House of Vojislavljevic (ca 1050- ca 1160)

Serb ruling Dynasty of Zeta/Duklja. Events Leofric becomes Bishop of Exeter Births Margrave Leopold II of Austria (d. ... Events Erik den helige is succeeded by Karl Sverkersson. ... Zeta can refer to: Zeta (letter), a letter of the Greek alphabet. ... Duklja (Latin: Doclea or Dioclea, after the town of Dioclea) was a vassal state of Byzantium until it won its independence in 1042, ruled by the Vojislavljevic Dynasty, located in Zeta, or modern Montenegro and northern Albania including the city of Shkodër. ...

Grand Župan Mihajlo of Zeta (Michael) (1050/1155-1080) who was born after 1042 maintained Serb independence from Byzantine empire. He was preceded by Caslav Klonimirovic who unified Serb lands only to lose the kingdom after the Bulgars and Byzantium attacked Serbia after the discrd caused by his death. Mihailo received royal insignia from the Pope, and the image of King Mihailo with his crown is still found in the Church of St.Mihailo in Ston, a town in the Peljesac peninsula (in present-day Croatia). Events William I of England, in a letter, reminds the Bishop of Rome that the King of England owes him no allegiance. ... Knez/Zupan Caslav Klonimirovic Vlastimirovic ??? - 960 Ruler of Serbia (son of Klonimir, grandson of Strojimir). ...

His successors were King Konstantin Bodin, son of Mihajlo who ruled 1080-1101. Bodin fought Byzantium and Normans and took the town of Durachium. He established vassal states in Bosnia (under Stefan) and Raska (under Vukan and Marko), which recognized his supremacy. Byzantium was the original name of the modern city of Istanbul. ... The Normans (adapted from the name Northmen or Norsemen) were Scandinavian invaders (especially Danish Vikings) who began to occupy the northern area of France now known as Normandy in the latter half of the 9th century. ... Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ... Raška (Raschka, Rascia, Rassa) was the central and most successful medieval Serbian state (or župa, area ruled by a župan) that unified neighboring Serbian tribes into the main medieval Serbian state in Balkans. ...

Incessant struggles for power among his heirs weakened the state. These struggles culminated in the rise to power of pro-Raska rulers in Duklja such as King Dobroslav, younger brother of Konstantin Bodin and later King Djordje, son of Konstantin. The rise of Raska under its ruler Stefan Nemanja (around 1166) and its state religion, Orthodoxy - resulted in the conversion of Zeta/Duklja to Orthodoxy from Catholicism. Raška (Raschka, Rascia, Rassa) was the central and most successful medieval Serbian state (or župa, area ruled by a župan) that unified neighboring Serbian tribes into the main medieval Serbian state in Balkans. ... Stefan Nemanja (Стефан Немања) (Stefan I) (ca 1132-February 13, 1199 or 1200) was the Grand Župan of Raška (Rascia), located in the central west region of the Balkans from 1166 or 1168 to 1196. ... The word orthodoxy, from the Greek ortho (right, correct) and doxa (thought, teaching), is typically used to refer to the correct observance of religion, as determined by some overseeing body. ... Zeta can refer to: Zeta (letter), a letter of the Greek alphabet. ... Duklja (Latin: Doclea or Dioclea, after the town of Dioclea) was a vassal state of Byzantium until it won its independence in 1042, ruled by the Vojislavljevic Dynasty, located in Zeta, or modern Montenegro and northern Albania including the city of Shkodër. ... The word orthodoxy, from the Greek ortho (right, correct) and doxa (thought, teaching), is typically used to refer to the correct observance of religion, as determined by some overseeing body. ... This article considers Catholicism in the broadest ecclesiastical sense. ...

See: List of Serbian monarchs Coat of Arms of Serbia This is the list of Serbian monarchs. ...

External Links:

http://www.montenegro.org/duklja.html [1] (http://www.montenegro.org/duklja.html)