077 he received a royal insignia by Gregory VII in the aftermath of the Church schism of 1054.

  1. ^ Fine 1991, p. 160,202,225.
  2. ^ Deliso, Christopher (2008). Culture and Customs of Serbia and Montenegro. ABC-CLIO. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-31334-437-4.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Zograf-74 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).