Desa was the youngest of three sons of Uroš I, the Grand Prince of Serbia from c. 1112 to 1145. His mother was Anna Diogenissa, a Byzantine noblewoman. The eldest son Uroš II succeeded their father in 1145. Their sister, Helena, married Béla II of Hungary (r. 1131–41).
- 1150–1153 (co-ruler), 1153–55, 1162–66
- Vukanović
Desa (Serbian Cyrillic: Деса) was the Serbian co-ruler from 1148 to 1153, alongside his elder brother Uroš II, Grand Prince of Serbia; the Prince of Duklja, Travunija and Zahumlje from 1149 to 1162; the Grand Prince of Serbia from 1153 to 1155, and again from 1162 to 1166.
- 1150–1153 (co-ruler), 1153–55, 1162–66
- Vukanović
Grand Principality of Serbia (Serbian: Великожупанска Србија / Velikožupanska Srbija) was a medieval Serbian state that existed from the second half of the 11th century up to 1217, when it was transformed into the Kingdom of Serbia.
- Monarchy
- Eastern Orthodox, Bogomilism (banned)
Desa (Serbian Cyrillic: Деса ) was the Serbian co-ruler from 1148 to 1153, alongside his elder brother Uroš II, Grand Prince of Serbia; the Prince of Duklja, Travunija and Zahumlje from 1149 to 1162; the Grand Prince of Serbia from 1153 to 1155, and again from 1162 to 1166.
At that time, Serbia was ruled by the grand zoupan (archzupan or megajupanus) Desa, an ally of Stephen III in the Hungarian dynastic conflicts, and thus an opponent of Manuel. When Desa was finally forced to come to Niš before the emperor, his connections with the Hungarian king Stephen III were revealed, Desa called him his master, Manuel I ...
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- → Roman Catholic, → Eastern Orthodox (re-baptised)
After Desa's revolt, in 1165 the Byzantium divided the Serb lands between the four sons of Zavida: Tihomir in Raška, Stracimir in Duklja, Miroslav in Zahumlje and Travunia, and Stefan Nemanja in Toplica (in today's central Serbia). Stefan Nemanja rebelled against his eldest brother Tihomir in 1166, who fled with his brothers Stracimir and ...
Serbia used the red, blue and white tricolor as a national flag continuously from 1835 until 1918, when Serbia ceased to be a sovereign state after it joined the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later known as Yugoslavia, the tricolor was a used as a Serbian civil flag, from 1918 to 1945.
In 1153 or 1155, Desa ousts him. The pro-Hungarian faction at the Serbian court was upset with the Byzantine overlordship. In autumn 1154, Manuel I settles the dispute between Uroš II and Desa. The Emperor restored Uroš II in 1155 or 1156, and gave the deposed Desa an appanage of Dendra near Niš.
Desa Urošević Vojislavljević (? - ca. 1166) was a coastal Serb prince of Duklja (1148-1162), Trebinje , Zahumlje and Rascia (1150-1151; 1155; 1162-1166). While Radoslav of Duklja was ruling Duklja, Desa took Zeta ( Duklja ) and Travunia from Radoslav and unified the coastal Principalities under his firm grip.
Serbia: Death: circa 1162 (85-95) Immediate Family: Son of Vukan Mihailović Husband of Anna of Germany and Anna Diogenissa Father of Desa Vukanović; Maria Moravia; Uroš Primislav Vukanović, II; Beloš Vukanović and Jelena Urošević, Queen consort of Hungary. Managed by: Private User Last Updated: today
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