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(Despotović) Uglješa
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He died probably as an infant before 1368. He was the child of Ioannes Unklesis and Euphemia. He became two icons as a baptismal gift from Theodosios, the Metropolitan of Serres. Despot Ioannes Unklesis (Ioan Uglješa) came to the Hilandar Monastery in order to bid farewell and commemorate his deceased son Uglješa (Prišьdšu že mi vь hramě prěsvetije Bogorodice Hilan’darě, i viděvь grobь gospodina mi i roditelja svetopočiv’šega kesara i sina mojego po plьti Uglješe; vь pomenь carьstva mi i gospodina mi i roditela kjesara i sina mi Ugleše). Euphemia composed a lament over the premature death of her son. Between 1368 and 1371 was the lament over Uglješa (Despotović) inscribed under the patronage of Euphemia on the silver revetment, which connected the two icons of Uglješa (Despotović) and made a diptych. Euphemia donated the diptych icon to the Hilandar Monastery for the salvation of the soul of her son. The tomb of Uglješa (Despotović) is situated in the northern side of the nave in the Hilandar katholikon.
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Anataulas
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Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Esphigmenu Monastery from April/May 1346. It is not clear, if he was the son of the Sebastos Georgios Anataulas and the father of Georgios Anataulas. He possessed a part of the village Portarea in the Chalkidike, which was previously held by the Esphigmenu Monastery. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan returned the property in the village Portarea to the monks of the Esphigmenu Monastery in April/May 1346 (Ἀντὶ δὲ τῆς γενομένης κατατριβῆς καὶ ζημίας εἰς τὰ κτήματα καὶ μετόχια ταύτης καὶ δι’ ἣν ἐνεδείξαντο εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν μου οἱ τ̣οιοῦτοι μοναχοὶ σχέσιν καὶ εὔνοιαν, εὐεργετεῖ πρὸς αὐτὴνν τὸ πρὸ χρόνων τινῶν χρατηθὲν καὶ ἀποσπασθὲν εἰς τὸ χωρίον τὴν Πορταρέαν μέρος καὶ δοθὲν τῶ Ἀναταυλᾶ ἐκείνω).
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Bardales, Markos Angelos
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Probably identical with the poet Markos Angelos, who wrote the poem on Eros and other verses on the emperor. He was active in the middle of the 14th century. Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Batopedi Monastery from April 1348 and in the act of the Ecumenical Patriarch Kallistos and the patriarchal synod from September 1350. He appears as κῦρ and οἰκεῖος of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan and οἰκεῖος of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI. Kantakuzenos. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed in April 1348 the endowment of Markos Angelos to the Batopedi Monastery. It consisted of chapells, houses, fields and vineyards from his patrimonial property in the area of Zichna (ὁ οἰκεῖος τῆ βασιλεία μου κῦρ Μάρκος ὁ Ἄγγελος εὐκτήρια, ὀσπήτια, χωράφια καὶ ἀμπέλια ἐκ γονικῆς αὐτῶν ὑποστάσεως ὅσα καὶ οἷα εἰσίν). He was among noble witnesses in the case of hieromonk Niphon before the patriarchal synod in September 1350.
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Boichnas
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It it doubtful, that he is the same person as „lo jupan Voichna“, who appears in the charter of Vladislav, the son of the former Serbian King Dragutin, adressed to Ragusan authorities from the 25th October 1323. The confirmed terminus ante quem of his decease is September 1370/August 1371 (Prišьdšu že mi vь hramě prěsvetije Bogorodice Hilan’darě, i viděvь grobь gospodina mi i roditelja svetopočiv’šega kesara). It is possible that he was already death in 1369, because the Serbian Despot Ioannes Unklesis (Jovan Unglješa) approved in this year the donation of the Church of the Saint Archangels Michael and Gabriel above Gabrovo granted by Kaisar Boichnas (Voihna) for the monk and spiritual father Daniil (Kako pride kь carьstvu mi čьstni starьcь duhovьnikь kyrь Daniil…Mihaila i Gabrila više Gabrova, i prinese mi zapisanie gospodina….roditelě mi kesara, i viděhь pročtohь čto jestь zapisalь i….kesarь Voihna, i ini hristoljubivi crьkvi onoizi ljud…..zemle: bystь hotěnije carьstvu mi kudě godě mu se što nahodi……hru….ljud…..vinogradь, perivolja, ili i mlinь, ima hotěnije carьstvo mi kako da je……vь věkomь, i da jestь pace svobodna, nikiimь nepotьknovlenno….). He appears as vlastelinь, surodnikь carьstva mi bratučedь Voih’na in the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery from 1348. He is mentioned as kaisar/kesar in 1351 (Voicha chiessar) and 1355 (Voichna chiesar) in two forged documents of the Serbian Emperors for the town Kotor translated into old Italian. Attested as kaisar and kesarь from 1357 to 1371 (Βοΐχνας ὁ Καῖσαρ). He was the governor of the town Drama in 1357 according to the Byzantine historian Ioannes Kantakuzenos (ὁ δὲ τῆς πόλεως, ἧς ἦρχεν, ἀποδημῶν, Δράμα δὲ ἦν). Sima Ćirković suggests that he held unter his control a much bigger region corresponding with the ruling area of his son-in-law, the Serbian Despot Ioannes Unklesis (Jovan Unglješa). In a later charter of Iakobos Kutaches Philanthropenos Tarchaneiotes from 1405 he is erroneously described as κράλης. His daughter was Euphemia (Jefimija/Elena). He was the father-in-law of the Serbian Despot Ioannes Unklesis (Jovan Unglješa). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed in 1348 at the intervention of his nobleman and most probably also relative Voih’na the previous donation of the village Potolino in the valley of the river Struma to the Hilandar Monastery (I tu vьspomenu carstvu mi vlastelinь, surodnikь carьstva mi bratučedь Voih’na, ō izvěstneišemь po utvrьždeni sela Potolina, iže bě priložilo i po prěžde carьstvō mi Hilan’daru...I po blagosrьdnomu moljeniju i blagoutrobiju kь v’semь svetimь i božьstvnimь crьkvamь bratučeda mi Voih’ne, darova carьtvō mi vь postrum’skomь prědělě: Seloō Potolinovo sь zasel’ci i periōromь, s megjami i sь dohoci sь v’semi pravinami sela togoō). After the death of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan he was a prominent figure in the circle of the Dušan’s widow Jelena (Helene). He encouraged Mathaios Kantakuzenos at first to invade the territory of Eastern Macedonia. He then betrayted him and joined the army of Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V. He defeated Mathaios Kantakuzenos at Philippoi in Macedonia in 1357. Mathaios Kantakuzenos was imprisoned by him. He handed over Mathaios Kantakuzenos in summer 1357 to the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos for a ransom. The Serbian Despot Ioannes Unklesis (Jovan Unglješa) confirmed in 1358 an endowment of his mother-in-law, the wife of Boichnas, for the Kutlumus Monastery (ὅπερ ἐπροσίλοσεν ἡ ἁγία μου κυρία ἡ Κεσάρισα πρὸς αὐτὴν τὴν μονὴν ἐν τι τοποθεσία τὴ ἐπικεκλημένι ἡ Προυνέα χάριν ψυχηκὴς δωρεὰς αὐτῆς ζευγαρίων τεσσάρον... ἐγὼ Οὔγλεσις μέγας βοεβόδας ἀπὸ τὴς αὐτοῦ ἐλεημοσίνης τοὺ αὐθέντου ἡμῶν τοὺ πανευτυχεστάτου δεσπότου καὶ τοὺ ἀδελφοὺ αὐτοὺ τοὺ [...τ...]ου μου στέργο καὶ βεβεῶ τὰ τιαύτα χωράφια εἰς τὴν Προυνέαν γὴν ζευγαρίων τεσάρον ὅπος νέμωσην οἱ τιαύτοι μοναχοὶ τὴς θείας βασιλεικῆς μονῆς τοὺ Κουτλουμούσι ἀκολείτος). The Metropolitan of Drama in 1359 gave his consent to return the metochia of Theotokos Koriliotissa and Hagioi Anargyroi to the Batopedi Monastery after the involvment of Boichnas and his wife. Boichnas and his wife endowed the Batopedi Monastery with the church of Saint Photeine. Boichnas was buried in the Hilandar Monastery at Mount Athos.
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Gabrielopulos
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Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Esphigmenu Monastery from December 1347. He was married or related to Gabrielopulina. He owned one-third of the village Krusobos, which was previously in the possession of the Esphigmenu Monastery and taken away from the monks in the course of a cadastral survey. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan returned the property in the village Krusobos to the monks of the Esphigmenu Monastery in December 1347 (μετόχιον τὸ λεγόμενον Κρόσουβον μετὰ πάσης τῆς νομῆς καὶ περιοχῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἑτέρων πάντων δικαίων καὶ προνομίων αὐτοῦ, ἤγουν παροίκων, χωραφίων, ἀμπελώνων καὶ τοῦ ὑδρομυλικοῦ ἐργαστηρίου, προαπεσπάσθησαν δὲ δι’ ἀπογραφικῆς καταστάσεως αἱ δύο μερίδες τοῦ τοιούτου χωρίου καὶ ἐδόθησαν ἡ μὲν μία μερὶς τῶ Γαβριηλοπούλω ἐκείνω, ἡ δὲ ἐτέρα τῶ Φαρμάκη μετὰ καὶ τῆς Βυσινᾶς).
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Isaris Georgios
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Deceased by April 1374. He appears as κῦρ, οἰκεῖος of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan and the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V. Palaiologos in the sources. He was in charge of Megas Drungarios τοῦ στόλου, 1344. Eparchos, 1348–1350. Megas Primikerios, 1366. Megas Konostaulos, 1367–1374. He was married to Xene Isarina. He had two sons (Michael Angelos Isaris and Theodoros Komnenos Isaris). His son-in-law was Georgios Stanisas. He was a wealthy landowner, who possessed several estates around Thessalonica. He was probably the student of Georgios Akindynos. He also corresponded with him. He was a supporter of the anti-Palamite party. When he turned his coat, he was criticized by Georgios Akindynos as a traitor. He was among the witnesses to the charter of protovestiarites Ioannes Dukas from September 1344, who rejected the claim of the revenue office on the part of the place Diabolokampos, a property of the Docheiariu Monastery. He joined in summer 1345 the proponents of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos. He was nearly killed during the revolt of the Zealots. He met Gregorios Palamas on Moun Athos between September 1347 and September 1348. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated in April 1348 the dependant peasants in the area of Hermelia, which belonged to Georgios Isaris. The Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V. Palaiologos gave in December 1350 several landed estates to Demetrios Kokalas in addition to his oikonomia. He mandated Georgios Isaris with Manuel Chageres to execute the task. He had a 11 years lasting quarrel with the Hilandar Monastery. He required the sum, which Georgios Stanisas, his son-in-law, paid in order to obtain adelphata. When Stanisas died, Isaris tried to get the money of his son-in-law back. He did not even hesitate to forge documents related to the affair. He was a friend of Makarios Chumnos and probably sponsored his foundation of Nea Moni in Thessalonica.
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Kalabaris
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Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery from 1347. His charter concerning the donation of the property Plumiska to the Monastery Lavra on Holy Mount Athos was issued between 1350 and 1351. He is also attested in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Despot Ioan Uglješa (Ioannes Unklesis) for the Monastery of Kutlumus from April 1369 and in an act for the Batopedi Monastery from 1369/1371. He was a nobleman of the Serbian emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (pravověrnago vlastelina carstva mi). He together with the nobleman Branilo were entrusted by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan with the delimitation of the border of the Hilandar’s possession in Lozikion (Lužac). He donated in 1350/1351 the river Plumiska with the entire area belonging to it to the Lavra Monastery on Holy Mount Athos. The Serbian Despot Joan Uglješa (Ioannes Unklesis) donated in April 1369 the village Neōhorь on the plain of Mavrovo with all boundaries and rights to the Monastery of Kutlumus. The monastery obtained all estates, which were in possession of Theōdorь Ōduevikь. The community of monks on the Mount Athos received also pronoia helders with people, land parcels and fruit trees, which were in some way dependent upon Kalabaris (Kalavar) (selo u poli Mavrovьskom imenem Neōhorь sь vsemi megami i s pravinami sela togai, sь vsemь što e drьžalь Theōdorь Ōduevikь pri carstvě mi, i pri Kalavari proniari što su drьžali ili ljudi ili vokie sь vsem periorom sela). The Serbian Despot Joan Uglješa gave the selište located between the village Akrotirion and the river Plumiska as a tax-free property to the Monastery of Batopedi with all rights. The selište was a possession of Lanzo (probably Lantzaretos), who lived at the time as Kalabaris or was bonded by a certain contract with Kalabaris (i darova crtvo mi ōbitěli prstie Bce Vatopedu selište megju Akrotiro, i megju Plumsko šte e drьžalь Lanzo pri Kalavari sь vsemi megjami i pravinami sela toga).
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Koreses Dukas
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Active in the vicinity of Serres between 1341 and 1375. He was οἰκεῖος and δοῦλος of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, 1355. He was in the commision, which was entrusted by Iakobos, the Metropolitan of Serres, to delimit the metochion of the Philotheu Monastery in Kremna and Tzainu (ὁ οἰκεῖος τῶ κραταιῶ καὶ ἁγίῳ ᾑμων αὐθέντη καὶ βασιλεῖ Δοῦκας ὁ Κορέσης εἰδέναι ἀκριβὼς τὰ σύνορα καὶ προνόμια τῆς ἁπάσης αὐτῶν γῆς). He signed the document, which was issued by Iakobos in December 1355 (Ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ κραταιοῦ καὶ ἁγίου ἡμῶν αὐθέντου καὶ βασιλέως Δούκας ὁ Κορέσης). He appears in another document of Iakobos, the Metropolitan of Serres, for the Hilandar Monastery from November 1360. Several local nobleman, among them also Duka Koreses, who lived in the vicinity of the metochion Saint Nicholas in Kamenikaia, took in possesion some of its estates. Iakobos returned the unjustly annexed lands to the Hilandar Monastery (καὶ πρῶτον μὲν εὕρομεν ὅτι ἀπὸ τούτων ὑφείλετο ὁ Δούκας ὁ Κορέσης καὶ κατεῖχε, προβαλλόμενος ἐξ ἀγορᾶς τοῦτο κεκτῆσθαι). Dukas Koreses was more than thirty years in dispute with the Alopu Monastery on Mount Athos over a land in Klopotitza. The judicial panel summoned by Theodoros, the Metropolitan of Serres, confirmed in August 1375 the claim of the convent of Alopu on Mount Athos on the land Klopotitza. The decision was realised only after the end of the Serbian rule, since Duka Koreses was courtier and supporter of the Serbian rulers.
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Laskaris (1)
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Died before 1365. He held the position of ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης in April 1348. He was married to Anna Laskarina. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated the former property of Laskaris in April 1348 to the Batopedi Monastery. It consisted of the 500 modioi large estate called Aleurun near Chrysopolis and a 150 modioi large possession also near Chrysopolis (ὡσαύτως καὶ τὴν εἰς τὴν Χρυσούπολιν γῆν τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ Λάσκαρι τοῦ επὶ τῆς τραπέζης τὴν ὀνομαζομένην Ἀλευροῦν, μοδίων οὖσαν πεντακοσίων, καὶ ἑτέραν πλησίον τοῦ κάστρου μοδίων ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα). He fell in a battle before 1365.
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Margarites Ioannes
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Attested in the sources between 1342 and 1372/1373. He appears as κῦρ and οἰκεῖος of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos and of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan in the sources. He held the position of the Megas Hetaireiarches in 1348. According to the Praktikon issued in January 1342 by Michal Papylas Romanos was Ioannes Margarites the recipient of a confiscated land from Arsenios Tzamplakon located between Serres and Zichna and of a zeugelateion, which belonged to Kantakuzenos, near Zichna. He became these estates with the revenue of 55 hyperpyra and was fully exempted from paying taxes (κῦρ Ἰωάννην τὸν Μαργαρίτην ἀπὸ τῆς περὶ τὰ Ζίχνα καὶ τὰς Σέῤῥας ἀφαιρεθείσης ἀρτίως οἰκονομίας παρὰ τοῦ Τζαμπλάκωνος κυροῦ Ἀρσενίου, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ περὶ τὰ Ζίχνα διακειμένου ζευγηλατείου τοῦ Καντακουζηνοῦ, ποσότητα ὑπερπύρων πεντήκοντα πέντε, καὶ κατέχῃ καὶ νέμηται ταύτην ἐλευθέραν πάντη καὶ ἀκαταδούλωτον). The possession of Ioannes Margarites at Kato Uska and Rachoba was declared exempt from the 9 nomismata tax and hereditary by the prostagma of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V. Palaiologos from October 1342. The former estates of Tzako [...], most probably Arsenios Tzamplakos, consisted of arable land and vineyards (Ἐπεὶ ὁ οἰκεῖος τῆ βασιλεία μου ὁ Μαργαρίτης κέκτηται δι’ ἀπογραφικῶν ἀποδείξεων τοῦ τε οἰκείου τῆς βασιλείας μου μεγάλου χαρτουλαρίου κυροῦ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Βατάτζη, καὶ τοῦ πανσεβάστου σεβαστοῦ οἰκείου τῆ βασιλεία μου ὀρφανοτρόφου κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου [ ] εἴς τε τὸ χωρίον τὴν Κάτω Οὔσκαν καὶ τὴν Ῥάχοβαν ἀπό τε Τζάκω[ ] ὑποστάσεων καὶ δημοσιακῶν γῆν τινα καὶ ἀμπέλια). Ioannes Margarites granted his land at Kato Uska to the Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the gift of Ioannes Margarites in the chrysobull charter, which was issued in October 1345. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the endowment of Ioannes Margarites to the Batopedi Monastery in April 1348. It consisted of a property near the village Dratzoba, land in the vicinity of Mikra Neboliane, a property in the town of Kaisaropolis, a piece of land not far from the town Chrysupolis, house and a church in the town Chrysopolis (ὁ οἰκεῖος τῆ βασιλεία μου μέγας εταιρειάρχῃς κῦρ Ἰωάννης ὁ Μαργαρίτης δι’ τῆς βασιλείας μου ὅσον ἐκέκτητο περὶ Δράτζοβαν τὸ χωρίον καὶ γῆν εἰς τὴν Μικρὰν Νεβόλιανιν καὶ ὅσον εἶχεν εἰς τὴν Καισσαρόπολιν ἅτινα προκατεῖχε διὰ χρυσοβούλλου τῆς βασιλείας μου, ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ τὴν εἰς τὴν Χρυσούπολιν γῆν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρου ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ὀσπήτιν). He became a monk in the Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres. He probably requested a firman from the Ottoman Sultan. The Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres obtained the charter from Ottoman Sultan Murad I in 1372/1373. The monastery is mentioned in the charter as the church of Margaritis.
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Pediasimos Niketas
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Attested in the sources from 1366 to 1369. The sources refer to him as a κῦρ, δοῦλος and οἰκεῖος of the Serbian Despot Ioan Uglješa (Ioannes Unklesis). The sources describe him as θαυμαστός, σοφός, σοφώτατος and φιλαλήθης. He judged in a court as καθολικὸς κριτής in 1366 at Serres. He was an ὄτροκος (enforcement officer). He was a Greek (ἄνδρα Ῥωμαίον). He attended the trial between thr Hilandar Monastery and Georgios Isaris (ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ τὸν σοφώτατον κυρὸν Νικήταν τὸν Πεδιάσημον). He together with other members of the court ruled in favor of the Hilandar Monastery and signed the charter, which was issued in October 1366 (ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ ἁγίου μου αὐθέντου τοῦ πανευτυχεστάτου δεσπότου Νικήτας † ὁ Πεδιάσημος). He was sent by the Serbian Despot Ioan Uglješa (Ioannes Unklesis) to the Metropolitan of Thessalonica in order to secure the testimonies of competent witnesses in the case of the questionable land, which belonged to the Sarabare Monastery (ἀπέσταλκεν αὕτη τὸν οἰκεῖον τῆ βασιλεία μου κὺρ Νικὴτα τὸν Πεδιάσιμον ὡς φιλαλήθη εἰς τὴν Θεσσαλονίκην). Niketas completed the task and reported to the despot that the land was an eternal property of the Zographu Monastery (Ταῦτα ἐπανελθόντος εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν μου τοῦ οἰκείου ταύτη κὺρ Νικήτα τοῦ Πεδιασίμου καὶ ἀναγγείλαντος ταύτη, διορίζεται ἡ βασιλεία μου διὰ τοῦ παρόντος δικαιωτηρίου αὐτῆς ὁρισμοῦ, χρυσοβούλλου δύναμιν ἔχοντος, ἔχειν τὴν τοῦ Ζωγράφου σεβασμίαν μονὴν πᾶσαν τὴν ἐν τῶ Ἱερισσῶ γῆν). He delivered the horismos, which was issued by the despot in February 1369 on this occasion, to the monks of the Zographou Monastery (καὶ ὁ παρὼν ὁρισμὸς τὴς βασιλείας μου, χρυσοβούλλου δύναμιν ἔχων, ἀποσταλέντος παρὰ ταύτης σὺν αὐτῶ, ὡς ὀτρόκου, τοῦ ῥηθέντος οἰκείου τῆ βασιλεία μου κὺρ Νικήτα τοῦ Πεδιασίμου, ἐφ ὧ παραδοῦναι τὴν ῥεθεῖσαν γῆν τῆς νῦν ἐν Ἱερισσῶ πρὸς τοὺς Ζωγραφίτας).
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Pharmakes
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Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Esphigmenu Monastery from December 1347. He owned one-third of the village Krusobos with the place called Bysina, which was previously in the possession of the Esphigmenu Monastery and taken away from the monks in the course of a cadastral survey. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan returned the properties of Pharmakes to the monks of the Esphigmenu Monastery in December 1347 (μετόχιον τὸ λεγόμενον Κρόσουβον μετὰ πάσης τῆς νομῆς καὶ περιοχῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἑτέρων πάντων δικαίων καὶ προνομίων αὐτοῦ, ἤγουν παροίκων, χωραφίων, ἀμπελώνων καὶ τοῦ ὑδρομυλικοῦ ἐργαστηρίου, προαπεσπάσθησαν δὲ δι’ ἀπογραφικῆς καταστάσεως αἱ δύο μερίδες τοῦ τοιούτου χωρίου καὶ ἐδόθησαν ἡ μὲν μία μερὶς τῶ Γαβριηλοπούλω ἐκείνω, ἡ δὲ ἐτέρα τῶ Φαρμάκη μετὰ καὶ τῆς Βυσινᾶς).
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Phokopulos, Georgios Batatses
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Mentioned in the sources from April 1346 to May 1352. He appears as κῦρ and οἰκεῖος of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan in the sources. He was married to Anna Angelina. He was in dispute with the children of the deceased Alexios Diplobatatzes. The family of Diplobatzes was against his endeavour to build a new watermill. He obtained the permission to build another watermill from Michael Abrampakes, the Governor of Serres. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the right of Georgios Batatses Phokopulos to build a second watermill on his property in a prostagma charter from April 1346. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan granted the endowment of Georgios Batatses Phokopulos to the Batopedi Monastery in April 1348. It consisted of vineyards, fields, mills near the side gate at Serres, some houses in Serres and a 500 Modioi large estate at Tholos (ὁμοίως περὶ τὰς Σέρρας οσα ἀφιέρωσεν ὁ Φωκόπουλος γονικὰ αὐτοῦ, ἀμπέλια καὶ χωράφια καὶ μύλωνας τοὺς πλησίον τοῦ παραπορτίου καὶ τὰ ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρου ὀσπήτια αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῆς νομῆς καὶ περιοχῆς αὐτῶν, καὶ γῆν περὶ τὸν Θολὸν γονικὴν αὐτοῦ μοδίων πεντακοσίων). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan permitted in May 1352 Georgios Batatses Phokopulos to donate his zeugelateion at Lestiane and Tumba to the Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres.
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Radochnas Nikolaos
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Died on 3th December 1399. He appears as κῦρ in the sources. He was the Monk of the Hilandar Monastery (I vьz’ljubi žiti vь domu Svetyje Bogorodice Hilan’dar’skye, eže jestь novaa lavra). He was later Monk of the Saint Paul Monastery on Mount Athos. He was the eldest son of Prankos Mladenes. He had two brothers (Vuk Branković [Bulkos], Grьgurь) and a sister (Theodora). His wife, Helena (Elene), was the sister of Ioan Uglješa (Ioannes Unklesis). She and their two daughters died between 1358 and 1364 (Ἐκοιμήθη ἡ περιπόθητος αὐταδέλφη τοῦ πανευτυχεστάτου δεσπότου κῦρ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Οὔγκλεση κυρὰ Ἐλένη, ἡ ὁμόζυγου τοῦ εὐγενεστάτου κῦρ Νικολάου τοῦ Ραδόχνα. Συνετάφησαν δὲ ταύτῃ καὶ αἱ φίλτατοι αὐτῆς δύο θυγατέρες). He founded the chapel dedicated to Saint Nicholas between 1358 and 1364, which was situated on the upper floor of the Katholikon of the Saint John Prodromos Monastery near Serres. He donated the patrimonial church of Saint Archangel with three villages Trstenik, Bežanići, Tušilo and the selište Hudine, which was granted by the Serbian Emperor to his father Branko, to the Hilandar Monastery. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V confirmed the endowment of Radonja/Roman (Nikolaos Radochnas) on 11th March 1365 in a chrysobull charter (I kako prihodi kь carьstvu mi v’sečьstni starьcь Svetije Gori Athona, Romanь, synь sěvastokratora Bran’ka, i uspomenu carьstvu mi kako se jestь zgovorilь svoimь bratōmь Grьguromь i Vlьkōmь, i kako da prilože ōdь svoje baštine crьkvi svetoi Bogorodici hilandarskoi, i za uspomenutije v’sčьsthenoga star’ca Romana svoōm bratiōmь darova mu carьstvo mi crьkovь baštinu a svetago arьhangela s trьmi seli: s Trьstěnikomь i z Běžaniki i s Tušilōmь i selištemь, što jestь dalo bilo carьstvo mi sěvastokratoru Bran’ku s Hudinami ō česa jestь žitěje u Bugare poběglь, a pod crьkovь svetu Bogorodicu hilandar’sku). His brothers gave him the permission to donate the patrimonial church of Saint Archangel with three villages Trstenik, Bežanići, Tušilo and the selište Hudine to the Hilandar Monastery (Togda myi za egovo slad’ko bratoljubïe vьsesrьdьčno i ljubovno prijesmo za egovo hotěnïe i za pomoljenïe bratьsko i priložismo crьkvь svetago Arhaggela i sь selomь Trьstenikomь i sь vsakomь pravinomь crьkve tezi i sela toga i s měgjami sь ōttěsy i s Tušiljemь. I selište Hudin’ce sь megjami i sь vsěmь oprav’danïem ihь prosto rekь sь vsěmь oprav’danïemь što e bylь gospodinь i roditelь našь sevastokratorь priložilь crьkvy toizi. I ešte velikuju ego vьspomenuv’še bratoljubnuju i vsesrьdьčnuju ljubovь. Paky i za egovo umoljennïe priložismo gospodinu i otьcu našemu Rōmanu selo Bežanikje sь vsěmi megjami sela togo). He together with Antonije Bagaš (Antonios Pagases) bought probably before 1366 a ruined monastery complex on Mount Athos dedicated to Saint Paul. The Monastery of Xeropotamu allowed them to restore and found it. The monks of the Xeropotamu Monastery demanded after a few years their former property back. Matthaios, the patriarch of Constantinople, tried to reconcile both monasteries in dispute by issuing a sigillion. The sigillion of Matthaios from October 1403 mentions also Gerasim (Gerasimos) as one of the founders of the Saint Paul Monastery. He was a benefactor of the Kutlumus Monastery on the Mount Athos since 1370. He was in the group of the monks from the Hilandar Monastery, which came to the court of Stefan Lazarević between 1392 and 1396 (I kako prïhōdi kь mně izь Hilandara čьstiěiši vь inōkōhь starьcь kyrь Gjerasimь). The monks requested the donation of the Church of the Presentation of Mary at Ibar, which was a former patrimonial possession of Obrad Dragosaljić, to the Hilandar Monastery. He transferred the body of his deceased brother Vuk Branković [Bulkos] on Mount Athos in 1397.
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Raiko
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Maybe identical with the nephew of Momčilo, who was let in to the town of Peritheorion with 50 soldiers by its inhabitants in 1345. Mentioned in the prostagma charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, which was issued between September and December 1345. He appears as οἰκεῖος of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan in the prostagma charter. He held the position of kephale (governor) of Trilision and Brontu, 1345. Rajko was asked by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan to not collect the toll from the 25 nomismata intented for Kyprianos, the Bishop of Pheremai. Rajko should also bring the prostagma, which was issued on this occasion between September and December 1345, to Kyprianos.
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Raul, Alexios Dukas
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The identification with Raul (Trapp 2002, #24096) and Dux Alexios Raul (Trapp 2002, #93047) is doubtful. Mentioned in the sources from 1337/1352 to 1366. He appears as δοῦλος of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan in the sources. He was the Megas Domestikos of Serbia, 1352 – 1366. He held the office of the governor (κεφαλή) of Zichnai, 1355. He was the father-in-law of Angelos (῎Αγγελος). He had a daughter. συμπένθερος of Stephanos Kalothetos (Κ Στέφανος Καλόθετος. θεῖος of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan. He donated a land to the Asomatos metochion, which belonged to the Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the gift of Alexios to the monastery in a prostagma charter from September 1352. He was in the commision, which was entrusted by Iakobos, the Metropolitan of Serres, to delimit the metochion of the Philotheu Monastery in Kremna and Tzainu. He signed the document, which was issued by Iakobos in December 1355 (Ὁ δοῦλος καὶ θεῖος τοῦ κραταιοῦ καὶ ἁγιου ἡμῶν αὐθέντου καὶ βασιλέως Ἀλέξιος Δούκας Ῥαοῦλ † Ὁ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΔΟΜΕΣΤΙΚΟΣ). He had a long-term dispute with Stephanos Kalothetos, who was the father of Angelos. When Angelos died, Alexios asked Kalothetos to fulfil his obligations promised at the time of wedding. Kalothetos involved the monks of the Batopedi Monastery in the case by storing the valuable things in their monastery. The Serbian Empress Jelena (Helene) issued an horismos that allowed Alexios to demand the valuable things or an equivalent amount of money from Kalothetos. Since Kalothetos did not pay the entire sum, Alexios attacked the estates of the Batopedi Monastery. The monks had to pay the rest of the sum to Alexios. The conflict of all participants in the case was definitively brought to an end by the decision of the general judge of the Romans Theophylaktos Dermokaites.
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Triakontaphyllos Konstantinos
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Mentioned in the court decision at Serres from November 1345. He appears as δοῦλος of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan in the document. He attented the court at Serres and signed the charter, where Antonios, the hieromonk and μπαστᾶς (bašta, spiritual father) at Pyrgos in the Hilandar Monastery sued Athanasios Kurteses, the Megas Oikonomos of the Esphigmenu Monastery, for unjustly detaining his money, which Antonios had deposited in the Esphigmenu Monastery (ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ κραταιοῦ καὶ ἁγίου ἡμῶν αὐθέντου καὶ βασιλέως Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ Τριακοντάφυλλος).
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Tzamplakon Arsenios
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Died probably before August 1362. He is mentioned as κῦρ, δοῦλος of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos and Ioannes V. Palaiologos in the sources.He held the position of μέγας παπίας, 1333–1342 and 1352. He is attested as an apographeus (fiscal official) of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos in 1349 and as archon at Didymoteichon in 1352. He was a monk. Probably the son of μέγας παπίας Alexios Tzamplakon. He was the brother of Asomatianos Tzamplakon, Demetrios Tzamplakon and Tornikina. His sons were Michael Kaballarios Tzamplakon and Alexios Kaballarios Tzamplakon. He was the συμπένθερος of Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos. He accused in the early summer of the year 1333 at Chalkidike Philantropenos Palaiologos Syrgiannes of a high treason before the Emperor Andronikos III. Palaiologos. He came to Constantinople in order to attend the trial with Philantropenos Palaiologos Syrgiannes. He authenticated the deed of sale of the protostrator Theodoros Dukas Palaiologos Komnenos Synadenos in December 1333. He was sent in 1342 together with Konstantinos Palaiologos by Ioannes VI. Kantakuzenos to the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan. He was together with Konstantinos Palaiologos taken into custody by a certain Tzimpanos. Tzimpanos turned Arsenios Tzamplakon in to Alexios Apokaukos in Thessalonike. Arsenios Tzamplakon was insulted by the mob of Thessalonike as the patriarch of Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos. He was arrested and his possession was confiscated. According to the Praktikon issued in January 1342 by Michal Papylas Romanos was Ioannes Margarites the recipient of a confiscated land from Arsenios Tzamplakon located between Serres and Zichna. The possession of Ioannes Margarites at Kato Uska and Rachoba was declared exempt from the 9 nomismata tax and hereditary by the prostagma of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V. Palaiologos from October 1342. The former estates of Tzako [...], most probably Arsenios Tzamplakos, consisted of arable land and vineyards. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated in April 1348 the former property of Arsenios Tzamplakon, which was inside the town of Chrysopolis, to the Batopedi Monastery. He drew up before December 1349 the inventory of the property of the Monastery Theotokos Psychosostria in Constantinople, which was used for chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos. After 1355 he was residing in the Batopedi Monastery as a monk. He bequeathed in February 1355 his patrimonial estate in Prinarion with als its area and rights, dependent peasants, abandoned land, vineyards, mills, uncultivated land and pasture, a part of land in Vela, winter pasture in Thermopotamos, annual fair of Saint Symeon in Vela and the fortification called Slanesion/Sthlanesion to the Batopedi Monastery. In May 1356 he added houses and the Church of Holy Mother of God Kamariotissa in the Kataphyge quarter at Thessalonike, his part of the patrimonial land in the mouth of the river Galikos including salty soil, some dikaia near the sea till Chenaru and a tower to the endowment, which he donated before to the Batopedi Monastery.
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Unklesis Ioannes
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He died on 29th June 1371 during the battle against the Ottomans at Černomen/Marica. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V bestowed on 9th August 1365 the title of Despot upon him. Ioannes Unklesis enlarged the Simonos Petra-Monydrion and made from it the Simonos Petra-Monastery on the Mount Athos out of gratitude for being awarded with the title. He endowed it with many lands. Ioannes Unklesis issued between 9th August 1365 and October 1368 a chrysobull charter regarding his ktitorial activity in the Simonos Petra-Monastery on Mount Athos, which has been preserved only in the transcription of Kyrillos Lukaris, the Patriarch of Constantinople, from 1622/1623. He designates himself as δεσπότης καὶ αὐτοκράτωρ πάσης Σερβίας καὶ Ῥωμανίας in this charter. He signed the charter in favour of the Zographu-Monastery on the Mount Athos in February 1369 as Ἰωάννης ἐν Χριστῶ τῷ Θεῷ πιστὸς δεσπότης καὶ αὐτοκράτωρ, ὁ Οὔγκλεσης. He designated his reign since March 1368 as βασιλεία. He retained this self-designation till 1371. This self-designation appears in the Slavic documents in the form „carstvo“. He was the groom (ἱπποκόμος) of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan. Ioannes Unklesis, who held the position of grand duke, confirmed in 1358 an endowment of his mother-in-law, the wife of Boichnas, for the Kutlumus Monastery (ὅπερ ἐπροσίλοσεν ἡ ἁγία μου κυρία ἡ Κεσάρισα πρὸς αὐτὴν τὴν μονὴν ἐν τι τοποθεσία τὴ ἐπικεκλημένι ἡ Προυνέα χάριν ψυχηκὴς δωρεὰς αὐτῆς ζευγαρίων τεσσάρον... ἐγὼ Οὔγλεσις μέγας βοεβόδας ἀπὸ τὴς αὐτοῦ ἐλεημοσίνης τοὺ αὐθέντου ἡμῶν τοὺ πανευτυχεστάτου δεσπότου καὶ τοὺ ἀδελφοὺ αὐτοὺ τοὺ [...τ...]ου μου στέργο καὶ βεβεῶ τὰ τιαύτα χωράφια εἰς τὴν Προυνέαν γὴν ζευγαρίων τεσάρον ὅπος νέμωσην οἱ τιαύτοι μοναχοὶ τὴς θείας βασιλεικῆς μονῆς τοὺ Κουτλουμούσι ἀκολείτος). He signed the document as velik vōevoda. His father was Margnaua (Orbini)/ Margna (Luccari), who was a poor nobleman from Livno in Hum. Ioannes Unklesis was the cousin (ἀνεψιός) of Helene, the Serbian Empress. His brother was Demetrios Blukasinos and his sister was Helene. The husband of his sister was Nikolaos Radochnas (Νικόλαος ῾Ραδόχνας, Nikola Radonja). He was married to Euphemia. Ioannes Unklesis was the son-in-law of Boichnas (Voihna). He was the father of Uglješa, who died as a child. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan took his father and the whole family to the court. The senate of the Ragusan republic (Consilium rogatorum) granted the payment of 50 ducats to Ioannes Unklesis on 22th July 1346 (In consilio rogatorum, in quo interfuerunt 34 consiliarii, captum fuit per omnes, nemine discortante, quod Ugiesse barono huius contrate noviter misso a domino imperatore, pro confirmanda et captanda benivolentia cum ipso ei ut habeat causam bene vivendi cum terra, de avere comunis detur et donetur eidem usque florenos seu ducatos L, prout videbitur d. comiti et suo minori consilio). Ioannes Unklesis governed independently in the are of Serres, Christupolis (Kavala), Philippoi, Drama and Zichnai. He had a good connection to the monks in Mount Athos and acknowledged Sabas, the Protos at the Mount Athos, in 1369 as his spiritual father. The Batopedi Monastery on the Mount Athos obtained at the beginning of the year 1365 from Ioannes Unklesis the Monastery of Theotokos Spelaiotissa in the vicinity of the town Melnik with vineyards and gardens, the village Tzukarades, land near the gate of the Lower Town of Melnik, twelwe subjects within the fortress of Melnik, the village Katunitza, the monydrion Hagios Georgios Aliseres, the village Hagia Kyriake, the village Dempreane, the village Mpusdobos, four mills within the fortress of Melnik, two mills in Katunitza, and other lands in the vicinity of the town Melnik. The Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos issued in September 1365 a chrysobull charter at the request of the Despot Ioannes Unklesis, in which he donated estates in the vicinity of Serres and Kalamaria to the Hilandar Monastery (Ἐπεὶ ὁ περιπόθητος ἀνεψιὸς τῆς ὑψηλοτάτης δεσποίνης Σερβίας καὶ περιποθήτου ἀδελφῆς τῆς βασιλείας μου, εὐτυχέστατος δεσπότης τῆς Σερβίας κῦρ Ἰωάννης ὁ Οὔγκλεσις, ἐζήτησε καὶ παρεκάλεσε τὴν βασιλείαν μου ἵνα γένηται χρυσόβουλλον τοῖς μοναχοῖς τῆς κατὰ τὸ ἅγιον ὄρος τοῦ Ἄθω διακειμένης σεβασμίας μονῆς, τῆς εἰς ὄνομα τιμωμένης τῆς πανυπεράγνου δεσποίνης καὶ θεομήτορος καὶ ἐπικεκλημένης τοῦ Χελανταρίου, καὶ κατέχωσι καὶ εἰς τοεξῆς τὸ περὶ τὰς Σέρρας χωρίον, τὸ καλούμενον τοῦ Ποθολινοῦ, ἔτι τε τὸ ἐν τῇ Καλαμαρίᾳ ἕτερον χωρίον τὸ καλούμενον Λιγνὸν μετὰ τῆς σκάλλας αὐτοῦ). In January 1366 ugodni vlastelin Novakь Mrasorovikь addressed the request to the Serbian Despot Ioannes Unklesis and also to the Serbian King Demetrios Blukasinos to approve his donation of the village Koprivljane to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos. Both of them confirmed the endowment of Novakь Mrasorovikь to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos in a separate chrysobull charter (Sьdrьžeštu mi sia vsa blagověrьnōmu i Bogomь postavlěnnōmu despotu Iōanu Ugleši despotьstvujuštu; blagōvěrьnyi despotь Iōannь Uglešь). The Despot Ioannes Unklesis sponsored the hospital at the Batopedi Monastery and the Esphigmenu Monastery as well. He erected the monydrion of Saint Nicholas at Karyes. He was the ktitor of the small church of Saint Anargyroi at the Batopedi Monastery, where he is portrayed as a patron. The Serbian Despot Ioannes Unklesis confirmed the donation of Kaisar Boichnas (Voihna) for the monk and spiritual father Daniil. He approved all privileges concerning the Church of the Saint Archangels Michael and Gabriel above Gabrovo for him (Kako pride kь carьstvu mi čьstni starьcь duhovьnikь kyrь Daniil…Mihaila i Gabrila više Gabrova, i prinese mi zapisanie gospodina….roditelě mi kesara, i viděhь pročtohь čto jestь zapisalь i….kesarь Voihna, i ini hristoljubivi crьkvi onoizi ljud…..zemle: bystь hotěnije carьstvu mi kudě godě mu se što nahodi……hru….ljud…..vinogradь, perivolja, ili i mlinь, ima hotěnije carьstvo mi kako da je……vь věkomь, i da jestь pace svobodna, nikiimь nepotьknovlenno….). Ioannes Unklesis donated in April 1369 the village Neōhorь on the plain of Mavrovo with all boundaries and rights to the Monastery of Kutlumus. The monastery obtained all estates, which were in possession of Theōdorь Ōduevikь. The community of monks on the Mount Athos received also pronoia helders with people, land parcels and fruit trees, which were in some way dependent upon Kalabaris (Kalavar) (selo u poli Mavrovьskom imenem Neōhorь sь vsemi megami i s pravinami sela togai, sь vsemь što e drьžalь Theōdorь Ōduevikь pri carstvě mi, i pri Kalavari proniari što su drьžali ili ljudi ili vokie sь vsem periorom sela). At the instance of the monk Theodosios and his confreres from the Monastery Batopedi Ioannes Unklesis pledged to grant in November 1369 120 hyperpyra per annum, extracted from the revenues of the lake of Porou, to the monastery. The Serbian Despot Ioannes Unklesis gave between 1369 and 1371 the selište located between the village Akroterion (Akrotirion) and the river Plumiska as a tax-free property to the Monastery of Batopedi with all rights. The selište was a possession of Lanzo (probably Lantzaretos), who lived at the time as Kalabaris or was bonded by a certain contract with Kalabaris (i darova crtvo mi ōbitěli prstie Bce Vatopedu selište megju Akrotiro, i megju Plumsko šte e drьžalь Lanzo pri Kalavari sь vsemi megjami i pravinami sela toga). The Protaton on Mount Athos gathered in December 1370 at the behest of the Serbian Despot Ioannes Unklesis ruled the dispute over the village of Mpresnitza in favour of the Hilandar Monastery. He endowed in 1370/1371 the Hilandar Monastery with the village Akroterion (Akrotirion) and the katun of Vlachs Zarvince. He gave also pastures and hunting grounds in the vicinity of the village Akroterion and the katun of Vlachs Zarvince to the monastery (I priložihь na jezěre, u prěděle rědinьskōmь, selo Akrotirь i s pašišti i sь lovišti i sь v’sěmi megjami i pravinami sela toga. I selo katunь vlahь imenemь Zar’vin’ce sь v’sěmi pašišti i megjami i pravinami sela togo). Ioannes Unklesis donated in or before 1371 a vineyard and a farmland in the place called Koremistes to the monastery complex Theotokos Kataphygion near Melnik (ἕτερον ἀμπέλιον καὶ ζευγηλατεῖον, εὑρισκόμενα περὶ τὸν τόπον τῆς Κορεμίστης, ἅπερ ἔδωκεν ὁ εὐτυχέστατος δεσπότης Σερβίας ὁ Οὔγκλεσης). In January 1371 Sabas, the Protos at the Mount Athos, granted the small monastery of Makrou to Ioannes Unklesis. In April 1371 Ioannes Unklesis donated the fishpond of Saint Theodore in the lake of Porou with all its possessions and rights, including the fishing privileges in the lagoon, to the Batopedi Monastery. Ioannes Unklesis established the contact with Constantinople in 1367/1368 in order to reconcile with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and to overcome the schism. He therefore received Theophanes, the Metropolitan of Nikaia and at the same time emissary of the patriarch of Constantiople, at his residence. He send im March 1368 a letter to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, which has been preserved in the Register of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Ioannes Unklesis proposed in the letter that the metropolises in the territory of his realm, among them the Metropolises of Drama, Christupolis, Serres and Zichna should respect the authority of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Philotheos Kokkinos, the Patriarch of Constantinople, and the Ecumenil synod issued a charter in May 1371, where they officialy proclaimed the Union with the eparchies under the control of Ioannes Unklesis. Philotheos Kokkinos describes him as ὁ εὐτυχέστατος δεσπότης Σερβίας, κῦρις Ἰωάννης ὁ Οὔγκλεσης, τοῦ πλέον τοῖς ἡμετέροις μέρεσιν ἐγγίζοντος τόπου κύριος καταστὰς, ἄνθρωπος ὑπάρχων φρόνιμος καὶ καλὸς καὶ τρόπου καὶ συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς καὶ τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ φόβον κεκτημένος, ἠθέλησεν ἐπανασώσασθαι τὰς ἐκκλησίας ταύτας τῇ ἰδίᾳ μετρὶ καὶ κεφαλῇ τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν. Demetrios Blukasinos and his brother Ioannes Unklesis commanded the Serbian forces, which fought against the Ottoman army commanded by the Beglerbeg Lala Şahin Pasha and Evrenos near the village Černomen on 26th September 1371. His name is attested in the brebion (memorial book), which has been preserved at Protaton in Karyes on Mount Athos (Protaton 340 [113], 1v: Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ μακαρίας μνήμης καὶ ἀφέσεως τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τῶν ἀειμνήστων δούλων τοῦ Θεοῦ Δημητρίου κράλη καὶ Ἰωάννου δεσπότου καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτοῖς ἀναιρεθέντων ὀρθοδόξων χριστιανῶν).
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Ōduevikь Theōdorь
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Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Despot Ioan Uglješa (Ioannes Unklesis) for the Monastery of Kutlumus from April 1369. The Serbian Despot Ioan Uglješa (Ioannes Unklesis) donated the village Neōhorь on the plain of Mavrovo with all boundaries and rights to the Monastery of Kutlumus. The monastery obtained all estates, which were in possession of Theōdorь Ōduevikь (selo u poli Mavrovьskom imenem Neōhorь sь vsemi megami i s pravinami sela togai, sь vsemь što e drьžalь Theōdorь Ōduevikь pri carstvě mi).
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