Zavida or Beli Uroš (White Uroš) was a 12th-century Serbian royal member who briefly ruled as Župan

Zupan

Żupan was a long garment, always lined, worn by almost all males of the noble social class in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, typical male attire from the beginning of the 16th to half of the 18th century, still surviving as a part of the Polishnational dress.- Derivation :The name żupan has...

 of Zahumlje

Zahumlje

Zachlumia or Zahumlje was a medieval principality located in modern-day regions of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia...

and later held the title "Lord of Ribnica

Ribnica

Ribnica is a town and municipality in southern Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia statistical region. Archaeological evidence shows that the area has been settled at least since the late Bronze Age between 1300 and 900 BC...

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He was a close kinsman or even a son of Uroš I of Rascia

Uroš I of Rascia

Uroš I Vukanović was the Grand Prince of the Grand Principality of Serbia from ca 1112 to 1145.-Origin:Uroš I was the son of Marko, the brother of Grand Prince Vukan, who had swore an oath of loyalty to Constantine Bodin, the Grand Prince of Duklja, becoming his vassals...

, although this has not been clarified (Stefan Nemanja's descendants are named Vukan and Uroš in several generations).

He ruled the province of Zahumlje

Zahumlje

Zachlumia or Zahumlje was a medieval principality located in modern-day regions of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia...

 before getting into conflict with his brothers, resulting in him being "exiled" (before 1113), to the Duklja

Duklja

Doclea or Duklja was a medieval state with hereditary lands roughly encompassing the territories of present-day southeastern Montenegro, from Kotor on the west to the river Bojana on the east and to the sources of Zeta and Morača rivers on the north....

 region where he would hold the title of Lord of Ribnica (Part of present-day Podgorica). After the death of George of Duklja

George of Duklja

George was a King of Duklja in 1113–1118 and again from 1125 to 1131.With his mother, Jaquinta, he opposed the rule of his cousin, Vladimir, and Raškan influence on Duklja. Jaquinta and George had Vladimir fatally poisoned in 1118 and George was crowned king that same year...

 in the 1130s, the family of Zavida regained some of its power in Serbia

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...

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The first born child of Zavida, Tihomir

Tihomir of Serbia

Tihomir Zavidović or Tihomir of Serbia was the Grand Prince of the Grand Principality of Serbia fl. 1162-1171.-Life:He was the first born child of Zavida. After the death of his father, Tihomir is appointed supreme ruler as the Grand Prince of Serbia by Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Comnenus,...

 was chosen to rule over Rascia

Rascia

Rascia was a medieval region that served as the principal province of the Serbian realm. It was an administrative division under the direct rule of the monarch and sometimes as an appanage. The term has been used to refer to various Serbian states throughout the Middle Ages...

 as a Grand Župan (highest title) following Byzantium

Byzantium

Byzantium was an ancient Greek city, founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas . The name Byzantium is a Latinization of the original name Byzantion...

s division of the Serb lands by Manuel I, his other sons were given česti (parts): Stracimir

Stracimir Zavidović

Stracimir Zavidović was a 12th-century Serbian Prince of West Morava in 1163-1166, an administrative division of the Medieval Serbian Principality....

 ruled West Morava, Miroslav

Miroslav of Hum

Miroslav Zavidović or Miroslav of Hum was a 12th-century Great Prince of Zachlumia from 1162 to 1190, an administrative division of the medieval Serbian Principality covering Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia....

 ruled Zahumlje

Zahumlje

Zachlumia or Zahumlje was a medieval principality located in modern-day regions of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia...

 and Travunia

Travunia

Travunia was a medieval region, administrative unit and principality, which was part of Medieval Serbia , and in its last years, the Bosnian Kingdom . The county became hereditary in a number of noble houses, often kin to the ruling dynasty. The region came under Ottoman rule in 1482...

, Stefan Nemanja

Stefan Nemanja

Stefan Nemanja was the Grand Prince of the Grand Principality of Serbia from 1166 to 1196, a heir of the Vukanović dynasty that marked the beginning of a greater Serbian realm .He is remembered for his contributions to Serbian culture and...

 was given Toplica, Ibar

Ibar

-Places:* Ibar , in Montenegro and Serbia* Ibar Reserve in Rila, Bulgaria* Ibar Rocks, a rock formation in Antarctica* Ibar highway, in Serbia-People:* Ibar of Beggerin , Irish saint* Íbar of Killibar Beg, Irish saint...

, Rasina and Reke.

Family

• Tihomir († 1169), oldest son, ruled as Grand župan of Raška (1163.-(1166) 1168).
• Stracimir († after 1189), ruled the region of Western Morava (1163-(1166) 1168, 1169-?).
• Miroslav († 1196 or 1199), ruled Zahumlje (1163-(1166) 1168, and 1169 to his death).
• Nemanja (born 1113 - † 1199), youngest son, ruled as Grand župan of Raška ((1166) 1168 - 25.03. 1196).
• Daughter(s), (as Nemanja and his brothers are registered as maternal uncles of Mihailo III of Duklja
  Mihailo III of Duklja
  Mihailo III Vojislav was the ruler of Duklja, from 1162 to 1186.Duklja had previously been ruled by the Ruler of Rascia Desa from 1148-1162....
  
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