Vojislav of Duklja

• Prince of Serbia[2]
• Prince of Duklja / Prince of the Serbs[1]
• Reign 1018–1043
• Predecessor Dragomir
• Successor Mihailo I

Issue

1. Gojislav
2. Predimir
3. Mihailo
4. Saganek
5. Radoslav

• House Vojislavljević
• Father Dragomir
• Mother Ljutimirova **Note
• Born April, Brusno
• Died 1043
• Burial Church of St. Andrew in Prapratna
• Religion Eastern Christianity

Stefan Vojislav (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Војислав, Latin: Stephanus Boisthlabus[A] ; 1000-1043) was the Prince of Duklja from 1040 to 1043. He had since 1018 been a toparch in Byzantine vassalage, and in 1034 he led an unsuccessful revolt that resulted in his incarceration at Constantinople, he however, managed to escape and return, this time successfully gaining independence of his statelet, which he would rule as Prince of the Serbs,[1] a title signifying supreme leadership among Serbs.

He is the eponymous founder of the Vojislav Dynasty.

• * Note from Farkas Mihály László: His mother was not Ljutimirova, but the 1st wife of Dragomir See below

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DRAGOMIR (-murdered Kotor 1018). ... m firstly ---. The name of Dragomir's first wife is not known. m secondly --- [of Serbia], daughter of LJUTOMIR [of Serbia].

Dragomir & his first wife had one child:

a) VOJISLAV (-Prapatna [1043], bur Prapatna, St Andrew). The Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja names "Voislav" as son of Dragomir by his first wife, recording that he "obtained the kingdom" after his father was killed, fought the Greeks and obtained "the land as far as Topliza"[32]. Europäische Stammtafeln[33] conflates Vojislav and Dobroslav, who according to the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja were half-brothers. - see below.

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VOJISLAV, son of DRAGOMIR Knez of Duklja and part Trebinje & his [first] wife --- (-[1043], bur Prapratna). The Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja names "Voislav" as son of Dragomir and his first wife, recording that he "obtained the kingdom" after his father was killed, fought the Greeks and obtained "the land as far as Topliza"[41]. Fine comments that the 12th century Chronicle is not an ideal source and could have invented such a relationship to provide continuity with the dynasty of Ivan Vladimir[42]. Europäische Stammtafeln[43] conflates Vojislav and Dobroslav, who according to the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja were half-brothers. Vojislav refused homage to Byzantium in [1034/36], was captured and sent to Constantinople, after which Duklja was administered by the strategos of Durazzo. Vojislav escaped from Byzantium and returned to Duklja, where he took refuge in the mountains with an ever-growing band of followers[44]. He freed Duklja from Byzantine suzerainty, and established his capital at Shkodra (Scutari). After defeating Ljutovid Knez of Zahumlje and Trebinje, who led a Byzantine-inspired alliance which included Bosnia and Raška in 1042, Duklja annexed most of Zahumlje[45]. Cedrenus records that "princeps Serborum Stephanus qui et Boisthlabus" was deposed, dated to [1040/42] from the context, and "Theophilo Erotico" installed to rule Serbia[46]. Cedrenus records that "Stephanus qui et Boisthlabus" occupied "Illyricos…montes" and defeated "Michaele patricio Anastasii logothetæ filio, tum Dyrrachii præfecto" who was sent by Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos, dated to after [1042] from the context[47]. The Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja records that "King Voislav" reigned for 25 years, died in Prapatna, and was buried in the "church of St Andrew"[48]. After his death, his territories were divided between his widow and his five sons.

m ---, "niece" of SAMUIL Tsar of the Bulgarians, daughter of --- (-after [1055][49]). The Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja records that "Voislav" married "the niece of emperor Samuel" by whom he had five sons "Goyslav, Michael, Saganec, Radoslav and Predimir"[50]. The word "niece", presumably translated from "neptis", could be interpreted either as niece or granddaughter. Europäische Stammtafeln,[51] presumably on the basis that granddaughter is the appropriate translation, suggests that Vojislav's wife was --- of the Bulgarians, daughter of Gavriil Radomir Tsar of the Bulgarians & his second wife Irina ---. If this is correct, Vojislav's wife must have been born in [990/1000], which would place the birth of the couple's sons in [1015/25]. If "niece" is the correct translation, Vojislav's wife could have been the niece either of Tsar Samuil himself or of his wife. The latter possibility could account for the confusion relating to the wife of Vojislav's first cousin Ivan Vladimir, stated by Europäische Stammtafeln to be the niece of Tsar Samuil's wife (see above), assuming that there was also confusion in the primary sources between Ivan Vladimir and his cousin Vojislav. In this second case, the birth of the couple's sons could be placed much earlier. The Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja records that "the queen ruled the kingdom with her first born son Gojislav" after the death of her husband, in a later passage recording her death after which her son Mihailo "received the kingdom"[52], which dates the event to after the death in battle of her eldest son Gojislav.

Vojislav & his wife had five children:

• 1. GOJISLAV (before 1025-killed in battle [1054/55]).
• 2. MIHAILO (before 1025-[1081/82], bur Monastery of St Sergius & St Bacchus). ... MIHAILO King of Duklja. ... m firstly ---. The name and origin of Mihailo's first wife are not known. m secondly (after [1056]%29 ---, a Greek. ... King Mihailo & his first wife had eight children: ... King Mihailo & his second wife had [five] children:
• 3. SAGANEC (before 1025-).
• 4. RADOSLAV (-1089 or after). The Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja records that "Voislav" married "the niece of emperor Samuel" by whom he had five sons (in order) "Goyslav, Michael, Saganec, Radoslav and Predimir"[121]. - see below.
• 5. PREDIMIR (-killed in battle [1054/55]).

XXXVII. /.../ Воспитывался он в Боснии, пока не стал юношей, а потом воспитывали его родители в Рагузии, где взял он в жёны хорошую девушку, племянницу царя Самуила, которая ему родила пятерых сыновей; вот их имена: Гоислав, Михаля, Саганек, Радослав и Предимир.

XXXIX. После смерти короля сошлись его сыны и их мать и решили, что поделят между собой землю и области своих отцов, что поделят между собой земли и области своих отцов, что бы каждый из них занял свою часть. Так что Гоислав и младший брат Предимир получили Трибуню с Гриспули (жупанией); Михаля – Облик (Тарабош) и Прапратну (между Улцынем и Баром) и Црмницу; Саганек – Горскую жупанию (около Подгорицы), Купелник и Барицы (ныне Моя Балезит около Скадара); Радослав – жупанию Луску (Лешко поле), Подлужъе и Кучево (Чево) с Будвой. После того королева с первенцем управляли королевством и сынами. Ни один из них не звался королём, пока жила их мать-королева, а звались князьями. Тогда одного дня Гоислав занедужил и, пока лежал в кровати немощный, какие-то из Трибуни, что звались скробимезы, сговорились, пришли и убили его в кровати немощного, а его брата словили и тоже убили. Потом поставили главой и государем какого-то своего Доманека.

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