Galerius Roman Emperor. He was born into a peasant family in approximately 250 AD and first worked as a herdsman, before joining the army, where he rose through the ranks to become a senior officer. In 293 AD he was chosen to be Caesar in the Tetrachy established by the Emperor Diocletian, and held power in the Balkan provinces and also Asia Minor. In 296 AD he was called to the East to deal with a Persian invasion of Syria, and suffered a heavy defeat which led to the loss of the province of...[Read More] (Bio by: js) Felix Romuliana, Kraljevo, Sumadija and Western, Serbia Plot: Tomb of Galerius
Nemanja, Grand Zupan. Stefan b. 1132 d. February 12, 1200 Serbian royalty and Saint. Founder of Nemanjic dynasty. He was the Grand Duke of Raska, located in the central west region of the Balkans from 1166 or 1168 to 1196. He established control over the teritories of neighbouring Serb tribes except those in Bosnia and unified them into an independent state (medieval Serbia). He maintained good relations with the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus and his heirs. In 1186. Nemanja signed first Serbian trade agreement with city of Ragusa (modern...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena) Monastery Studenica, Kraljevo, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
Nemanjic, Stefan Radoslav b. 1192 d. 1235 Serbian king from 1228 to 1233 and Saint. Radoslav was the oldest son and heir of Stefan the First-Crowned. As ruler he was blind and relied on his father-in-law Theodore Angelus, despot of Epirus. When his father-in-law was beaten by the Bulgarians, Radoslav could no longer remain in power: The nobility dethroned him and placed on the throne his younger brother Vladislav. Disappointed in his family as well, Radoslav ended his life as a monk Jovan (John). (Bio by: Jelena) Monastery Studenica, Kraljevo, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
Nemanjic, Stefan Prvovencani d. September 24, 1228 Serbian king from 1217 to 1228 and Saint. He was the ruler of the Serbian state of Raska and managed to promote it to the status of kingdom and to establish a long lasting ruling dynasty of Nemanjic. Stefan Prvovencani (the First-Crowned) was the second eldest son of the Grand Duke Stefan Nemanja, younger brother of Vukan and older brother of Rastko Nemanjic (Saint Sava). He inherited the title of Grand Duke in 1196 when his father retired as a monk. The Byzantine emperor granted him the title...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena) Monastery Studenica, Kraljevo, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
