Maps of Power

Lopušani

Λούψιανιν

Begin 01.09.1299
End between 31.05.1308 and 31.12.1331

Properties

ID	10889
System Class	Place
Place	Village
Case Study	Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16
Administrative unit	Region of Skopje / Скопски регион
Historical place	Kingdom of Serbia

Description

The Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos donated in ca. 1299/1300 the village of Lopušani to the Monastery of Saint Nikita (χωρίον καλούμενον τὴν Λούψιανιν μετὰ πάντων τῶν δικαίων αὐτοῦ). The localisation is uncertain and follows the suggestion of Kravari 136, s.v. Lopušani. In a charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos - at the instigation of the Serbian king Stefan Uroš II Milutin - in ca. 1299/1300 (or 1308?) for the tower of Hrusija of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos the donation of the respective village is confirmed (iže nareč(e)noje selo Lopušani s pravinami jego). The forged transcript A of the collective charter of Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery of Chilandar reports that the village of Lopušani was granted to the Monastery of Saint Nikita near Skopje and afterwards to Tower of Hrusija in the vicinity of the Chilandar Monastery by the Serbian King (I dahь..i Lopušane,... To vʼse utʼvrьdivь i zapisavь dahь Svetomu Nikitě, a Svetago Nikitu dahь mojemu pirʼgu sь vʼsěmь jego utʼvrьždenijemь).

literature

Kravari 1989 — 136 , Marković 2004a — 115-116, n. 277 , Purković 1939/40 — 113 , Živojinović 1986 — 65

Relations

Sources (3)

Name	Class	Description
Collective Charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Hilandar Monastery	Source	Тhe chrysobull charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) for the Tower of Hrusija of the Monastery of Hilandar on Mount Athos, which confirmed the earlier possessions of the monastery, is dated to the years 1303-1304 (or after 1331). The charter is not preserved in its original form. The text survived in four transcripts, which all contain later interpolations.
Skopje Sveti Nikita 1	Source	In ca. 1299/1300 the Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos (reigned 1295-1320) issued a charter for the Tower of Hrusija (Pyrgos Basileiu) of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos, through which the possessions of the Monastery of Sveti Nikita in and near Skopje were confirmed.
Skopje Sveti Nikita 2	Source	In ca. 1299/1300 (or 1308?) the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (reigned 1282-1328) confirmed, at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321), the possessions of the Monastery of Sveti Nikita near Skopje for the Tower of Hrusija (Pyrgos Basileiu) of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos. This charter is only preserved in a Serbian translation. It seems plausible that Andronikos II had also issued a Greek charter in the years 1299/1300, because a parallel Byzantine charter on this topic is preserved by his Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos (reigned 1295-1320), which was issued most probably in the years 1299/1300 and in which most of the mentioned places had also been donated.

Events (3)

Name	Class	Description
Donation of Posessions to the Monastery of Chilandar	Acquisition	Тhe chrysobull charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the tower of Hrusija of the Monastery of Chilandar, which confirmed the early possessions of the monastery, comes from the year 1303-1304 (or after 1331).
Donation/Confirmation of Lopušani	Acquisition	In 1299/1300 or May 1308 (?) the Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos - at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin - donated and confirmed the donation of the village of Lopušani to the Monastery of Chilandar.
Donation/Confirmation of Lopušani	Acquisition	In 1299/1300 or May 1308 (?) the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos - at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin - donated and confirmed the donation of the watermills of village of Lopušani to the Monastery of Chilandar.