Stefan Vladislav Стефан Владислав | |
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 Stefan Vladislav ktitor portrait in the Mileševa monastery (1235) | |
| Ktetor | |
| Born | around 1198 Raška |
| Died | after 1264 Zeta |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church[1] |
| Attributes | Church builder |
| King of Serbia | |
| Reign | 1234–1243 |
| Predecessor | Stefan Radoslav |
| Successor | Stefan Uroš I |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Beloslava of Bulgaria |
| Dynasty | Nemanjić |
| Father | Stefan the First-Crowned |
| Mother | Eudokia Angelina |
| Religion | Serbian Orthodox |
| Signature |  |
Stefan Vladislav (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Владислав, Serbian pronunciation: [stêfaːn]; c. 1198 – after 1264) was the King of Serbia from 1234 to 1243. He was the middle son of Stefan the First-Crowned of the Nemanjić dynasty, who ruled Serbia from 1196 to 1228. Radoslav, the eldest son of Stefan the First-Crowned, was ousted by the Serbian nobility due to increasing Epirote influence through his marriage alliance to Theodore Komnenos Doukas; thus Vladislav became his successor. He is celebrated as Saint Vladislav by the Serbian Orthodox Church.[2][3][4][5][6]
During Vladislav's reign, his uncle Archbishop Sava went on a pilgrimage and died in Bulgaria while on his way home. Vladislav obtained the remains and buried them in the Mileševa monastery, which he had built intended to be his burial place.[7] Serbia was politically aligned with Bulgaria at the time,[8] since Vladislav was married to Beloslava, the daughter of Ivan Asen II.[9] Vladislav secured Hum, a maritime province under attack by Hungarian crusaders.
After the death of Ivan Asen II, there was unrest in Serbia. The Mongols, led by Kadan, invaded Hungary and devastated the Balkans, at which time the Serbian nobility rose up against Vladislav. In 1243, he abdicated in favour of his younger brother, but remained the governor of Zeta. The Serbian Orthodox Church venerates him as a saint on September 24 [O.S. October 7].[1]
- ^ a b Thomson 1993, p. 129.
- ^ Dvornik 1962, p. 101-103.
- ^ Fine 1994, p. 135-138.
- ^ Ćirković 2004, p. 46-48, 58.
- ^ Curta 2006, p. 394-395.
- ^ Curta 2019, p. 666.
- ^ Mileusnić 1998, p. 130.
- ^ Maksimović 2010, p. 128.
- ^ Madgearu 2017, p. 209, 246.