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Stefan Dušan was the most powerful Serbian ruler in the Middle Ages and remains a folk hero to Serbs. Dušan, a contemporary of England's Edward III, is regarded with the same reverence as the Bulgarians feel for Tsar Simeon I, the Poles for Sigismund I the Old, and the Czechs for Charles IV.
Apr 9, 2024 · Stefan Dušan (born 1308—died Dec. 20, 1355) was the king of Serbia (1331–46) and “Emperor of the Serbs, Greeks, and Albanians” (1346–55). He was the greatest ruler of medieval Serbia, who promoted his nation’s influence and gave his people a new code of laws.
Stefan Dušan , or Stefan Uroš IV, (born 1308—died Dec. 20, 1355), King of Serbia (1331–46) and emperor of the Serbs and Greeks (1346–55). He deposed his father, Stefan Decansky, in 1331. The greatest ruler of medieval Serbia, he began a war of conquest against Byzantium in 1334, gaining control of Albania and Macedonia by 1346 and ...
Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, also known as Dušan the Mighty, was the king of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and tsar and autocrat of the Serbs, Greeks, Albanians and Bulgarians from 16 April 1346 until his death in 1355.
Stefan Dušan. The founder of the short-lived Serbian Empire, Stefan Dušan, was the eldest son of Stefan Uroš III Dečanski and Theodora of Bulgaria, the daughter of emperor Smilets of Bulgaria.
At Easter 1346, Stefan Dušan was crowned as the Emperor (Tsar) of the Serbs and Greeks. The painting shows the moments immediately after the coronation ceremony. The procession is headed by...
Nov 28, 2012 · Despite all his conquests and merits, Stefan Dušan is the only ruler among the ruling family of Nemanjić who wasn’t declared a saint after his death. At the time of the Serbian Empire the Dušan’s Code was passed, a code that set the foundations of the Serbian statehood.
