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Jovan Oliver, fresco from the Lesnovo monastery. Jovan Oliver Grčinić ( Serbian: Јован Оливер Грчинић; ca. 1310–1356) was a magnate of the Serbian Emperor Dušan the Mighty (r. 1331–1355), holding the titles of sebastokrator and despotes, and the rank of "great voivode ", showing his prominence and status as one of the ...
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The family's progenitor was Dejan, a Serbian vojvoda (military commander and lord) in the Kumanovo region, who married Teodora, the sister of Stefan Dušan. Dejan became sevastokrator in 1346. His origin is unknown. Earlier scholars believed that the Dejanović were relatives of Jovan Oliver, although this is no longer accepted (Fine 1994). K.
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Jovan Oliver Grčinić (Serbian language: Јован Оливер Грчинић; ca. 1310-1356) was a magnate of the Serbian Emperor Dušan the Mighty (r. 1331-1355), holding the titles of sebastokrator and despotes, and the rank of "great voivode", showing his prominence and status as one of the most important nobles of Dušan. Oliver supported Dušan in the succession war against his father ...
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Emperor Dusan. Stefan Uros IV Dusan, known as Dusan the Mighty (26 July 1308 – 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Tsar (or Emperor) and autocrat of the Serbs and Greeks (or Romans) from 16 April 1346 until his death. Dusan conquered a large part of southeast Europe, becoming one of the most powerful monarchs ...
Dejan ( Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан; [a] fl. 1346–ca. 1366) was a magnate who served Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55) as sevastokrator, and Emperor Uroš V (r. 1355–71) as despot. He was married to Emperor Dušan's sister Teodora, and possessed a large province in the Kumanovo region, east of Skopska Crna Gora.
- between 1366 and 1371, Serbian Empire
- Serbian Kingdom
- sevastokrator (fl. 1346–55), despot (fl. 1355–58+)
- Teodora Nemanjić
Jovan Oliver Grčinić (Serbian: Јован Оливер Грчинић; ca. 1310-1356) was a magnate of the Serbian Emperor Dušan the Mighty (r. 1331-1355), holding the titles of sebastokrator and despotes, and the rank of "great voivode", showing his prominence and status as one of the most important nobles of Dušan. Oliver supported Dušan in the succession war against his father, and was ...
Jovan Oliver (rođen oko 1310. godine, umro posle 1356. godine) bio je srpski velmoža koji je u doba Stefana Dušana ( kralj 1331 — 1345, car 1346 — 1355) vladao oblastima oko Ovčeg Polja i uz levu obalu Vardara (danas Severna Makedonija) sa titulama velikog vojvode, sevastokratora i od proglašenja Srpskog carstva despota.
