Mrnjava
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Mrnja or Mrnjava was a Serbian provincial nobleman and treasurer (kaznac) serving Helen of Anjou
at Trebinje
(Travunija), the wife of Stephen Uroš I of Serbia. He was the father of Vukašin Mrnjavčević
, the co-ruler of the Serbian Empire
(1365–1371) and founder of the Mrnjavčević dynasty
.
He was born in Zahumlje
. He worked for Helen at Trebinje
in the 1280s and is mentioned in a 1289 document.
Benedictine monk and historian Mavro Orbini
registered Mrnjava in his works.
It is also possible that Mrnjan and Mrnjava are in fact father and son, claimed in Europäische Stammtafeln.
, present-day western Bosnia and Herzegovina
.
Helen of Anjou
Helen of Anjou or Hélène d'Anjou was the queen consort of the Serbian Kingdom, wife of Stephen Uroš I and mother of kings Dragutin and Milutin.-Life:Helen was a Catholic and was born in ca 1236. Her origins are not known for certain...
at Trebinje
Trebinje
Trebinje is the southernmost municipality and town in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is administratively part of the Republika Srpska entity and is located in southeastern Herzegovina, some from the Adriatic Sea....
(Travunija), the wife of Stephen Uroš I of Serbia. He was the father of Vukašin Mrnjavčević
Vukašin Mrnjavcevic
Vukašin Mrnjavčević was a Serbian ruler in modern-day central and northwestern Macedonia, who ruled from 1365 to 1371. According to 17th-century Ragusan historian Mavro Orbin, his father was a minor noble named Mrnjava from Zachlumia, whose sons Vukašin and Uglješa were born in Livno in western...
, the co-ruler of 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...
(1365–1371) and founder of the Mrnjavčević dynasty
House of Mrnjavcevic
The House of Mrnjavčević was a medieval Serbian noble house that existed during the Serbian Empire, its fall, and the subsequent years when it held a region of present-day Macedonia region. The house ruled a province from its base at Prilep from 1366 to 1395.Vukašin Mrnjavčević was a military...
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He was born in Zahumlje
Zahumlje
Zachlumia or Zahumlje was a medieval principality located in modern-day regions of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia...
. He worked for Helen at Trebinje
Trebinje
Trebinje is the southernmost municipality and town in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is administratively part of the Republika Srpska entity and is located in southeastern Herzegovina, some from the Adriatic Sea....
in the 1280s and is mentioned in a 1289 document.
Benedictine monk and historian Mavro Orbini
Mavro Orbini
Mavro Orbin was a writer, ideologue and historian from the Republic of Ragusa...
registered Mrnjava in his works.
It is also possible that Mrnjan and Mrnjava are in fact father and son, claimed in Europäische Stammtafeln.
Family
His sons were born at LivnoLivno
Livno is a town in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located between Tomislavgrad, Glamoč, Bosansko Grahovo, Kupres and the Croatian border.- Position :...
, present-day western Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
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