Stephen Uroš III of Dečani (Serbian: Стефан Урош III Дечански, Stefan Uroš III Dečanski, Serbian pronunciation: [stɛ̂faːn ûrɔʃ trɛ̂tɕiː dɛ̂tʃaːnskiː]; ca. 1285 – 11 November 1331) was King of Serbia from January 6, 1322 to 8 September 1331. He defeated and killed several of his family members who wanted to take the throne from him. He took his epithet Dečanski from the great monastery he built at Dečani.
He was the son of King Stefan Uroš II Milu...
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Stephen Uroš III of Dečani (Serbian: Стефан Урош III Дечански, Stefan Uroš III Dečanski, Serbian pronunciation: [stɛ̂faːn ûrɔʃ trɛ̂tɕiː dɛ̂tʃaːnskiː]; ca. 1285 – 11 November 1331) was King of Serbia from January 6, 1322 to 8 September 1331. He defeated and killed several of his family members who wanted to take the throne from him. He took his epithet Dečanski from the great monastery he built at Dečani.
He was the son of King Stefan Uroš II Milutin and Anna of Bulgaria. His maternal grandparents were George I of Bulgaria and his wife Maria, sister of Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria.
While still a youth, he was sent by his father as a hostage with his entourage to Nogai Khan of the Golden Horde, to maintain the peace between the Serbs and Tatars. He stayed at Nogai's court until the Khan's death in 1299.
In 1314 he quarrels with his father, who ends up sending him to Constantinople, to have him blinded. Uroš III was never totally blinded. He was at the court of Andronicus,
After 1317, Uroš...
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