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Donation of Blatce

Begin 01.01.1347
End 31.12.1348

Properties

ID 9414
System Class Acquisition
Case Study Ethnonym of the Vlachs
Event Donation

Description

Tsar Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated the village of Blatce with its Vlachs to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren.

Relations

Places (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Blatce Place In 1326 the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski refused to donate the land of the Vlachs in Blatce (na Blatci) to Bishop Arsenije of Prizren and gave to him other landed property instead. In the years 1347/48 tsar Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated the village of Blatce together with its Vlachs to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren.
Events (2)
Name Class Begin End Description
Donation of possessions and goods by Stefan Uroš IV Dušan to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel Acquisition Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated nine Albanian katuns to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren.
Donation of the Vlachs of Blatce Acquisition Tsar Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated around 90 Vlachs living in the village of Blatce to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren.
Actors (2)
Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel Group The monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel lies near the town Prizren in todays Republic of Kosovo.
Stefan Uroš IV Dušan Person Stefan Dušan, also called Stefan Uroš IV, English Stephen Dushan, or Stephen Uroš IV (born 1308—died Dec. 20, 1355) king of Serbia (1331–46) and “Emperor of the Serbs, Greeks, and Albanians” (1346–55), the greatest ruler of medieval Serbia, who promoted his nation’s influence and gave his people a new code of laws.
Sources (1)
Name Class Description
Svetoarhandjelovska hrisovulja Source In or soon after 1347/48 the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) issued the so-called "Svetoarhandjelovska hrisovulja" in favour of the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren. This charter mentions several Vlach and Albanian katuns.