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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: Ana-Neda, Anastasia of Serbia, Ana Terter, Anna Dandolo, Beloslava of Bulgaria, Catherine of Hungary, Queen of Serbia, Charter of Hilandar, De ani chrysobulls, Dmitar Nemanji, Elizabeth of Hungary, Queen of Serbia, Elizabeth of Serbia, Helena of Bulgaria, Helen of Anjou, Jelena Nemanji ubi, John Uro, Komnena Nemanji, Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina, Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia, Nemanji family tree, Princess Milica of Serbia, Saint Jelena of De ani, Saint Sava, Saint Sava II, Simeon Uro, Simonida, Stefan Nemanja, Stefan Radoslav of Serbia, Stefan the First-Crowned, Stefan Vukanovi Nemanji, Stephen Constantine of Serbia, Stephen Dragutin of Serbia, Stephen Uro III De anski of Serbia, Stephen Uro II Milutin of Serbia, Stephen Uro IV Du an of Serbia, Stephen Uro I of Serbia, Stephen Uro V of Serbia, Stephen Vladislav II of Syrmia, Stephen Vladislav I of Serbia, Theodora Nemanji, Theodora Smilets of Bulgaria, Uro ica, Velika Remeta monastery, Vratko Nemanji, Vukan Nemanji of Serbia, or e Nemanji . Excerpt: Stephen Du an (Serbian: , pronounced ), commonly known as Stephen Du an and Du an the Mighty (Du an Silni/; c. 1308 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia (from 8 September 1331) and Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks (from 16 April 1346) until his death on 20 December 1355. Du an managed to conquer a large part of Southeast Europe, becoming one of the most powerful monarchs in his time. He enacted the constitution of the Serbian Empire in Du an's Code, one of, if not the most important work of medieval Serbia. Du an promoted the Serbian Church from an Archbishopric to a Patriarchate, finished the construction of the Visoki De ani-monastery (UNESCO site), and founded the Saint Archangels Monastery, among others. Under his rule Serbia reached its territorial, economical, political and cultural peak. His death in 1355 is seen as the end of resistance towards the advancing Ottoman Empire, and the subsequent fall of the Eastern Orthodox Church in the region. His Crown is presently kept at the Cetinje Monastery, in Montenegro. In 1314, the initial heir Stefan Uro III (Du an's father) quarreled with his father Stephen Uro II Milutin, who ended up sending Uro III to Constantinople, to have him blinded. Uro III was never totally blinded, however. After 1317, Uro III wrote to Danilo, the Bishop of Hum, asking him to intervene with his father. Danilo then wrote to Archbishop Nicodemus of Serbia, who spoke with Milutin and persuaded him to recall his son. In 1320 Uro III was permitted to return to Serbia, and was given the appanage of 'Budimlje' (modern Berane). His half-brother and heir to the crown, Stephen Constantine had the title King of Zeta. Uro II became ill and died on October 29, 1321, and Constantine was crowned King. Civil war erupted when Constantine refused to submit to Uro III, who then invaded Zeta, and in the ensuing battle, Constantine was killed. After the victory, on January 6, 1322, the Serbian Archbishop Nicodemus crowned Uro King an
