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Knez Stefan Vojislav of Duklja Travunia



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Father: Dragimir Hvalimirović of Travunia Zahum, b. ABT 965 in Serbia   d. 1018 in Kotor, Montenegro
Mother: Preslava Tihomirović of Raška, b. ABT 968 in Raški, Serbia   d. in Serbia

Family 1: Neda of Bulgaria,    b. ABT 996 in Bulgaria    d. 1046 in Montenegro
  1. Mihailo Vojislavljević of Duklja Travunija Zahum Raska I, b. ABT 1015 in Serbia     d. 1081 in Serbia
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  1. Title: rootsweb > McCain-Clark Ancestors and Cousins: Stefan Dobroslav I Vojislav
    Author: Sources: Title: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Publication: Name: Name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page;; Repository: Name: Internet
    Publication: Name: https://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=johncmccain&id=I79734;
    Note: ID: I79734 Name: Stefan Dobroslav I Vojislav 1 Sex: M Birth: in Brusno, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Central Slovakia 1 Burial: Church of St. Andrew in Prapratna 1 Title: Medieval Serbian Ruler of Duklja 1 Death: ABT 1051 1 Name: Vojislav of Duklja 1 Note: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Knez (or Stefan) Dobroslav I Vojislav (Serbian Cyrillic: ?, Latin: Stephanus Boisthlabus) was a Medieval Serbian ruler of Duklja (1018-1043) of the House of Vojislav. He was born in the month of April, in Brusno, to father Dragimir Dukljanina of Travunija and Hum and was raised in Bosnia by his mother, the daughter of Rascian Serb ruler Ljutomir of Serbian Zagorje. Having reached its pinnacle during the long reign of emperor Basil II, the Byzantine empire entered, following his death in 1025, a steady decline. This was particularly evident in the Balkans. There, the elimination of the perennial Bulgarian threat, combined with insensitive taxation policy reversals, helped spur liberation movements. Around 1034, Stefan Vojislav, cousin of the assassinated Vladimir of Zeta, organized a rebellion while the Byzantine Empire was switching the throne. He was defeated and imprisoned in Constantinople with his realm restored under the control of Byzantine Serbia's strategos Theophilos Erotikos. He regained his freedom and organized a new rebellion in late 1037 or early 1038 targeting the allies of the Emperor in the neighbouring regions. Taking advantage of guerilla warfare and the distracting effects of other uprisings, he staved off several punitive expeditions, asserting partial control over the principalities of Travunija and Zahumlje in the process. Thus, by 1040 his state stretched in the coastal region from Ston in the north, down to the Skadar Lake, his capital, Skadar, set up along the southern banks of the lake, with other courts in Trebinje, Kotor and Bar. The Byzantine Emperor Michael, waiting in Thessalonika, was to receive a shipment of gold of 10 Kentenars from Southern Italy in 1039. One galley accidentally crashed in Duklja's Bay. Its treasures were taken by Vojislav who refused to return the gold, which greatly boosted the economy of his realm. This incurred Michael's fury, as he sent Imperial Eunuch George Probatas to crush Vojislav's movement. The Eunuch's army was caught in the Doclean Gorges in an ambush and suffered a total defeat. Voislav's son, Radoslav was famous for killing a Byzantine military commander himself on the battlefield. Kekaumenos, a strategos sent for Vojislav, ended up imprisoned by Vojislav and taken to Ston. The uprising of Peter Delian in 1040-42 who now crowned himself as Czar Peter II of Bulgarians made another Byzantine incursion against Duklja unlikely as the Byzantines were more threatened by the Bulgarians who advanced. In 1042, the new emperor Constantine IX decided to attack Duklja with a army based in Dyrrhacium and the neighbouring themes. The Byzantine army under Michaelus Anastasii was defeated and Vojislav ensured a future for Duklja without imperial authority. Vojislav spent the rest of his rule in peace, until his death in ca. 1051. He was succeeded by his widow and five sons - Gojislav, Predimir, Mihailo, Saganek and Radoslav. He was buried in the Church of St. Andrew in Prapratna. Duklja briefly became the center of the Serbian state which replaced -in terms of leadership- the powerful Serbian core of Rascia; it held this position for a few years, his son Mihailo I of Duklja ruled Duklja as the other principalities unified with Rascia. Father: Dragimir Dukljanina of Travunija Mother: Hum Marriage 1 Theodora Kosara Children Has Children Mihailo I of Duklja Has No Children Gojislav Has No Children Predimir Has No Children Saganek Has No Children Radoslav
  2. Title: Wikiwand: Stefan Vojislav
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Stefan_Vojislav;
    Note: Stefan Vojislav (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Војислав; Greek: Στέφανος Βοϊσθλάβος; fl. 1034–d. 1043) was the Serbian Prince of Duklja from 1040 to 1043. He had since 1018 been a Byzantine governor, until 1034 when he led an unsuccessful revolt that landed him in a prison at Constantinople. He managed to escape and returned home, this time successfully gaining the independence of his statelet and expanding his rule over southern Dalmatia and its hinterland, which he would rule as Prince of the Serbs, a title signifying supreme leadership among Serbs. He is the eponymous founder of the Vojislavljević dynasty. Origin and early life The contemporary writers call him a Serb, but do not mention his genealogy, while the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, a later, more dubious source, calls him a cousin to previous ruler Jovan Vladimir (r. 990-1016). Having reached its pinnacle during the long reign of emperor Basil II, the Byzantine empire entered a steady decline following his death in 1025. This was particularly evident in the Balkans, where the elimination of the perennial Bulgarian threat combined with an insensitive taxation policy helped spur liberation movements. Vojislav held the title of archon, and toparch of the Dalmatian kastra of Zeta and Ston. The affairs of the Dalmatians, Croats, Serbs and others were overseen by strategoi in Niš, Skopje, Ragusa (Dubrovnik) and Dyrrhachium. Vojislav had regular meetings with Katakalon Klazomenites (Catacalon), the strategos of Ragusa, and at one occasion, kidnapped him and his party because Vojislav wanted him to be the godfather to his son Katakalon at his baptism. This shows a close relationship between native leaders and Byzantine officers in the peripheral zone of the Empire after Basil's "reconquest." Around 1034 (according to John Skylitzes), the Serbs renounced Byzantine rule. Stefan Vojislav, cousin of the murdered Jovan Vladimir, organized a rebellion taking advantage of the death of the emperor Romanos III Argyros. He was defeated and imprisoned in Constantinople in 1035/1036 while his realm was put under the control of the strategos Theophilos Erotikos. In late 1037 or early 1038, he managed to break out of the prison and returned to Duklja, where he organized a new rebellion, also targeting the Serb allies of the Emperor in the neighbouring regions. By means of guerilla tactics and the distracting effects of other uprisings, he staved off several punitive expeditions and asserted partial control over the principalities of Travunija and Zahumlje. Thus, by 1040 his state stretched in the coastal region from Ston in the north, down to his capital, Skadar, set up along the southern banks of the Skadar Lake, with other courts set up in Trebinje, Kotor and Bar. Wars with Byzantines 1039–42 In 1039, the Byzantine Emperor Michael IV the Paphlagonian was waiting in Thessaloniki for a shipment of 10 kentenars of gold (7,200 gold nomismata) coming from his provinces in Southern Italy, but the cargo ship (galley) was wrecked off the Doclean coast due to stormy weather in the winter and the goods were taken by Vojislav, who refused to return it upon Michael's requests. The emperor, who had already retaken Dyrrhachium, became furious and sent general George Probatas to tackle Vojislav, but the Byzantine army, unfamiliar with the terrain, was ambushed in the gorges and totally defeated. Vojislav's son, Radoslav, is noted as having killed a Byzantine military commander on the battlefield. Kekaumenos, a strategos sent for Vojislav, ended up imprisoned by Vojislav and taken to Ston. The 1040-41 Uprising of Peter Delyan, who crowned himself "Czar Peter of the Bulgarians," made another Byzantine incursion against Duklja unlikely as the Byzantines were now occupied by the Bulgarian advance. 1042 In 1042, the new emperor Constantine IX decided to attack Duklja with an army based in Dyrrhachium and the neighboring themes. The Byzantine army under Michaelus Anastasii was defeated and Vojislav ensured a future for Duklja without imperial authority. The battle took place in the mountainous area between Bar and Crmnica after midnight on October 7, 1042. Prior to the battle a man entered the Byzantine camp and spread false information about a huge enemy army, causing panic among the Byzantines. Stefan Vojislav, along with three of his sons, led the Serbs into battle. The Serbs slowly moved down the hills along with shouting and blowing horns and trumpets so it would exaggerate their appearance. The Byzantines were trapped in the mountainous area, as the Serbs blocked the passage. They caught the Byzantines unprepared and managed to cause chaos among their ranks and after heavy fighting routed the remaining Byzantine forces. Some historical records claim that two-thirds of the Byzantine army had been killed. Byzantine historian John Skylitzes (1040–1101) claimed that 60,000 Byzantines participated in the battle, but these records are considered[by whom?] inaccurate. Most historians agree that there were about 40,000 Byzantines. Numbers of the Serb army are unknown, but are considered to be largely inferior to the Byzantines. Voislav dispatched 50 Greeks to tell the rest about the huge victory. 1043 In 1042, the župan of Rascia (a renewed subordinate title, showing Byzantine overlordship), Ban of Bosnia and Prince of Hum Ljutovid, received a large sum of imperial gold and silver for their support to overthrow Vojislav. Ljutovid led the army against Duklja in 1043 but his army was ambushed at the Klobuk hill of Konavli (then part of Travunia), by Vojislav, and defeated. Last years Vojislav spent the rest of his rule in peace and died in 1043. He was succeeded by his widow and their five sons - Gojislav, Predimir, Mihailo, Saganek and Radoslav. He was buried in the Church of St. Andrew in Prapratna, a town between Bar and Ulcinj. Duklja remained the center of the Serbian state which had earlier replaced (in terms of leadership) Rascia; it held this position for a few years, under the rule of his son Mihailo I in Duklja while the other principalities were unified with Rascia under Vukan of Serbia. Titles "archon, and toparch of the Dalmatian kastra of Zeta and Ston," his Byzantine title, according to the Strategikon of Kekaumenos (1075–78). "Prince of the Serbs" (ὁ τῶν Σέρβων ἄρχων), according to John Skylitzes (fl. 1057–59). "Prince of Serbia," according to George Kedrenos (fl. 1050s)
  3. Title: Wikiwand: Prapratna
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Prapratna;
    Note: Prapratna (Serbian Cyrillic: Прапратна, Greek: Πραπράτοις was a župa (county) in Duklja, and one of the courts of Mihailo I of Duklja (r. 1050–1081), alongside Dekatera (Kotor), according to Byzantine chronicler John Skylitzes (fl. 1057–59). According to the later, somewhat dubious source, Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, a ruler named Hvalimir who was alleged to be an ancestor of Jovan Vladimir (ca. 990–1016), held Zeta and its towns, and the following counties: Lusca (Luška), Podlugiae (Podlužje), Gorsca (Gorska), Cupelnich (Kupelnik), Obliquus (Oblik), Prapratna, Cermeniza (Crmnica) and Budua (Budva) with Cuceva (Kučevo) and Gripuli (Grbalj). Furthermore, it states that Stefan Vojislav (r. 1018–1043) was buried in the court church of St. Andrew in Prapratna. Czech historian Konstantin Josef Jireček (1854–1918), in 1879, identified Prapratna with Papratnica in the Crmnica valley of the Principality of Montenegro. The etymology is derived from praprat, "fern," which grow in the region. It is thought to have been situated south of Bar, having been inhabited by the Mrkovići tribe (Mrkojevići).
  4. Title: Wikiwand: Trebinje
    Author: Sources: Bose, Sumantra (2002). Bosnia After Dayton: Nationalist Partition and International Intervention. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-515848-9. Human Rights Watch (1993). War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Volume 2. New York: Human Rights Watch. ISBN 978-1-56432-097-1. Bataković, Dušan T. (1996). The Serbs of Bosnia & Herzegovina: History and Politics. Dialogue Association.
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Trebinje;
    Note: Trebinje (Serbian Cyrillic: Требиње) is a city located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina situated on the banks of Trebišnjica river in the region of East Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 31,433 inhabitants. The city's old town quarter dates to the 18th-century Ottoman period, and includes the Arslanagić Bridge. Geography The city lies in the Trebišnjica river valley, at the foot of Leotar, in southeastern Herzegovina, some 30 km (19 mi) by road from Dubrovnik, Croatia, on the Adriatic coast. There are several mills along the river, as well as several bridges, including three in the city of Trebinje itself, as well as a historic Ottoman Arslanagic bridge nearby. The river is heavily exploited for hydro-electric energy. After it passes through the Popovo Polje area southwest of the city, the river — which always floods in the winter — naturally runs underground to the Adriatic, near Dubrovnik. Trebinje is known as "the city of the sun and platan trees", and it is said to be one of the most beautiful cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city is economic and cultural center of the region of Eastern Herzegovina. History Middle Ages De Administrando Imperio by Constantine VII (913–959) mentioned Travunija (Τερβουνια), as a "land of the Serbs." Serbian Prince Vlastimir (r. 830–51) married his daughter to Krajina, the son of Beloje, and that family became hereditary rulers of Travunija. By 1040 Stefan Vojislav's state stretched in the coastal region from Ston in the north, down to his capital, Skadar, set up along the southern banks of the Skadar Lake, with other courts set up in Trebinje, Kotor and Bar. The town commanded the road from Ragusa to Constantinople, which was traversed in 1096 by Raymond IV of Toulouse and his crusaders. It belonged to the Serbian Empire until 1355. Trebinje became a part of the expanded medieval Bosnian state under Tvrtko I in 1373. There is a medieval tower in Gornje Police whose construction is often attributed to Vuk Branković. The old Tvrdoš Monastery dates back to the 15th century. In 1482, together with the rest of Herzegovina (see: Herzog Stjepan Vukčić Kosača), the town was captured by the Ottoman Empire. The Old Town-Kastel was built by the Ottomans on the location of the medieval fortress of Ban Vir, on the western bank of the Trebišnjica River. The city walls, the Old Town square, and two mosques were built in the beginning of the 18th century by the Resulbegović family. The 16th-century Arslanagić bridge (or Perovica bridge) was originally built at the village of Arslanagić, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the town, by Mehmed-Paša Sokolović, and was run by Arslanagić family for centuries. The Arslanagić Bridge is one of the most attractive Ottoman-era bridges in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has two large and two small semicircular arches. Among noble families in the Trebinje region mentioned in Ragusan documents were Ljubibratić, Starčić, Popović, Krasomirić, Preljubović, Poznanović, Dragančić, Kobiljačić, Paštrović, Zemljić and Stanjević. Ottoman The burning of Saint Sava's remains after the Banat Uprising provoked the Serbs in other regions to revolt against the Ottomans. Grdan, the vojvoda of Nikšić, organized revolt with Serbian Patriarch Jovan Kantul. From 1596, the center of anti-Ottoman activity in Herzegovina was the Tvrdoš Monastery in Trebinje, where Metropolitan Visarion was seated. In 1596, the uprising broke out in Bjelopavlići, then spread to Drobnjaci, Nikšić, Piva and Gacko (see Serb Uprising of 1596–97). The rebels were defeated at the field of Gacko. It ultimately failed due to lack of foreign support. The hajduks in Herzegovina had in March 1655 carried out one of their greatest operations, raiding Trebinje, taking many slaves and carrying with them out much loot. On 26 November 1716, Austrian general Nastić with 400 soldiers and c. 500 hajduks attacked Trebinje, but did not take it over. A combined Austro-Venetian-Hajduk force of 7,000 stood before the Trebinje walls, defended by 1,000 Ottomans. The Ottomans were busy near Belgrade and with hajduk attacks towards Mostar, and were thus unable to reinforce Trebinje. The conquest of Trebinje and Popovo field were given up to fight in Montenegro. The Venetians took over Hutovo and Popovo, where they immediately recruited militarly from the population. Notable participants in the Herzegovina Uprising (1852–62) from Trebinje include Mićo Ljubibratić. During the Herzegovina Uprising (1875–77), the Bileća and Trebinje region was led by serdar Todor Mujičić, Gligor Milićević, Vasilj Svorcan and Sava Jakšić. Austria-Hungary During the period of Austro-Hungarian administration (1878–1918), several fortifications were built on the surrounding hills, and there was a garrison based in the town. The imperial administrators also modernized the town, expanding it westwards, building the present main street, as well as several squares, parks, schools, tobacco plantations, etc. SFR Yugoslavia (1945–92) Trebinje grew rapidly in the era of Josip Broz Tito's Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 1945 and 1990. It especially developed its hydroelectric potential with dams, artificial lakes, tunnels, and hydroelectric plants. This industrial development brought a large increase in the urban population of Trebinje. Bosnian War (1992–95) Trebinje was the largest town in Serb-held eastern Herzegovina during the Bosnian War. It was controlled by Bosnian Serb forces from the fall of 1991, and was used as a major command and artillery base by Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) troops besieging the Croatian town of Dubrovnik. In 1992 Trebinje was declared the capital of the self-proclaimed Serbian Autonomous Region of Herzegovina (Serbian: Српска аутономна област Херцеговина). Bosniak residents were subsequently conscripted to fight with the JNA and if refused they were executed, and thus they fled the region. Ten of the town's mosques were razed to the ground during the war. Settlements Trebinje is one of two municipalities created from the former Yugoslav municipality of Trebinje of the 1991 census, the other being Ravno in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2018, it has a total of 178 settlements that comprise it (including city proper area of Trebinje): Aranđelovo Arbanaška Arslanagića Most Baonine Begović Kula Bihovo Bijelač Bijograd Bioci Bodiroge Bogojević Selo Borlovići Brani Do Brova Budoši Bugovina Cerovac Čvarići Desin Selo Diklići Djedići, Do Dobromani Dodanovići Dolovi Domaševo Donja Kočela Donje Čičevo Donje Grančarevo Donje Vrbno Donji Orovac Dračevo Dražin Do Drijenjani Dubljani Dubočani Duži Glavinići Gojšina Gola Glavica Gomiljani Gornja Kočela Gornje Čičevo Gornje Grančarevo Gornje Vrbno Gornji Orovac Grab Grbeši Grbići Grkavci Grmljani Hum Janjač Jasen Jasenica Lug Jazina Jušići Klikovići Klobuk Konjsko Korlati Kotezi Kovačina Kraj Krajkovići Kremeni Do Krnjevići Kučići Kunja Glavica Kutina Lapja Lastva Lokvice Lomači Lug Lušnica Ljekova Ljubovo Marić Međine Mesari Mionići Morče Mosko Mrkonjići Mrnjići Necvijeće Nevada Nikontovići Ograde Orašje Popovo Orašje Površ Orašje Zubci Parojska Njiva Petrovići Pijavice Podosoje Podstrašivica Podštirovnik Podvori Poljice Čičevo Poljice Popovo Prhinje Pridvorci Prosjek Rapti Bobani Rapti Zupci Rasovac Sedlari Skočigrm Staro Slano Strujići Šarani Šćenica Ljubomir Taleža Todorići Trebijovi Tuli Tulje Turani Turica Turmenti Tvrdoš Ubla Ugarci Ukšići Uskoplje Uvjeća Veličani Velja Gora Vladušići Vlaka Vlasače Vlaška Volujac Vrpolje Ljubomir Vrpolje Zagora Vučija Zagora Zavala Zgonjevo Žakovo Ždrijelovići Željevo Župa Ethnic groups The ethnic composition of the city: Ethnic group Population 1971[11] Population 1981[12] Population 1991 Population 2013[13] Serbs 19,362 18,123 21,349 29,487 Bosniaks/Muslims 4,846 4,405 5,571 1,005 Croats 3,350 2,309 1,246 315 Yugoslavs 424 4,154 1,642 - Others 1,042 1,381 1,181 621 Total 29,024 30,372 30,396 31,433 Culture The Serbian Orthodox church in Trebinje, Saborna Crkva, was built between 1888 and 1908. The Hercegovačka Gračanica monastery, a loose copy of the Gračanica monastery in Kosovo, was completed in 2000. The churches are located above the city, on the historic Crkvina Hill. The 15th-century Tvrdoš monastery is located two kilometres south-west of Trebinje, including a church which dates back to late antiquity. There is also the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Birth of Mary in the town centre, as well as monuments dedicated to acclaimed poets Njegoš and Jovan Dučić (who was from the town). The Osman-Paša Resulbegović mosque, located in the Old Town, was originally built in 1726 and fully renovated in 2005. The Old Town walls are well preserved. The Arslanagić Bridge (1574) is located 1 km north of the town center.
  5. Title: Wikiwand: Vojislavljević dynasty
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Vojislavljevi%C4%87_dynasty;
    Note: The Vojislavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Војислављевић, pl. Vojislavljevići / Војислављевићи) was a Serbian medieval dynasty, named after archon Stefan Vojislav, who wrested the polities of Duklja, Travunia, Zahumlje, Rascia and Bosnia from the Byzantines in the mid-11th century. The main line of the Vojislavljević were ousted by their cadet branch, the Vukanović (which became the Nemanjić dynasty), in the late 12th century. History Stefan Vojislav Stefan Vojislav, the progenitor of the dynasty, was a Serbian nobleman in Byzantine service who had the titles of archon, and toparch of the Dalmatian kastra of Zeta and Ston. In 1034 he led an unsuccessful revolt that resulted in his incarceration at Constantinople, he however, managed to escape and return, this time successfully gaining independence of his statelet, which he would rule as Prince of the Serbs, a title signifying supreme leadership among the Serbs. The contemporary writers call him a Serb, but do not mention his genealogy, while a later, dubious source, calls him a cousin to previous ruler Jovan Vladimir (r. 990–1016). Mihailo I Mihailo I became Grand Prince around 1050/1055. He restored independence and maintained it from the Byzantine Empire. He sought closer relations with other great powers, such as the Pope and the Normans. Mihailo installed his son Petrislav as Prince of Rascia. After the aborted rebellion in Bulgaria, the military governor of Dyrrhachium, Nicephorus Bryennius, restored Byzantine rule to Rascia in 1073. Mihailo reportedly received royal insignia in 1077 from Pope Gregory VII, although this is still a matter of debate. An image of King Mihajlo with his crown is still found in the Church of St. Michael in Ston, a town in the Pelješac peninsula (in present-day Croatia). Mihajlo's rule ended in 1080. Constantine Bodin His successor was his son Constantin Bodin, who ruled from 1080 to 1101. Bodin fought Byzantium and Normans further to the south, and took the town of Dyrrachium. He established vassal states in Bosnia (under Stefan) and Raška (under Vukan and Marko), which recognized his supremacy. Vukan and Marko, the new princes of Raška were probably sons of the aforementioned Petrislav. Vukan (1083–1115) was the Grand Župan while Marko headed administration of a part of the land. The Byzantine Emperor Alexios later forced Vukan to acknowledge Byzantine suzerainty in 1094. After Bodin died in 1101, incessant struggles for power among his heirs weakened the state. Bodin had previously exiled Dobroslav, his younger brother, together with their cousin Kočapar. In 1101 they returned, and vied for power together with another grandson of Mihajlo's, Vladimir. Vladimir at one point married the daughter of Vukan of Raška. Decline In 1114, Đorđe, son of Constantin Bodin, came to power in Duklja. The next year Vukan was replaced in Raška by his nephew Uroš I. (ca. 1115–1131). Đorđe's rule lasted until 1118. One of the sons of Uroš I was Zavida, Prince of Zahumlje. His four sons would eventually bring order to the Rascian lands and found the House of Nemanja. In these struggles, the pro-Raška rulers eventually managed to rise to power in Duklja, culminating in the rise of Stefan Nemanja, one of Zavida's sons (around 1166). His son Stefan Nemanjić restored the old Doclean crown in 1217 by receiving from the Pope regal insignia as "King of all Serbs and Maritime Lands." List of rulers Picture Name Title Reign Notes Stefan Vojislav "Prince of the Serbs" or "of Serbia" toparch of the Dalmatian kastra of Zeta and Ston 1018–1034 1040–1043 Overthrew the Byzantine supremacy over Serbs in Duklja; founder of the Vojislavljević dynasty; in 1035 rebelled against the Byzantine Empire, but forced to sign an armistice; went to war again in 1040, which would be continued by his heir and son, Mihailo. Except Duklja, his realm included Travunija with Konavli and Zahumlje. Mihailo I "Prince of Tribals or Serbs" "King of Slavs" 1050–1077 1077–1081 Crowned King by the pope in 1077. Constantine Bodin "protosebastos and executor of Dioklea and Serbia" King (titular) 1081–1085 1085–1091 Tsar of Bulgaria as Peter III in 1072. After Constantine Bodin, the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja claims that the following members of the same family ruled Duklja: King Dobroslav II (1101–1102) King Mihailo II (1101–1102) King Dobroslav III (1102) King Kočopar (1102–1103) King Vladimir (1103–1114) King Đorđe (1114–1118, 1125–1131) Prince Grubeša (1118–1125) King Gradihna/Gradinja (1131–1148) Prince Radoslav (1146–1148, 1162) However, none of these are mentioned in contemporary sources. Family tree Stefan Vojislav Gojslav Radoslav Branislav Kočapar (fl. 1102–03) Grubeša Gradinja (fl. 1125–46) Radoslav Gradislav Berinja Saganek Predimir Mihailo I, King of Slavs (Duklja) Dobroslav II Vladimir Konstantin Bodin Mihajlo II Đorđe Bodinović (fl. 1113–31) Petrislav, Prince of Rascia (ca. 1050–1083) Vukan Vukanović dynasty

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