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Purković 1976

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ID 121767
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Case Study Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355) , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16

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Miodrag Al. Purković, Srpski patrijarsi srednjega veka (Diseldorft 1976).

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Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Bogdan Person Mentioned in the document from the 21 May 1351, which was registered in the Ragusan chancery (Diversa cancellariae) and in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery, which was issued on the 10th August 1354. His father was probably the commander Bogoje (Bogoe filius voyuoda). He was the son of Višeslava. His brother was Bogoje. Mihailo Držić bequeathed 280 perper, which deposited the commander Bogoje to his sons. Bogoje, the son of the commander Bogoje, who was empowered by Bogdan, received the sum of money according to the will of Mihailo Držić (Michael de Dersia ordinauit in suo testamento dari debere, ubi sciebat frater Constantinus, prior ordinis fratrum Predicatorum de Ragusio. Et dicti tesaurerii dixerunt mihi Francesscho cancellario, quod dictus frater Constantinus dixerat, quod Bogoe voyuvoda, pater dictorum Bogoe et Bogdani, habere debebat dictos yperpyros ducentos octuaginta, volens et mandans Bogoe, receptor dictorum denariorum nomine...). He together with his mother Višeslava and his brother Bogoje donated the village Lěskovljani with all boundaries and rights to the Hilandar Monastery (ō priloženi što jestь priložila gospožda carьstva mi Višeslava hramu Prěsvetije Bogorodice Hilandarьskije, selo Lěskovlěne s megomь, s periōromь i vsěmi pravinami sela togo po htěniju gospožde Višeslave i sinovь jeje Bogdana i Bogoja, a ni po jednoi silě ni po nevoli). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan together with wife Jelena and his son King Uroš, confirmed the endowment of Višeslava and her family at the request of Sava, Hegumen of the Hilandar Monastery, in a chrysobull charter.
Bogoje (2) Person Mentioned in the document from the 21 May 1351, which was registered in the Ragusan chancery (Diversa cancellariae) and in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery, which was issued on the 10th August 1354. His father was probably the commander Bogoje (Bogoe filius voyuoda). He was the son of Višeslava. His brother was Bogdan. Mihailo Držić bequeathed the money, which deposited the commander Bogoje to his sons. Bogoje, the son of the commander Bogoje, who was empowered by his brother Bogdan, received the sum of money according to the will of Mihailo Držić (Michael de Dersia ordinauit in suo testamento dari debere, ubi sciebat frater Constantinus, prior ordinis fratrum Predicatorum de Ragusio. Et dicti tesaurerii dixerunt mihi Francesscho cancellario, quod dictus frater Constantinus dixerat, quod Bogoe voyuvoda, pater dictorum Bogoe et Bogdani, habere debebat dictos yperpyros ducentos octuaginta, volens et mandans Bogoe, receptor dictorum denariorum nomine...). He together with his mother Višeslava and his brother Bogdan donated the village Lěskovljani with all boundaries and rights to the Hilandar Monastery (ō priloženi što jestь priložila gospožda carьstva mi Višeslava hramu Prěsvetije Bogorodice Hilandarьskije, selo Lěskovlěne s megomь, s periōromь i vsěmi pravinami sela togo po htěniju gospožde Višeslave i sinovь jeje Bogdana i Bogoja, a ni po jednoi silě ni po nevoli). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan together with wife Jelena and his son King Uroš, confirmed the endowment of Višeslava and her family at the request of Sava, Hegumen of the Hilandar Monastery, in a chrysobull charter.
Georgios (5) Person Probably identical with the mesazon Georgios (PLP 4030), who is mentioned by the Byzantine historian Georgios Pachymeres. The mesazon participated in the peace negotiations between Byzantium and Serbia between 1267 and 1269 (καὶ ἤδη καὶ πρὸς Λιπαίνιον ἰόντων, πέμπεται μὲν πρέσβις ἐκεῖθεν ὁ καὶ μεσάζων ἐκείνων, Γεώργιος τοὔνομα, ᾧ δὴ καὶ λόχος ἀνδρῶν ἐνεδρεύσας προσεζημίου). He partook in the arrangment of the marriage project between the Byzantine princess Anna and the Serbian prince Stefan Uroš Milutin, which collapsed. Georgios (PLP 4030) was involved in several Serbian diplomatic envoys to Charles I Anjou, the King of Sicily. Mentioned in the sermon of the Byzantine writer Theodoros Metochites, who undertook the task to arrange the marriage of the Byzantine princess Simonis with the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. Theodoros Metochites expressed his position and dignity on the court of the Serbian King with the words „καθάπαξ τῷ δεσπότῃ καὶ τῶν σφόδρα, πιστῶς τε καὶ οἰκείως ἐχόντων“. He was the second commander of the Serbian army in the ranking (καὶ μάλιστα ἐν τοῖς ἡμετέροις, τιμῆς τε διὰ ταῦτ’ ἄρα πάντα ἀξιοῦται τὲ καὶ ἐπικέκληται, ἧστινος δὴ ταύτης, ἡγεμὼν ἐν τοῖς τοῦ γένους στρατεύμασι δεύτερος). He was the member of the Serbian advisory council (καὶ κοινωνούντων βουλῆς τε καὶ λόγων καὶ φροντισμάτων· καὶ πάσης σκέψεως· ἅτ’ εὔνους τὲ ὢν αὐτῷ, δὴ, καὶ σφόδρα· καὶ νοῦν ἔχων ἐφ’ ἑκάστοις αὐτῷ κοινωνεῖν· καὶ μεταχειρίζειν τὲ καὶ συμβάλλειν τῶν τε ἔργων καὶ τῶν λόγων). He was the father of the Monk (starec) Isaias according to the opinion of Miodrag A. Purković. Starec Isaias came to the court of the Serbian king in his younger years at his father’s wish. Purković argues for the identity of the commander Georgios and the father of starec Isaias exactly on the account of the closeness to the Serbian king (Rodi že se pri blagočastivěmь i hristoljubivemь samodrьžci vsee srьpskie zemle i podunavskie i pomorskie i arbanaškïe svetomь krali Uroši. Ōtь blagorodnu i blagōčastivu roditelju, ōtьca Geōrgïa matere že Kalïni...běše bo mnogoljubimь roditeli svoimi. i hotěhu jego prědati vь polatu carevi. onь že poslušavь stvori imь volju vь malo vreme). The Father of starec Isaias was married to Kalina. He became a monk with the name Gerasimos. His wife Kalina became a nun with the name Theōdosïa (i sihь prěimenovavь, ōtьca Gerasimь, matere že Theōdosïa). He fought against the byzantine emperor in a battle before 1298. He was captured and imprisoned by the Byzantines. The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II and the Constantinopolitan elite knew him according to the report of Theodoros Metochites. He was of the initiators and a main proponent of the peace negotiations between the Serbians and Byzantines and the preparation of the marriage. (ἦν δ’ ἐν τούτοις μάλισθ’ ὁ λέγειν ἔχων καὶ πρῶτα φέρων, Γεώργιος· Γεώργιος οἶσθ’ ὃς πρότερον, ἐνειρκτο δέσμιος ἐκ μάχης τῷ βασιλεῖ· συνήθης τὲ ἐκεῖθεν μάλιστ’ ἐκ τῆς χρονίου καθείρξεως αὐτῷ τε βασιλεῖ γεγονὼς, καὶ ἡμῖν· καὶ τὰς παρούσας καταλλαγὰς καὶ συμβάσεις, ἐπὶ τῷ κήδει πρῶτος αὐτόθι προδείξας καὶ ἐνηργμένος· καὶ καθυπουργήσας εἰς τὰ μάλιστα· ὡς ἐντεῦθεν ἄρα, καὶ μάλισθ’ ὡς πεῖραν ἤδη τιν’ ἡμῶν καὶ τῶν ἡμετέρων ἐσχηκὼς κρείττω, ἢ κατὰ τοὺς ἄλλους τῆς ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνους, καὶ τῆς ἁπάσης ἡμῖν προξενεῖν ἀμέλει πρεσβείας ἀξιοῦσθαι. ἕστι δὲ κἀν τοῖς μάλισθ’ ὁ ἀνήρ, καθάπαξ τῷ δεσπότῃ καὶ τῶν σφόδρα, πιστῶς τε καὶ οἰκείως ἐχόντων).
Kyrillos Person Mentioned in the sources from June 1355 to 1379. He appears as ὑπέρτιμος or kyrь in the sources. He was the Metropolitan of Melnik (ὁ ταπεινὸς Μελενίκου καὶ ὑπέρτιμος Κύριλλος, dostolěpni i v’sečьstni prěōsvešten’ni mitropolitь bogozdan’nago grada Mel’nika). He attested the authenticity of the charter from June 1355 concerning the sale of a plot of land in Chomnos Stolos near Melnik. Before May 1356 he found the Church of Saint Nicholas in Melnik damaged. He restored the church, built a wall around it and a tower (kyrь Kirilь ō crьkvi svetago Nikoli čudotvor’ca Stožьskoga kako jestь naš’lь ōnuzi crьkvь svetago Nikoli Stož’koga porušenu, i ōnь ju jestь ōbnovilь i sьzidalь i ōšte i k’tomu pirьgь sьzidalь svoimь trudomь i ōtkupomь). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V confirmed in a chrysobull in May 1356, together with his mother, the Empress Jelena-Jelisaveta, the possession of the Church of Saint Nicholas in the town of Melnik with its landed property and holdings in Psalině and Gr’dali to the Metropolitan Kirilь. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V donated also the village Smilovo to him (I za tozi uspomenutije prěōsvešten’nago ni mitropolita kyrь Kirila prije gospožda mi i mati carьstva mi carica kyra Jelisaf’ti i carьstvo mi, i darovasmo mu ōnuzi kjeliju, crьkvь svetago Nikoli Stožьs’koga i pirьgь što si estь samь zidalь sь vsěmi pravinami i s selomь što si estь drьžala tazi crьkvь, i s planinomь. I zapisa mu carьstvo mi Kondarata sь stasiōmь i s perivoljemь i s vinogradomь i s nivijemь što si estь drьžalь i prěgje u Psalině. I staьs Jullianova u Grdali na čemь jestь sědělь Svinoglavь sь v’sěmi pravinami stasi těh’zi. 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 Tukarevь i Luv’rov što mu su darovali vlasteličiki carьstva mi Vitomirь i Staniša. I kupeničije što si jestь kupilь samь mitropolitь Kyrilь i priložil pod ōnuzi crьkvь da mu něstь vol’nь nikto potvoriti). Kyrillos is mentioned in the patriarchal decree from 1379 concerning the property dispute of the Spelaion-Monastery.
Višeslava Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery, which was issued on the 10th August 1354. She appears as gospožda carьstva mi in the source. Her husband was probably the commander (vojvoda) Bogoje. She had two sons. Their names were Bogdan and Bogoje. She together with her sons Bogdan and Bogoje donated the village Lěskovljani with all boundaries and rights to the Hilandar Monastery (ō priloženi što jestь priložila gospožda carьstva mi Višeslava hramu Prěsvetije Bogorodice Hilandarьskije, selo Lěskovlěne s megomь, s periōromь i vsěmi pravinami sela togo po htěniju gospožde Višeslave i sinovь jeje Bogdana i Bogoja, a ni po jednoi silě ni po nevoli). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan together with wife Jelena and his son King Uroš, confirmed the endowment of Višeslava and her family at the request of Sava, Hegumen of the Hilandar Monastery in a chrysobull charter.