House of Vojinović
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Vojinović was a medieval Serbia
n noble family which during the 14th century played an important role in the Serbian Empire
, especially after the death of Emperor Dušan (King 1331–1346, emperor 1346–1355), when during collapse of Serbian Empire its representative Grand Duke
s Vojislav Vojinović
(around 1355–1363), and later his cousin
Nikola Altomanović
(1366–1373) were the strongest district masters in Medieval Serbia.
Its founder was Duke Vojin, which during the reign of Stefan Dečanski controlled areas around the Gacko
Over the years, their property is spread, and his heirs, Vojislav, and Nikola, held under his command area from the borders of Dubrovnik Republic, Bay of Kotor
and Zvečan Fortress
to Rudnik
. The power of the last representative of Vojinović, broke the joint coalition that consisted of Prince Lazar
(1371–1389) and the Ban
Tvrtko
(Ban
1353–1377, King 1377–1391), with the support of King of Hungary
Louis I (1342–1382) who sent the Ban
of Mačva
Nikola Gorjanski Elder with 1000 Lancer
s, during summer
and autumn
of 1373. Holdings and lands of Vojisavljević House were split, and Nikola itself was captured and blinded in Užice Fortress
, after which he received a small estate on which he died after 1398, when was the last time he was mentioned in sources as alive. During the 14th century the Vojinović family was connected with other Serbian patrician family, like House of Branivojević and House of Mladenović. The power of Vojinović family, left its mark in the Serbian folk tradition
, so that they appear in the epic folk poetry
, in Pretkosovski Cycle (Miloš Vojinović), and they are mentioned as builders and architects of Serbian medieval
buildings in Vučitrn
, Old Bridge (Vojinovića most)
and fort (Vojinovića Kula)
.
They are also known as Altomanović.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n noble family which during the 14th century played an important role in the Serbian Empire
Serbian Empire
The Serbian Empire was a short-lived medieval empire in the Balkans that emerged from the Serbian Kingdom. Stephen Uroš IV Dušan was crowned Emperor of Serbs and Greeks on 16 April, 1346, a title signifying a successorship to the Eastern Roman Empire...
, especially after the death of Emperor Dušan (King 1331–1346, emperor 1346–1355), when during collapse of Serbian Empire its representative Grand Duke
Grand Duke
The title grand duke is used in Western Europe and particularly in Germanic countries for provincial sovereigns. Grand duke is of a protocolary rank below a king but higher than a sovereign duke. Grand duke is also the usual and established translation of grand prince in languages which do not...
s Vojislav Vojinović
Vojislav Vojinović
Vojislav Vojinović was a 14th-century Serbian nobleman that held the title "Duke of Gacko" from 1349 to 1363. He was a members of the Serbian noble House of Vojinović. Emperor Dušan the Mighty installed him as a "Duke of Hum" in 1358....
(around 1355–1363), and later his cousin
Cousin
In kinship terminology, a cousin is a relative with whom one shares one or more common ancestors. The term is rarely used when referring to a relative in one's immediate family where there is a more specific term . The term "blood relative" can be used synonymously and establishes the existence of...
Nikola Altomanović
Nikola Altomanovic
Nikola Altomanović was Serbian župan from 14th century. He ruled vast areas from Rudnik, over Polimlje, Podrinje, east Herzegovina with Trebinje, till Konavle and Dračevica, neighboring the Republic of Dubrovnik...
(1366–1373) were the strongest district masters in Medieval Serbia.
Its founder was Duke Vojin, which during the reign of Stefan Dečanski controlled areas around the Gacko
Gacko
Gacko is a town and municipality in southeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Republika Srpska entity. It is situated in the Foča Region.-Geography:The town is in a short distance from Montenegro...
Over the years, their property is spread, and his heirs, Vojislav, and Nikola, held under his command area from the borders of Dubrovnik Republic, Bay of Kotor
Bay of Kotor
The Bay of Kotor in south-western Montenegro is a winding bay on the Adriatic Sea. The bay, sometimes called Europe's southernmost fjord, is in fact a submerged river canyon of the disintegrated Bokelj River which used to run from the high mountain plateaus of Mount Orjen...
and Zvečan Fortress
Zvecan Fortress
The Fortress of Zvečan, located in the north-west of the city of Kosovska Mitrovica, in North Kosovo, is an enormous castle and one of the oldest fortresses in South Eastern Europe...
to Rudnik
Rudnik
Rudnik is a mountain in central Serbia, near the town of Gornji Milanovac. Its highest peak Cvijićev vrh, named after geologist and biologist Jovan Cvijić, has an altitude of 1132 meters above sea level...
. The power of the last representative of Vojinović, broke the joint coalition that consisted of Prince Lazar
Lazar of Serbia
Lazar Hrebeljanović , was a medieval nobleman that emerged as the most powerful Serbian ruler after the death of the previous, childless, Emperor Uroš the Weak, which resulted in years of instability in the Serbian realm. As Stefan Lazar, he was Prince of Serbia from 1371 to 1389, ruling what is...
(1371–1389) and the Ban
Ban (title)
Ban was a title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.-Etymology:The word ban has entered the English language probably as a borrowing from South Slavic ban, meaning "lord, master; ruler". The Slavic word is probably borrowed from...
Tvrtko
Tvrtko I of Bosnia
Stjepan Tvrtko I was a ruler of medieval Bosnia. He ruled in 1353–1366 and again in 1367–1377 as Ban and in 1377–1391 as the first Bosnian King....
(Ban
Ban (title)
Ban was a title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.-Etymology:The word ban has entered the English language probably as a borrowing from South Slavic ban, meaning "lord, master; ruler". The Slavic word is probably borrowed from...
1353–1377, King 1377–1391), with the support of King of Hungary
King of Hungary
The King of Hungary was the head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 to 1918.The style of title "Apostolic King" was confirmed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758 and used afterwards by all the Kings of Hungary, so after this date the kings are referred to as "Apostolic King of...
Louis I (1342–1382) who sent the Ban
Ban (title)
Ban was a title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.-Etymology:The word ban has entered the English language probably as a borrowing from South Slavic ban, meaning "lord, master; ruler". The Slavic word is probably borrowed from...
of Mačva
Macva
Mačva is a geographical region in Serbia, mostly situated in the northwest of Central Serbia. It is located in a fertile plain between the Sava and Drina rivers. The chief town of this region is Šabac. The modern Mačva District of Serbia is named after the region, although the region of Mačva...
Nikola Gorjanski Elder with 1000 Lancer
Lancer
A lancer was a type of cavalryman who fought with a lance. Lances were used in mounted warfare by the Assyrians as early as and subsequently by Greek, Persian, Gallic, Han-Chinese, nomadic and Roman horsemen...
s, during summer
Summer
Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons, between spring and autumn. At the summer solstice, the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice...
and autumn
Autumn
Autumn is one of the four temperate seasons. Autumn marks the transition from summer into winter usually in September or March when the arrival of night becomes noticeably earlier....
of 1373. Holdings and lands of Vojisavljević House were split, and Nikola itself was captured and blinded in Užice Fortress
Stari Grad, Užice
Stari Grad ; is the remains of a fortress near the town of Užice, in central Serbia. It is an example of typical medieval Serbian architecture. Historians believe it was built between the 12th and 13th centuries to control movement along nearby roads, and the town of Užice...
, after which he received a small estate on which he died after 1398, when was the last time he was mentioned in sources as alive. During the 14th century the Vojinović family was connected with other Serbian patrician family, like House of Branivojević and House of Mladenović. The power of Vojinović family, left its mark in the Serbian folk tradition
Serbian traditions
Serbs have many traditions. The Slava is an exclusive custom of the Serbs, each family has one patron saint that they venerate on their feast day...
, so that they appear in the epic folk poetry
Serbian epic poetry
Serb epic poetry is a form of epic poetry written by Serbs originating in today's Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro. The main cycles were composed by unknown Serb authors between the 14th and 19th centuries...
, in Pretkosovski Cycle (Miloš Vojinović), and they are mentioned as builders and architects of Serbian medieval
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
buildings in Vučitrn
Vucitrn
Vučitrn or Vushtrri is a city and municipality in north-eastern Kosovo. It is the seat of the Kosovska Mitrovica District. The name of the city means "wolf's thorn", the name of the spiny restharrow plant in Serbian....
, Old Bridge (Vojinovića most)
Vojinovića Bridge
Vojinovića Bridge is located in Vučitrn, Kosovo. It dates from the end of the 14th or early 15th century, and, according to popular legend, was built by the brothers Vojinović, mentioned in Serbian epic poetry as nephews of Tsar Dušan...
and fort (Vojinovića Kula)
Vojinovića Tower
Vojinovića Tower or Vučitrn is a city fortifications in Vučitrn. It was the seat of Đurađ Branković in the time while he was district lord of Kosovo...
.
They are also known as Altomanović.
Vojinović family members
- VojinVojvoda VojinVojin of Gacko or Vojvoda Vojin was a Serb voivode and magnate that held the province of Gacko, also known as Hum , in ca.1322-1347, serving King Stephen Uroš III Dečanski and Emperor Stephen Dušan the Mighty...
(1322–1347), Vojvoda of Stefan Dečanski, and Emperor Dušan,- Miloš Vojinović, in service to the Emperor Dušan, participated in the sale of StonStonSton is a village and municipality in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia, located at the south of isthmus of the Pelješac peninsula. The town of Ston is the center of the Ston municipality.- Demographics :...
and PelješacPelješacPelješac is a peninsula in southern Dalmatia in Croatia. The peninsula is part of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County and is the second largest peninsula in Croatia...
to Dubrovnik, died after December 1332. - Altoman VojinovićAltoman VojinovićAltoman Vojinović of Zeta in the 14th century.He was born the eldest son of Vojvoda Vojin, who had fought under Stefan Dečanski and Stefan Dušan.He is believed to have died in 1363, but the last mention of him is in 1359....
(1347–1359), married to Ratoslava Mladenović (Sister of subsequent SebastokratorSebastokratorSebastokratōr was a senior court title in the late Byzantine Empire. It was also used by other rulers whose states bordered the Empire or were within its sphere of influence. The word is a compound of "sebastos" Sebastokratōr was a senior court title in the late Byzantine Empire. It was also used...
Branko MladenovićBranko MladenovićBranko Mladenović was a 14th-century Serb feudal lord in the Lake Ohrid border region in 1346 between the Serb lands ruled by Stefan Dušan and Albanian lands ruled by Matarango...
, father of Vuk Branković (1371–1391))- Nikola Altomanović VojinovićNikola AltomanovicNikola Altomanović was Serbian župan from 14th century. He ruled vast areas from Rudnik, over Polimlje, Podrinje, east Herzegovina with Trebinje, till Konavle and Dračevica, neighboring the Republic of Dubrovnik...
(born 1348, died after the 1398, ruled 1366–1373), Grand ŽupanGrand ZupanGrand, Great or Chief Župan is the English rendering of a South Slavic title which relate etymologically to župan like a Russian Grand Prince to a Knyaz .- Bulgaria :A decorated silver cup with a...
, after his father's death, in 1359, he was suppressed by uncle Vojislav, after whose death, 1363 he restored his lands.
- Nikola Altomanović Vojinović
- Vojislav VojinovićVojislav VojinovićVojislav Vojinović was a 14th-century Serbian nobleman that held the title "Duke of Gacko" from 1349 to 1363. He was a members of the Serbian noble House of Vojinović. Emperor Dušan the Mighty installed him as a "Duke of Hum" in 1358....
(around 1355–1363), grand duke, married to Goislava- Dobrivoj, after his father's death, in 1363, while was still a child, suppressed by his cousin Nikola.
- Stefan, after his father's death, in 1363, while was still a child, suppressed by his cousin Nikola.
- Vojislava Vojinović, married to Brajko Branivojević, after his death in 1326, the young king Dušan intermediates to be released from prison in DubrovnikDubrovnikDubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...
.
- Miloš Vojinović, in service to the Emperor Dušan, participated in the sale of Ston
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See also
- List of Serbian monarchs
- Modern House of VojinovićHouse of Vojinović (modern)The House of Vojnović or Vojinović is a Serbian and Croatian noble family of Dalmatia. Their roots were in Herceg Novi, in a present-day Montenegro. They were very prominent politicians, intelectuals, soldiers, maritime captains and merchants in history ofDalmatia.-Origin:The Vojinović clan...