30 Facts About Stefan Dragutin

Stefan Dragutin, was King of Serbia from 1276 to 1282.

Stefan Dragutin rebelled against his father, and with Hungarian assistance, forced him to abdicate in 1276.

Stefan Dragutin was the first Serbian monarch to rule Belgrade.

Stefan Dragutin routed his father near Gacko in the autumn of 1276.

Stefan Dragutin fell off his horse and broke his leg in early 1282.

Stefan Dragutin's injury was so severe a council was called in Dezevo to make decisions about governing Serbia.

At the council, Stefan Dragutin abdicated in favor of Milutin, but the circumstances of his abdication are uncertain.

Decades later, Stefan Dragutin recounted that he had already come into conflict with Milutin, and that he had ceded the government to Milutin only provisionally, until he recovered.

The Byzantine historian, George Pachymeres, was informed that Stefan Dragutin's abdication had been definitive, but Pachymeres mentioned an agreement between the two brothers that secured the right of Stefan Dragutin's son to succeed Milutin.

Inscriptions on frescos and diplomatic correspondence provide evidence that Stefan Dragutin was styled "king" after his abdication, but Milutin's supreme position is evident.

Stefan Dragutin continued to style himself as king in his charters and on his coins.

Stefan Dragutin held territories in western Serbia on the river Lim, thus he was his brother's most powerful vassal.

Stefan Dragutin took up his seat at Debrc on the Sava, but he regularly stayed in Belgrade.

Stefan Dragutin was the first Serbian monarch to rule this town.

Stefan Dragutin supported the Franciscans' missions in Bosnia and allowed the establishment of a Catholic see in Belgrade.

Stefan Dragutin invaded Branicevo with Hungarian assistance in 1284 or 1285 but could not defeat them.

Stefan Dragutin sought help from Milutin and the two brothers met in Mackovac.

Stefan Dragutin was allegedly willing to support her and her son, Charles Martel of Anjou.

Stefan Dragutin sought a reconciliation with Andrew, and Vladislav married Constance, the granddaughter of Andrew's uncle, Albertino Morosini in 1293.

Stefan Dragutin supported his brother's attacks against the Byzantine territories in Macedonia in the 1290s.

The parties allegedly avoided fighting pitched battles and Stefan Dragutin kept his realm almost intact, although income from the silver mines enabled Milutin to hire mercenaries.

Stefan Dragutin made an alliance with Charles Robert's opponent, Ladislaus Kan, who ruled Transylvania in the 1300s.

Historian Alexandar Krstic proposes that Stefan Dragutin wanted to secure the Hungarian throne for his elder son, Vladislav, and the Serbian throne for his younger son, Urosica.

Stefan Dragutin seized properties of the Archbishopric of Kalocsa, which prevented the newly elected Archbishop Demetrius from visiting Rome before the end of 1312.

Stefan Dragutin could continue the war against his brother after Serbian noblemen rose up against Milutin in the early 1310s.

Stefan Dragutin had to acknowledge his brother as the lawful king, but his Serbian appanage was fully restored to him.

In 1314 or 1316, Stefan Dragutin signed his brother's charter of the grant to the Banjska Monastery as "the former king".

Stefan Dragutin became a monk and adopted the name Teoctist shortly before his death.

Stefan Dragutin is regarded as the second founder of the monastery, which had been built by his great-grandfather, Stephen Nemanja.

Stefan Dragutin was succeeded, in his northern domains, by his son, Stefan Vladislav II.