Milutin

king of Serbia

Also known as: Stefan Uroš II, Stephen Uroš II

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Milutin, also known as Stefan Uroš II Milutin, was the king of Serbia from 1282 to 1321. He was a ruler of the Nemanjić dynasty, which transformed the Serbian principality of Raška into a large empire. Milutin significantly expanded Serbian territory into Macedonia, taking advantage of a weakened Byzantine Empire. His reign, along with that of his son Stefan Dečanski and grandson Stefan Dušan, is considered a period of consolidation and expansion for the Serbian state. Milutin's son, Stefan Uroš III, was the father of Stefan Dušan, who would later become the greatest ruler of medieval Serbia.123

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Stefan Dušan
Background and early years
…reigning king, Stefan Uroš II Milutin. While Dušan was still a boy, his father, who governed the maritime provinces of the Serbian state, rebelled against his own father. Milutin took him prisoner, blinded him in order to make him unfit to claim the throne, and about 1314 exiled him to…
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…reigning king, Stefan Uroš II Milutin. While Dušan was still a boy, his father, who governed the maritime provinces of the Serbian state, rebelled against his own father. Milutin took him prisoner, blinded him in order to make him unfit to claim the throne, and about 1314 exiled him to…
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Serbia
The Golden Age
…was taken in 1282 by Stefan Uroš II and became the Serb capital. Under the reign of Stefan Dušan (1331–55), the Nemanjić state reached its greatest extent, incorporating Thessaly, Epirus, Macedonia, all of modern Albania and Montenegro, a substantial part of eastern Bosnia, and modern Serbia as far north as…
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…was taken in 1282 by Stefan Uroš II and became the Serb capital. Under the reign of Stefan Dušan (1331–55), the Nemanjić state reached its greatest extent, incorporating Thessaly, Epirus, Macedonia, all of modern Albania and Montenegro, a substantial part of eastern Bosnia, and modern Serbia as far north as…
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Kumanovo
…built by the Serbian king Milutin in 1318, which contains valuable frescoes. Also nearby is the 16th-century Matejić Monastery and a spa resort with hot mineral waters. Pop. (2002) 70,842; (2020 est.) 73,300.
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…built by the Serbian king Milutin in 1318, which contains valuable frescoes. Also nearby is the 16th-century Matejić Monastery and a spa resort with hot mineral waters. Pop. (2002) 70,842; (2020 est.) 73,300.
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