Princess Milica of Serbia


Milica Nemanjić Hrebeljanović
Милица Немањић Хребељановић
Tsaritsa Milica
Born1335
DiedNovember 11, 1405
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Burial
SpouseLazar of Serbia
IssueStefan Lazarević
HouseNemanjić dynasty
FatherVratko Nemanjić
ReligionSerbian Orthodox
Statue of Princess Milica in Trstenik

Princess Milica Hrebeljanović née Nemanjić (Serbian: Милица Немањић Хребељановић · ca. 1335 – November 11, 1405) also known as Empress (Tsaritsa) Milica, was a royal consort of Serbia by marriage to Prince Lazar, who fell in the Battle of Kosovo. After her husband's death, she took the role as queen regent of Serbia from 1389 to 1393, until her son, despot Stefan Lazarević came of age.

She later became a Serbian Orthodox nun under the name Jevgenija. She is the author of "A Mother's Prayer" (Serbian: Молитва матере) and a famous poem of mourning for her husband, My Widowhood's Bridegroom (Serbian: Удовству мојему женик).