Vukašin Mrnjavčević , into Serb Cyrillic: ВукашинМрњавчевић , Serb Latin: Vukašin Mrnjavčević ; Bulgarian: ВълкашинМърнявчевич , (1320-1371). Serb sovereign of 1350 to 1371, initially large duke of Prilep, then Despotic of the emperor Stefan Uroš V and King in 1365. He is the father of Marko Kraljević.

He became king of his own hands.

Its kingdom extended on the all Macedonia, the south of the Kosovo (the area of Prizren), the north of Greece and the south-west of Bulgaria Actuelle.

Vukašin was the protective lord of the Empereur Stefan. But after the emperor granted the title of King to him, it only monopolized all the capacity with him by declaring King of grounds of Serb south and Greeks of macedoine as Serb Latin " gospodin zemlji srpskoj I Grkom I zapadnim stranam"

Assertion of its capacity

To reinforce its young kingdom, it confirmed his son Marko and André like single successor. He wanted to also marry one of the cousins of the emperor Dusan which lived at the court of the king Serbe of Bosnia Tvrtko Ier, but he could not do it because the pope prohibited the young woman from marrying an orthodoxe schismatic . He then gave to his sons princesses of high ranking and his Olivera daughter with the Serb sovereign of Zeta Balšić.

After all these diplomatic operations, it succeeds in being recognized by all the Serb sovereigns like the lord of Macedonia.

The disaster of Maritza

At the time of the Battle of Maritza, on September 26th 1371, it found death and its kingdom became vassal Turks.

Internal bonds

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