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Danilь (1)
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He was one of the issuers of the charter from 1375/1376. He was Bishop of Vodoča and Strumica (Podočki episkopь Danilь; episkopь Strumički Danilь). He together with Grigorije, the Bishop of Banьska, settled in 1375/1376 at the behest of the Serbian Despots Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš several land disputes in the area of Strumica.
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Dejanь
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The identification with the duke (vojvoda) Dejanь Manijaakь (Deianus Maniiachus), known from the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan concerning the town Ston, which was issued on the 22th January 1333, is doubtful. It was also suggested that he is the same person as Dejanь Dragaš. He is mentioned in the fragmentary inscription from the Church of Saint Nicholas in the village Kalotina, which was made during the reign of the Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Alexander. He is also attested in the ktitorial composition from the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in Kučevište, which bears an identifying inscription. The wall paintings in Kučevište can be dated between 1331 and 1334. He appears as sevastь in the dedicatory inscription from Kalotina. He held the position of voivoda (duke). His wife was Vladislava. The names of their sons were Iōanь and Dmitarь?. He together with his wife Vladislava erected the Church of Saint Nicholas in the village Kalotina. His effort is praised in the dedicatory inscription in the naos of the church. He and his wife are portrayed on the southern wall of the narthex in the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in the village Kučevište. On the right side of his painting an inscription is bearing his name and his function (voivoda Deanь). He and his noble family apparently changed sides and supported the Serbian king Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan.
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Dmitrь (3)
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Probably identical with the duke Dmitrь. He is attested for the first time as milostnikь (guarantee of the legal procedure) in the charter of the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš for the Hilandar Monastery concerning the Monastery of Saint Archangel Michael in Lesnovo from 15th August 1381. He is also mentioned in the charter of the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš for the Hilandar Monastery from the year 1388 and the confirmation charter of the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš for the Church of Ascension in the Štip from 26th March 1388, which has been preserved in the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos. The expression „istini i vьsesrьdьčni surodnikь i brat gospodstva mi vojevoda Dmitrь“ used in both charters was perceived by Matanov as a description of blood relationship between Konstantin Dragaš and Dmitrь. Matanov assumes that Dmitrь was the son of Dejan (Dragaš) and Konstantin was his brother. Dmirь got three villages (Kozjak, Rurak and Krivi Dol) as his inherited property from the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš for his loyal service (I sela iže jestь iznašьlь brat gospodstva mi vojevoda Dmitrь, iže mu jestь darovalo gospodstvo mi za jegovo pravověrno porabotanie). Dmitrь bought before 1388 an estate in the town of Štip and erected the Church of Ascension on this place (I město ježe jestь iznašьlь bratь gospodstva mi Dmitrь vojevoda i kupilь u Štipu gradu sь v’sěmi pravinami města togo, ideže i sьzidalь otь osnovania crьkvь Vьznesenia Gospoda Boga i spasa naša Iisusa Hrista). Dmitrь endowed the Church of Ascension in Štip with the three villages and other properties and asked the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš to legalise his donation. The Serbian Despot confirmed his endowment in front of witnesses. Probably in the same year Dmitrь petitioned the Serbian Despot again. He donated the Church of Ascencion in Štip with the possessions and rights to the Hilandar Monastery. Konstantin Dragaš allowed and confirmed the transaction of Dmitrь in a separate charter). Mentioned in the supplicant inscription on the facade above the southern door of the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in Kučevište. The inscription can be dated between 1331 and 1334. His parents were Dejanь and Vladislava. His brother was Iō(v)anь. He appears in the supplicant inscription on the facade above the southern door of the church of the Presentation of the Virgin in Kučevište (Primi gdi moleniie rabe svoie Vladislave i čěda eie Iōvana i Dmitra bg da ihь pomene v carstva svoemь).
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Komnene Eudokia
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The last mentioned date of her appearance in the sources is the year 1395. The sources refer to her as κυρὰ, δέσποινα, before 1395. She was the daughter of Alexios III Komnenos, who was the Emperor of Trapezunt and Theodora Komnene Kantakuzene. She was married to Tāj al-Dīn (Τατζιατίνης), the Emir of Jānīk, on 8th October 1379. Her second husband was Konstantinos Dragases (Konstantin Dragaš) or the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos after 24th October 1386. Her grandson was the Byzantine Emperor Konstantinos XI Palaiologos. Michael Panaretos relates about her journey from Constantinople to the Monastery of Saint Phocas at Kordyle on 4th September 1395. On the following day she returned back to Trapezunt. Georgios Sphrantzes wrote as an argument for the marriage of the Byzantine Emperor Konstantinos XI Palaiologos with Mara Branković the fact, that also Eudokia had married a Turkish chieftain and bore him a child, before she became the wife of Konstantinos’ XI. grandfather. The problem in the account of Sphrantzes is that he does not mention if the husband of Eudokia was from the paternal or maternal side of Konstantinos. Raymond-Joseph Loenertz, Ivan Đurić, Radivoj Radić, Hristo Matanov, Mihailo Popović and Anthony Kaldellis suggest that her husband was Konstantinos Dragases, other scholars plead for the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos, who appears as the husband of Eudokia in the historical work of Laonikos Chalkokondyles.
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Kostanьdinь
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Identical with Konstantin Dragaš (Konstantinos Dragases)? Mentioned in the second charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Monastery of Treskavec. The source denotes him as a sevastokratorovikь. Therefore he might be the son of an unknown sevastokrator. He donated the settlement site Kostino with all its rights to the Treskavec Monastery. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the gift in the second charter for the Treskavec Monastery (Selište Kostino, što priloži Kostanьdinь sevastokratorovikь, sь vsěmi pravinami).
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Kraislavь
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It is not clear, whether he is the same person as Kraislavь, who was registered in the the land-inventory of the Church of Saint Stephen in the village of Konče with other tenant persons on the so-called žreb of the church (Robь, Gerьgō Vitomirovь Vladь Dragoilovь, Gerilь, Bakarь Dragija, Dragina Struminь, Murьtatь Bračevikь, Vlьkno Staō Goginovь, Staō Mrьzula, Kraislavь na žrebi crьkovne). Mentioned in the land-inventory of the Church of Saint Stephen in the village of Konče, which was created after the church became a possession of the Hilandar Monastery.He held two cleared land in the vicinity of the village Konče. One was on the crest (Kraislavovь trěbežь na grebeni), the other one neighboured the property of Mihalь (Kraislavovь trěbežь pri Mihali). He possessed a garden with two plum seedlings, two mulberry and one nut tree near Lubnica and on the settlement site 23 nut trees, two plum seedlings and two sorb trees (i Kraislali gradine ·2· prisada i ·2· črьnici i ōrahь i na selišti ·23· drěv ōrahь i ·2· prisada i kruška i ·2· ōskoruši).
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Radoslavь (3)
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The identification with Radoslabos Chlapenos (Radoslav Hlapen) is doubtful. Mihailo Dinić identified Radoslav with „Rado(a)sclavus filius de jupan Vratisclavo“, who is attested in the Ragusan archives under the year 1319. Some scholars supposed that he was the same person as „iupan Rodosclauo“, who appears in the charter of Vladislav, the son of the former Serbian King Dragutin, adressed to Ragusan authorities from the 25th October 1323. He is mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan in favour of the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren. Attested also in the ktitorial inscription and the wall painting in the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in Kučevište. The wall paintings in Kučevište can be dated between 1331 and 1334. He held the position of župan. Apparently the son of Marena. He figures in the inscription of the founders of the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in Kučevište. His portrait has been preserved only in fragments on the northern wall of the narthex in the same church. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski donated the village Klьčevišta (Kučevište) to Župan Radoslavь. Župan Radoslavь bestowed the village of Klьčevišta and its church of the Mother of God together with the hamlet Brodcь, vineyards, fruits, bought estates and all rights to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the gift of Župan Radoslav in the chrysobull charter for the monastery (I ješte priloži carьstvo mi crьkvi carьstva mi Arhaggelu sь hotěnijemь ljubimago vlastelina carьstvu mi Radoslava župana, selo Klьčevišta, sь crьkoviju Svetyje Bogorodice, i sь zaselkomь Brod᾿cemь, s vinogrady, sь ōvoštijemь, i s kupljenicami, i sь vsěmi pravinami, kako piše u hrisovulě Klьčevišt᾿komь što jestь zapisalь roditelь carьstva mi gospodinь kral).
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Staniša (2)
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Identical with Stajo? Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V for Kyrillos, the Metropolitan of Melnik from May 1356. He appears as vlasteličik carьstva mi in the charter. He together with Vitomirь bought the vineyards of Luv’ro and Turkar(ev). They donated these vineyards to Kyrillos, the Metropolitan of Melnik. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V confirmed the gift of Vitomirь and Staniša in a chrysobull charter for Kyrillos, the Metropolitan of Melnik in May 1356 (I ōšte se carьstvo mi zьgovori z gospoždomь caricomь materiju carьstva mi i pridados’mo selo Smilovo sь vsьmi pravinami i s megjami i sь zasel’ci kako su drьžali vlasteličiki carьstva mi v’se čisto. I ošte mu zapisa carьstvo mi vinograd Turkarevь i Luv’rov što mu su darovali vlasteličiki carьstva mi Vitomirь i Staniša).
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Theodora (5)
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She died after October 1402. The sources refer to her as domina, gospogja. She was the daughter of Dejanь (Dragaš) and Theodora-Jevdokija. Her siblings were Ioannes Dragases (Jovan Dragaš) and Konstantinos Dragases (Konstantin Dragaš). Her first husband was Žarko, the nobleman, who ruled over Zeta (Sarcus, baro domini regis Raxie, qui dominator in partibus Çente et Lodrini et illius Maritime) and threatened the town and market of Saint Sergius on the left bank of the river Bojana (A za Žarka, što vi jestь uzelь ně znalo carьstvo mi ni mi ste kazali da pošlěte mi dobre ljudi da pozovu Žarka prědь carьstvo mi da vi ga da carьstvo mi, da vi plati vse samosedmo. I tamo smь poslalь vlasteličikja carьstva mi Vlьkšu u Sveti Srьgь da stoi i da vi čuva i bljude ōd vsake zabave i ōt Žarka ōd vsega i š nimь da ste pozvali Žarka prědь carьstvo mi). From the marriage with Žarko she had the son Mrkša Žarković (Merchxa Xarchouich, Μύρξας, Μῆρξος, Μίρτζας, Μέρξας) and probably a daughter, who was married (offere brigantinum nostrum armatum Merchxe expensis nostris communis pro mittendo sororem suam ad maritum). The later historian from Dubrovnik Mauro Orbini narrates the story about the battle between Lazar Hrebeljanović and Nikola Altomanović in 1372, in which also Žarko, who was fighting on the side of Lazar, lost his life. Her second husband was Đurađ I Balšić. She bore him a son (Konstantin) and three daughters (Goislava, who became the wife of the nobleman from Hum Radić Sanković, Jevdokija [Εὐδοκία] who married the Despot of Epiros Esaù de Buondelmonti and Jelena Balšić). Orbini, who was well informed about her first marriage with Žarko and also the second marriage with Đurađ I Balšić, describes her as wise and beautiful (Teodora, che fù moglie di Zarco Meressich, & sorella di Dragas, & Constantino, figliuoli di Deano, donna saggia, e bella). On the 15th February 1379 she was already a widow (Balša i gospogja Thōdora, žjena brata mōga). In 1395 she was probably in Dagno near Skadar (Skutari), where she resided at the court of her son Konstantin and often took the place of Konstantin in the correspondence with the Ragusan Republic. Theodora dwelt two months in Ragusa with her son Mrkša and his wife, where they received the honorary citizenship. She then returned back to Valona on 2nd October 1397 on a Ragusan ship with the gift of 100 perpers from the Ragusans (Merxcha et domina Theodora, similiter domina uxor dicti Merchxe et domina...eius socrus). After her son Konstantin was executed in 1402, she was sent with Jelena, the widow of Konstantin, to Venice, where they lived in conditions of extreme poverty.
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Vitomirь (3)
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Identical with Vitomirь 2? Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V for Kyrillos, the Metropolitan of Melnik from May 1356. He appears as vlasteličik carьstva mi in the charter. He together with Staniša bought the vineyards of Luv’ro and Turkar(ev). They donated these vineyards to Kyrillos, the Metropolitan of Melnik. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V confirmed the gift of Vitomirь and Staniša in a chrysobull charter for Kyrillos, the Metropolitan of Melnik in May 1356 (I ōšte se carьstvo mi zьgovori z gospoždomь caricomь materiju carьstva mi i pridados’mo selo Smilovo sь vsьmi pravinami i s megjami i sь zasel’ci kako su drьžali vlasteličiki carьstva mi v’se čisto. I ošte mu zapisa carьstvo mi vinograd Turkarevь i Luv’rov što mu su darovali vlasteličiki carьstva mi Vitomirь i Staniša).
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Zgurь
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It is not clear, whether he is the same person as Zgura, who who was registered in the the land-inventory of the Church of Saint Stephen in the village of Konče with Ivan Sakovь. Zgura and Ivan Sakovь farmed on the two houses property in Konče and were liable to work one time a week for the Hilandar Monastery (Ivan Sakovь i Zgura 2 kuki a jedna rabota). Mentioned in the land-inventory of the church of Saint Stephen in the village of Konče, which was created after the church became a possession of the Hilandar Monastery. He held three vineyards in the vicinity of the village Konče. He held fourth vineyards in the vicinity of the village Konče. One was a former vineyard of Dobroslavь Veterь, which was bought by Zgurь (a vo lozije u Zgure, što je kupilь u Dobroslava Vetra). The other one neighboured the land of Tihoslavь (lozije Zurovo pri Tihoslave). The third vineyard of Zgurь with cherry trees was near the property of Duka (lozije Zurovo pri Duce, a u nemь ·2· črěšni). His fourth vineyard had two cherry trees, nine nut trees and a pear tree on the courtyard and ten nut trees (lozije Gurovo pri Glišteši, a u nemь ·2· črěšni, na dvorišti ·9 ōrahь i kruška, i na preševe ·10· ōrahь). Zgurь also owned a vineyard with four cherry, one pear and one mulberry tree near the land of Robь in the vicinity of the village Lubnica (lozije Zurovo pri Robe, a u nimь ·4· črěšne i kruša i črьnica). He is mentioned several times as a neighbour of lands registered in the land-inventory of the church of Saint Stephen in the village of Konče ( lozije Stailovo pri Zgurě, a u nemь ōrahь; lozije Kurilovo pri Zgurě, a u nemь ·3· jablьke; lozije Manomatrino pri Zgure, a u nemь ōrahь; lozije Rajanovo pri Zgurě a u nemь črěšna; lozije Bukurovo pri Zgurě, a u nemь ·2· črěšni; niva Stailova konь Zgurova lozija; trěbežь Radičevь pri Zgure; niva Radikeva konь Zgure; niva Varьdina pri Zgurě podь Vodeni dolь; niva Varьdina pri Zgure na Ōrahovici, i ošte niva Varьdina pri Zgure; niva Varьdina pri Gure; niva pri Monaile v Zurove dole).
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