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Dragoslavь Jovanь

Dragoslav

Properties

ID	15053
System Class	Person
Case Study	Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355) , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16
Sex	Male

Description

Mentioned in several sources from 1288/1289 to 1314/1315 or 1318/1321. Sluga 1288/1289, kaznac 1300, veliki kaznac 1314/1315. He was married to Jelena. His son was Staniša. He had a daughter called Ana. Dragoslav first served the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin as sluga. The charter for the city of Dubrovnik from 1288/1289 was signed by the king in Prizren also in the presence of Dragoslav (A tu imь milostь stvori kralevstvo mi u Prizrene u grade, a stranь kralevstva mi beše sluga Dragoslavь i Budislavь Hvalьčikь). In 1300 Dragoslav appears in the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje bearing the title of kaznac. His mother of law was in possession of the abandoned vineyard Mavrovo in Butelь and gave it to Dragoslav. He donated it to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg (I Dragoslavь kaznьcь dade ōt tьst᾿nine si vinogradište Mavrovo u Buteli). He is mentioned as kaznac in the area of Sušica between 1300 and 1318/1321 in the colophone of the gospel, which was copied by a certain anagnost Radin from Nagoričino in Žegligovo (Začeše se i sьvrьšiše se sь božijeju pomoštiju v dьni kralě Uroša, i pri klalici Simonidě, i pri kaznьci Dragoslavě i kaznьčici kira Jelelě, ōbladajuštu kaznьcu Sušiceju, jegi se kralь razmiri z grьki, v lěto ōt· i· i· sotno jenьdikto ·le· a drugo i ne uznahь koje bi lěto). In the inscription from the 1314/1315, which was located above the western entrance of the now destroyed Church of the Virgin Hodegetria in Mušutište, is Jovan Dragoslav bearing the title of grand kaznac described as ktetor. He founded the church together with his wife Jelena, son Staniša and daughter Ana (Poče se: i sьzda se: božьstvьni, i vsečstnii hramь prěčistie vladičice naše bogorodice ōdigitrie: is temelna va dan prěvisokago kralě Uroša sь trudomь i sь pospešeniemь Iōvana velikago kaznca Dragoslava sь Elenomь sь podružjemь svoimь i Stanišomь synomь si i sь Anomь dьšteriju si vь lěto 6823 endikta 20).

literature

Adashinskaya 2020a — 267, n. 1141. 308 , Blagojević 2001 — 21-22, 23 , Djordjević 1994 — 2. 6. 14. 16. 31. 50. 88. 94. 131. 203, n. 19. 214, n. 33. 217, n. 133. 277, n. 157 , Djurić 1963 — 61-67 , Gabelić 2016 — 341 , Grujić 1926a — 55 , Ivanović 1958 — 217 , Ivanović 2013 — 18 , Ivanović 2018b — 59 , Jagić 1877 — 129-130 , Kravari 1989 — 100-101 , Mandić 1981 — 70-75, 82, 90 , Mandić 1986 — 192-195 , Miljković 2020 — 134 , Mošin/Slaveva/Ilievska 1975 — 129, 130, 150, 152, 206, 216 , Nedeljković 2017 — 308-309 , Nenadović 1963 — 17 , Petković 1950 — 40 , Pirivatrić 2009 — 323 , Stojanović 1902-1926 — I, Nr. 34 (16) , Todić 1998 — 23, 262–263, 305, 340 , Tomović 1974 — Nr. 25 (48) , Tomović 2006 — 114. 115, n. 15 , Zbornik 2011 — Nr. 85, 286, 7–9. Nr. 92, 319, B40–44 (V16–17) , Đorđević 2008a — 506-507 , Đorđević 2008b — 480

Relations

Actors (3)

Name	Class	Begin	End	Relation Type	Description
Ana	Person	01.01.1314	01.01.1315	ParentOf(ChildOf)	Svetislav Mandić proposes, that Ana could be identical with Ana, the wife of Despot Mihael, who was the son of the Bulgarian Tsar Mihail III Šišman. Mentioned in the founding inscription from the years 1314/1315 in the Church of the Virgin Hodegetria in Mušutište. She was the daughter of Jovanь Dragoslavь and Jelena. Her brother was Staniša. In the inscription from the years 1314/1315, which was located above the western entrance of the now destroyed Church of the Virgin Hodegetria in Mušutište, is Jovanь Dragoslavь bearing the title of grand kaznac described as ktetor. He founded the church together with his wife Jelena, son Staniša and daughter Ana (Poče se: i sьzda se: božьstvьni, i vsečstnii hramь prěčistie vladičice naše bogorodice ōdigitrie: is temelna va dan prěvisokago kralě Uroša sь trudomь i sь pospešeniemь Iōvana velikago kaznca Dragoslava sь Elenomь sь podružjemь svoimь i Stanišomь synomь si i sь Anomь dьšteriju si vь lěto 6823 endikta 20).
Jelena (2)	Person			Spouse	Mentioned in two inscriptions dated in the first twenty years of the 14th century. She appears as kira in the colophone of the so-called Radin gospel. She was married to Jovanь Dragoslavь. Her son was Staniša. She had a daughter called Ana. She is mentioned as the wife of kaznac Jovanь Dragoslavь in the colophone of the gospel, which was copied by a certain anagnost Radin from Nagoričino in Žegligovo between 1300 and 1318/1321 (Začeše se i sьvrьšiše se sь božijeju pomoštiju v dьni kralě Uroša, i pri klalici Simonidě, i pri kaznьci Dragoslavě i kaznьčici kira Jelelě, ōbladajuštu kaznьcu Sušiceju, jegi se kralь razmiri z grьki, v lěto ōt· i· i· sotno jenьdikto ·le· a drugo i ne uznahь koje bi lěto). In the inscription from the years 1314/1315, which was located above the western entrance of the now destroyed Church of the Virgin Hodegetria in Mušutište, is Jovanь Dragoslavь bearing the title of grand kaznac described as ktetor. He founded the church together with his wife Jelena, son Staniša and daughter Ana (Poče se: i sьzda se: božьstvьni, i vsečstnii hramь prěčistie vladičice naše bogorodice ōdigitrie: is temelna va dan prěvisokago kralě Uroša sь trudomь i sь pospešeniemь Iōvana velikago kaznca Dragoslava sь Elenomь sь podružjemь svoimь i Stanišomь synomь si i sь Anomь dьšteriju si vь lěto 6823 endikta 20).
Staniša (3)	Person	01.01.1314	01.01.1315	ParentOf(ChildOf)	Mentioned in the founding inscription from the years 1314/1315 in the Church of the Virgin Hodegetria in Mušutište. He was the son of Jovanь Dragoslavь and Jelena. His sister was Ana. In the inscription from the years 1314/1315, which was located above the western entrance of the now destroyed Church of the Virgin Hodegetria in Mušutište, is Jovanь Dragoslavь bearing the title of grand kaznac described as ktetor. He founded the church together with his wife Jelena, son Staniša and daughter Ana (Poče se: i sьzda se: božьstvьni, i vsečstnii hramь prěčistie vladičice naše bogorodice ōdigitrie: is temelna va dan prěvisokago kralě Uroša sь trudomь i sь pospešeniemь Iōvana velikago kaznca Dragoslava sь Elenomь sь podružjemь svoimь i Stanišomь synomь si i sь Anomь dьšteriju si vь lěto 6823 endikta 20).

Events (2)

Name	Class	Begin	End	Description
First appearance of Jovan Dragoslav	Activity
Foundation of Mušutišta, the church of the Virgin Hodegetria	Activity	01.01.1314	31.12.1347	The inscription was located above the western entrance of the now destroyed Church of the Virgin Hodegetria in Mušutište gives the name of the ktetor and the year in which the church was built. The temple was erected in 1314/1315 by grand kaznac Jovan Dragoslav with his wife Jelena, son Staniša and the daughter Anna.

Sources (3)

Name	Class	Description
Founder's inscription of kaznac Jovan Dragoslav	Source	The inscription was located above the western entrance of the now destroyed Church of the Virgin Hodegetria in Mušutište gives the name of the ktetor and the year in which the church was built. The temple was erected in 1314/1315 by grand kaznac Jovan Dragoslav with his wife Jelena, son Staniša and the daughter Anna.
Skopje Monastery of St. George 2	Source	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282–1321) issued this charter after the refurbishment of the Monastery of St. George-Gorg near Skopje in the year 1300. He confirmed the donations given to the monastery by former Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian rulers. Finally, King Milutin also granted new privileges, landed property and population to the respective monastery.
Stefan Uroš II Milutin's Charter for the city of Dubrovnik	Source	The Serbian king Stefan Uroš II Milutin donated a vineyard and an arable land to the city of Dubrovnik, which was in the possession of Dubrovnik already in the reign of Stefan Uroš I. The charter, which bears no date, was issued in the time of the knez (comes) Marin Đorđi (Marinus Zorzi), thus in 1288/1289. The charter was signed in Prizren in the presence of the sluga Dragoslav and Budislav Hvalьčikь.