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77-634: In 2022 the city urban area has a population of 61,490 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 110,196 inhabitants. With an area of 1530 km, it is the largest municipality (after Belgrade) in Serbia by area. Formerly known as Rudo Polje (Рудо Поље), Karanovac (Карановац) and Rankovićevo (Ранковићево), Kraljevo received its present name, meaning "the King's Town", from King Milan I of Serbia in honor of his own coronation and six Serbian kings that had been crowned in that area. The modern coat of arms of

154-490: A 4.3 M w earthquake on November 4. According to the 2022 census, a total of 57,432 people live in the city proper, while 110,196 live in the administrative area. The city of Kraljevo has 41,358 households with 3,03 members on average, while the number of homes is 53,367. Religion structure in the city of Kraljevo is predominantly Serbian Orthodox (120,240), with minorities like Muslims (932), Atheists (487), Catholics (286), Protestants (82) and others. Most of

231-548: A certain period of time". Sava later wrote the Liturgy of Saint Simeon in Nemanja's honour. In 1206, Sava decided to bring his father's remains to Serbia, where his brothers Stefan and Vukan were fighting among themselves, thus tearing apart the Serbian lands their father had reunited. Upon arrival of Sava, his brothers made peace and Simeon was re-buried in 1207 in his personal foundation,

308-537: A conflict with his brothers was sent to Ribnica where he had the title of Lord. Zavida (Beli Uroš) was most probably a son of Uroš I or Vukan . Since western Zeta was under Roman Catholic jurisdiction, Nemanja received a Latin baptism, although much of his later life was spent balancing Western and Eastern forms of Christianity. In 1163, Emperor Manuel I Comnenus came to Niš with the army via Serdica (Sofia) , where, according to John Kinnamos , he decided "to deal with things concerning Serbia". At that time, Serbia

385-592: A diminutive church of white marble, founded in 1190 by King Stefan Nemanja , who became a monk and was canonized as Saint Simeon . The carvings around the north, south and west doors have been partially defaced by the Turks . The inner walls are decorated with Byzantine frescoes, among which only a painting of the Last Supper , and the portraits of five saints remain from the original artwork. The dome and narthex are modern additions. The silver shrine of Saint Simeon sits within

462-555: A military force. The toparch Nemanja was in such a hostile temper that he fell upon the Romans and immediately launched an undeclared war. When he saw the emperor was in pursuit, he showed himself in battle only briefly and then hid in the cover of mountain caves which he sealed with stones. At last, his pride shattered, he prostrated himself at Manuel’s feet. Lying outstretched, ‘mighty in his mightiness’, he pleaded that he not be made to suffer cruelly, and he feared lest he be removed as ruler of

539-565: A monk for some time. They received permission from the new Byzantine emperor to rebuild the abandoned monastery of Hilandar . Knowing his death was near in his 86th year, Simeon asked to be placed on a mat in front of the icon of the Virgin Hodegetria with a stone for his pillow. He died in front of his son Sava and other monks, on 13 February 1199. He was buried in the grounds of Hilandar monastery. His last words requested that Sava take his remains to Serbia, "when God permits it, after

616-599: A preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2022): Since 1990 an annual regatta called "Joyful descend" ( Veseli spust ) is held on the Ibar river. The course is 25 km (16 mi) long, starts at the Maglič fortress and ends in Kraljevo. It is held in the early July and in 2017 it was attended by over 300 boats and 5,000 people. Inaugural regatta in 1990 had 150 participants, but

693-521: A speech at the assembly about the harmfulness of the Bogumil heresy. A woman who was married to a heretic spoke as the main witness at the assembly. Her testimony was crucial to end the quarrel at the council and to give the majority the impression that it was a harmful religious teaching. After consultations, especially with the Bishop Euthymius, the grand zopuan brought measures against them. The leader of

770-451: Is New Belgrade (214,506 inhabitants). The city of Kragujevac had its own city municipalities from 2002 until 2008, when they were abolished. Novi Sad used to be formally divided into city municipalities of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin , but in March 2019 a new city statute was adopted, abolishing any separate municipalities. In 2013, the city municipality of Sevojno within the city of Užice

847-557: Is twinned with: List of cities in Serbia This is the list of cities and towns in Serbia , according to the criteria used by Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia , which classifies the settlements into urban and rural , depending not only on size, but also on other administrative and legal criteria. Also villages with the municipal rights have been added to the list. Cities in administrative sense are defined by

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924-518: Is also among the most remarkable Serbs for his literary contributions and altruistic attributes. In 1196, after three decades of warfare and negotiations, including the Third Norman invasion of the Balkans (1185–1186) which consolidated Serbia while distinguishing it from both Western and Byzantine spheres of influence, Nemanja abdicated in favour of his middle son Stefan Nemanjić , who later became

1001-597: Is from Kraljevo). He now donates to the club. Another NBA player, Nenad Krstić was born in Kraljevo, and played for "Mašinac" basketball club from Kraljevo. Kraljevo is the birthplace of Euroleague MVP Vasilije Micić . In Kraljevo was born Serbian international footballer Aleksandar Luković . Nebojša Dugalić, actor. Predrag Živković Tozovac, music cantautor, Dragan Kalafatović, young chess prodigy, Miloš Pribičević, Serbias most notourious bookmaker, Stefan Jovanović, rapper from Ribnica, Luka Voštinić, owner of Michelin rival Pro Guma and Danilo Pantović, movie director. Kraljevo

1078-467: Is the King of England . Hungarian king Béla invaded Serbia at the beginning of 1193. Emperor Isaac II demanded the withdrawal of his troops, and threatened Béla with war. At the same time, Doge Enrico Dandolo attempted to occupy Hungarian Zara , but failed. In April 1195, the father-in-law of Stefan Nemanjić, Alexius III Angelus (1195–1203), overthrew his brother Emperor Isaac II and took power. In 1196, at

1155-428: Is the largest municipality of Serbia by area. Apart from the urban area, the city administrative area includes 92 settlements: Of those, Adrani , Centar , Čibukovac , Grdica , Higijenski Zavod , Jarčujak , Konarevo , Mataruge , Mataruška Banja , Metikoš , Ratina , Ribnica , Stara Čaršija , Vitanovac , Vrba , Zaklopača , Zelena gora and Žiča lie within the proper city limits. The following table gives

1232-500: Is the only city on the level of a district . All other cities are on the municipality level and are part of a district. The city may or may not be divided into city municipalities . Five cities ( Belgrade , Niš , Požarevac , Vranje and Užice ) comprise several city municipalities. Competences of cities and city municipalities are divided. The city municipalities of these six cities also have their assemblies and other prerogatives. The largest city municipality by number of residents

1309-590: The Adriatic coast. Without significant resistance, they took all the cities from Split to Bar , forcing them to recognize Byzantine rule. The Byzantines also had success in a campaign in Italy where they captured an important seaport on the west coast of the Adriatic, Ancona . Venice , which had previously turned to Byzantium for help during the conquest of Friedrich Barbarossa in northern Italy, changed its attitude towards

1386-605: The Danube , and the other two across the Carpathians , towards the center of Pannonia . While the main Hungarian army was operating towards the Danube, Belgrade and Braničevo , two Byzantine armies went deep into their territory, causing general panic. The Hungarians were forced to seek peace through intermediaries to their detriment in 1167. As the ideal candidate of Venice and Hungary among

1463-637: The Latin Stephanus Nemania . Sometimes the spelling of his name is anglicised , to become Stephen Nemanya. In the latter part of his life, he became a monk and hence was referred to as Monk Simeon, or Monk Symeon. After his death, he was canonised by the Orthodox Church , and became St. Symeon the Myrrh-streaming . His son and successor, Stefan the First-Crowned , called him "The Gatherer of

1540-717: The Studenica Monastery , where holy oil (myrrh) started to seeped, from his new grave, thus giving Simeon the epithet the Myrrh-streaming . Because of miracles that occurred at his grave, the Serbian Orthodox Church canonised him, and declared his feast-day on 26 February [ O.S. 13 February]. The cult of St. Simeon helped consolidate Serbian national identity. Centers of his cult are in monasteries of Studenica and Hilandar. Various names have been used to refer to Stefan Nemanja, including Stefan I and

1617-467: The 11th and in the first half of the 12th century. At the end of the 12th century, among Serbs and other Balkan Slavs, there was a very widespread 'Slavic' Gnosticism or dualistic teaching called Bogumilism. The main political tendency of Bogomilism was resistance to the Byzantine state and church authorities. Bogumilism itself was very widespread among the people in Serbia and Bosnia, and its spread among

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1694-443: The Bogumil community in Serbia was caught and brought before the court. The grand zoupan spared the life of their leader, and he was sentenced to corporal punishment, cutting off his tongue so that he would no longer blaspheme and spread harmful teachings. The army was sent to those parts of Serbia where their actions were most pronounced. The primary goal of this action was conversion. The measures taken against those who refused were

1771-626: The Byzantine central part of the Balkans , leaving Nemanja without support. Fortunately for Nemanja, at the same time, the Normans and the Bulgarians joined the anti-Byzantine alliance. Nemanja forced Dubrovnik (Ragusa) to replace Byzantium with Norman rule. The Normans of king William II of Sicily , also in 1185, conquered Dyrrachium and Thessalonica , and embarked on an expedition to Constantinople, but they lost discipline due to large-scale looting, so

1848-505: The Byzantine emperor. The concluded peace envisaged that Nemanja would be succeeded by his middle son Stefan, who received the Byzantine title of sebastokrator and the Byzantine princess Eudokia for a wife, and not the firstborn Vukan . In November 1192, on the way to Venice, from Acre via Byzantine Corfu to the southeastern Adriatic coast on the small island of Lokrum near Dubrovnik (Ragusa) , Richard I arrived incognito as an ordinary knight or pilgrim, where he revealed that he

1925-481: The Byzantine emperor. Stefan Nemanja, in alliance with the Hungarian king Bela III, launched a great offensive on Byzantium in 1183. Also, the commander of the Byzantine army, Andronicus Lampardis in Niš and Braničevo, renounced obedience to the new central authorities. At the same time, the Hungarian king Bela III conquered Byzantine Belgrade , Niš and Serdica (Sofia) . According to the Byzantine historian Niketas Choniates ,

2002-626: The Byzantines easily defeated them in the battle of Demetritzes near Lower Struma . In October 1185, in the Lower Danube , in northern Bulgaria, an uprising began, led by the brothers Peter and Ivan I Asen , one of the reasons for which was an extraordinary tribute that Emperor Isaac II ordered to be collected for his wedding. Nemanja then coordinated actions with the Asen brothers against Byzantium. In September 1186, Nemanja and his brothers "made peace with

2079-507: The Byzantines for fear of losing the Adriatic . It approached Hungary as a natural ally against the Byzantines. At the same time, they began to work among the Serbs, especially in Serbia, in order to rebel against Byzantium. In 1166, the Hungarians counterattacked to push Byzantium out of the newly conquered areas. However, in response, Emperor Manuel launched three armies against Hungary, one from

2156-577: The Byzantines, William of Tyre left negative classifications about Serbs in his reports. The following year, Nemanja attacked the Byzantine vassal, Prince of Zeta Radoslav, and on that occasion annexed to his country a part of the then Zeta and the Neretva region . Soon, Manuel I Komnenos came into conflict with the Venetian Republic , and on his order, on 12 March 1171, all Venetian property in Byzantium

2233-640: The German army. In October 1941, joint forces of Chetniks and Partisans besieged and attacked German forces in Kraljevo during the Siege of Kraljevo . In retaliation the Wehrmacht carried out the Kraljevo massacre , killing 2,000 residents of the city. A memorial complex constructed in the 1970s today commemorates the site of the massacre. In November 1944, heavy battles were fought in Kraljevo and its surrounding areas culminating in

2310-450: The Kingdom of Serbia, in honor of his coronation, changed Karanovac name to Kraljevo, and gave the order for restoration of rather dilapidated monastery Žiča. In 1919, Nikolaj Velimirović , was consecrated Bishop of Žiča and spent a brief period in the city. He returned again in 1935, and stayed until 1941. He rebuilt and enlarged the monastery. During World War II Kraljevo was occupied by

2387-447: The Kraljevo area, Studenica (1188), Gradac and Stara Pavlica . There is also a medieval fortress known as Maglič . Monastery of Žiča (1219) was the original seat of Serbian Archbishop was used for the crowning of Serbian kings. The village of Rudo Polje, from which Kraljevo arose, was settled during the 14th century. This area was occupied by the Turks between 1458 and 1459. During

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2464-500: The Law on Territorial Organization. The territory with the city status usually has more than 100,000 inhabitants, but is otherwise very similar to municipality. They enjoy a special status of autonomy and self-government, as they have their own civic parliaments and executive branches, as well as mayor ( Serbian : gradonačelnik , plural: gradonačelnici ) is elected through popular vote, elected by their citizens in local elections. Also,

2541-661: The Lost Pieces of the Land of his Grandfathers, and also their Rebuilder". His other son Sava, called him "Our Lord and Autocrat, and ruler of the whole Serbian land". In a way, both sons introduced the cult of their father, thus creating the ideal picture of a ruler-saint, without parallel in Byzantium . Nemanja was married to a Serb noblewoman by the name of Ana . They had three sons and three daughters: Stefan Nemanja founded, restored and reconstructed several monasteries. He also established

2618-471: The Serbs and political power be transferred to those who were more fit to rule, those whom he had pulled down so that he might seize power. At that time, William of Tyre , an emissary of Amalric , a Latin King of Jerusalem , arrived at the diplomatic mission in Constantinople. His goal was for Byzantium to join the crusade against Egypt . During his stay in Constantinople, probably under the influence of

2695-410: The Serbs appeared Nemanja, when his brothers and, above all, Tihomir imprisoned him in a cave near Fortress Ras . Nemanja probably hoped that he would take the place of Desa, as the former representative of the pro-Greek party, while Emperor Manuel brought his eldest brother Tihomir to the throne. Angry because of that, Nemanja changes his policy in favor of Hungary and its allies. Nemanja escaped from

2772-499: The Serbs, and Nemanja was defeated in the battle at South Morava (1191). In fact, Constantinople did not want to subdue the Serbs, but to regain Niš and the main road to Belgrade , as well as to make allies of the rebellious Serbs. The peace treaty in 1193 provided for Stefan Nemanjić , the middle son of the Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja, to marry a Byzantine princess Eudokia Angelina , i.e. niece of

2849-471: The Serbs, led by Nemanja, joined this campaign. The following year, Nemanja launched an offensive on the southeastern Adriatic coast and conquered Byzantine Skadar and besieged Dubrovnik (Ragusa) . In 1185, Andronicus I was killed in Constantinople and the new Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelos began peace negotiations with the Hungarian king. The peace treaty provided for Emperor Isaac II to marry Bela's daughter Margaret . The Hungarian army withdrew from

2926-534: The Turkish rule Rudo Polje became known as Karanovac. Karanovac became an important settlement during the war between Austria and Turkey in the period between 1718 and 1739. After 1718, a border between Austria and Turkey was established along right bank of river Morava. During the first uprising of the Serbs in 1805, Karanovac was heavily damaged and most of the Muslim population left, leaving the Serbs to continue development of

3003-464: The areas around West Morava , Miroslav Zahumlje , while Stefan Nemanja was given the areas around Ibar , Toplica  [ sr ] and Dubočica (around Leskovac ), which probably was historical region of Dendra west of Niš. The Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus launched a large army against Hungary because he was informed of their dissatisfaction and internal conflicts. The Hungarian prince Béla III had to live in Constantinople, where he

3080-533: The center of Serbian Orthodox monasticism at Athos. Shortly after his death, Serbian Orthodox Church canonized Stefan Nemanja, under the name Saint Simeon the Myroblyte ( Serbian : Свети Симеон Мироточиви ). Nemanja was born around the year 1113 or 1114 AD in Ribnica, Zeta (in the vicinity of present-day Podgorica , the capital of Montenegro ). He was the youngest son of Zavida , a Prince of Zahumlje , who after

3157-502: The church, along with many gold and silver ornaments, church vessels and old manuscripts, and a set of vestments and a reliquary, believed by the monks to have been the property of Saint Sava who founded the first hospital in Studenica in the 13th century. In various historical periods, Kraljevo was part of various administrative formats within Serbia, for example in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, as part of Northern Serbia, during

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3234-646: The city during the period following the uprising. After the Second Serbian uprising , Karanovac was liberated in 1819 under the rule of Prince Miloš Obrenović . In that period the Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity was built; Gospodar Vasin konak , a mansion used by wealthy guests, as well as a number of significant public buildings. Kraljevo received the first urban plan, and became an important economic city. In 1882 King Milan Obrenović , establishing

3311-408: The city features seven crowns symbolizing the seven kings. The "lower" Ibar region is thought to be the first area where Serbs began to develop cultural, political and economic life. Since the end of the 11th century, the center of Grand Principality of Serbia was in the region of Raška , with state capital in the ancient fortress of Ras , near modern Novi Pazar . There are numerous monasteries in

3388-520: The city of Dubrovnik", ruled by William II. Meanwhile, Ayyubid sultan Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn captured Jerusalem in 1187. Due to the fall of Jerusalem in the Latin West, there was a great commotion that started the Third Crusade . A large crusader army led by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa marched in 1189 from Buda through Belgrade and Niš to Adrianople and Constantinople . In Niš, in

3465-616: The city's liberation on 29 November 1944. During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 the Lađevci Airport located near Kraljevo was bombed. One prominent feature of the area is the Coronation church which belongs to the Žiča monastery. Seven Serbian kings are said to have been crowned (the seven crowns on the city coat of arms represent this assumption) in the church. The church is Byzantine in style, and has been partially restored, with only

3542-575: The confiscation of property, the punishment of milder punishments, the burning of books, as well as expulsion from the country. For the Bogumil community in Raska, this was certainly persecution and ruthless action. Their confiscated property was distributed to the lepers and the poor. After the death of Emperor Manoel on 24 September 1180, the Hungarian king Bela III considered that he had no more obligations to Byzantium. The following 1181, he launched an offensive against Byzantium and conquered Srem (Sirmium)

3619-550: The court prison in Constantinople . The land was given by the emperor to the administration of Zavida's sons, who were in the pro-Byzantine party: Tihomir , Stracimir , Miroslav and the youngest Nemanja. Tihomir was the oldest and became the Grand Župan of Serbia. In January 1166, Tihomir was recognized by the brothers who were given to rule other certain parts of Serbia and the Serbian-Byzantine frontier. Stracimir held

3696-562: The death of Manuel I in 1180, his widow, the Latin princess Maria of Antioch , acted as regent to her infant son Alexios II Komnenos . Her regency was notorious for the favoritism shown to Latin merchants and was overthrown in April 1182 by Andronikos I Komnenos , who entered the city in a wave of popular support. Almost immediately, the celebrations spilled over into massacre of Latins . The usurpation of Andronikos I freed Nemanja from subordination to

3773-411: The dungeon, it is not known with whose help. Nemanja's son and biographer, Stefan Nemanjić , describing his father's life, says how he escaped with the help of "heavenly forces": "And this again, because of meekness and justice, and wonderful humility, and because of all good customs, with a high arm he brought him out of the rocky cave, and brought him to the throne of his fatherland, and raised him up as

3850-460: The elbows, a rope around his neck and a sword in his hands, he entered the Byzantine camp and went out to the emperor. Arriving in front of Manuel, he fell on his knees in front of him, handing him his sword, to do with him what he wanted. The Byzantine emperor accepted his humility, agreeing to the renewal of vassal obligations and leaving Nemanja in the position of grand zoupan. The final part of this episode took place in Constantinople, where Nemanja

3927-580: The fight against Byzantium. Manuel immediately took advantage of the favorable moment and after receiving the Hungarian emissaries, he headed for the Serbs at the head of the army. Before the oncoming Byzantine army, the grand zoupan Nemanja retreated to the mountains. According to the Byzantine historian John Kinnamos , the Venetians incited Nemanja to revolt. This conflict ended with Nemanja's surrender to Emperor Manuel. One day, Nemanja ritually obeyed Manuel I Komnenus in Niš . Barefoot, with his clothes torn to

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4004-567: The first King of Serbia . Nemanja ultimately went to Mount Athos , where he became a monk and took the name of Simeon, joining his youngest son (later known as Saint Sava ), who had already become the first archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church . Together with his son Saint Sava , Nemanja restored the Hilandar Monastery at Mount Athos from 1198 to 1199, and issued the " Charter of Hilandar ". The monastery thus became

4081-446: The great lord of all the world." In 1166 or 1167, Nemanja first expanded his territories and conquered Kotor , and then gathered his supporters in Ras and started a conflict against Tihomir, who was looking for support from the Byzantines. Nemanja overthrew Tihomir, provoking Byzantines action in autumn 1168: To make trial of Nemanja’s intent, the emperor despatched Theodore Padyates with

4158-904: The liberation of Jerusalem. A month later, negotiations began between the Crusaders and the Byzantines over the passage with great tension. At that time, according to Christian doctrine, there could be only one emperor in the Christian world. Hence the great rivalry and tension between the Eastern Roman Empire (historiographically known as Byzantium) and the Holy Roman Empire. The Crusaders captured Philippopolis and Adrianople and prepared for an attack on Constantinople . Nemanja takes advantage of this situation and launches an offensive towards Byzantine Skopje . Meanwhile, in February 1190, an agreement

4235-446: The main public road passes between Byzantine Belgrade and Niš . According to Arnold of Lübeck on that road, near fortress Ravno, in March 1172, the Serbs carried out a night attack on the camp of Western knights and pilgrims led by Henry the Lion accompanied by the Byzantines. Arnold of Lubeck also left a very negative opinion in his chronicle about Serbs. Probably under the impression of

4312-460: The main tower remaining from the original building dating to 1210, when it was founded by Saint Sava , the patron saint of Serbia. The famous monastery of Studenica , 39 km (24 mi) south west of Kraljevo, stands high among the south-western mountains, overlooking the Studenica , a tributary of the Ibar. It consists of a group of old-fashioned timber and plaster buildings, a tall belfry, and

4389-476: The meantime, king Stephen III of Hungary died on 4 March 1172. The Hungarian emissaries went to Serdica (Sofia) , where Emperor Manuel encamped with the army, preparing for the campaign. The Hungarian throne was won by Manuel's candidate Bela III (1173–1196). In the meantime, during the winter of 1171/72 on the island of Chios , the Venetian army was decimated by an epidemic , so that the Serbs were left alone in

4466-499: The new capital of Stefan Nemanja, the German emperor and the grand zoupan met at the end of July 1189. At the meeting, Nemanja asked Barbarossa for the Crusaders to promise him lands the Serbians recently conquered in exchange of aiding the Crusaders in war against Byzantium. However, Barbarossa rejected this proposal in a diplomatic manner, wanting to ensure only a safe passage for his army through Byzantium. His main goal, however, remained

4543-400: The night attack, he even called them the "sons of Belial ." Meanwhile, in 1171, Saladin was appointed sultan of Egypt, who would become one of the greatest defenders of Islam in history. The Kingdom of Hungary also wanted to join the fight against Byzantium, and the Holy Roman Empire of Frederick Barbarossa (1152–1190), also supported this alliance. Nemanja expected Hungarian help, but in

4620-454: The nobles led to Nemanja's actions against them. He convened a state-church assembly at which a decision was to be made on further measures against them. The Assembly gathered the entire state leadership, composed of nobles and Bishop Euthymius of Ras, as well as a large number of abbots and monks. The assembly was held around 1176, during the time of Nemanja's vassalship and before the death of Emperor Manoel in 1180. The grand zoupan Nemanja gave

4697-473: The northeastern part of the Adriatic coast (Including Zara ) and Zemun . Byzantium was then occupied by internal conflicts, so that there was no military response to the Hungarian conquests. In 1182, Bela III ordered an attack on Byzantine Belgrade and Braničevo . The attack itself was quite clumsily carried out, and both fortresses were defended by experienced military leaders from the time of Emperor Manoel, Alexius Branas and Andronikos Lapardas . Following

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4774-531: The number grew to 10,000 in 2004–06 and 20,000 in 2008. The most popular sports in Kraljevo are basketball , volleyball and football . The volleyball club OK Ribnica is playing in top-tier Volleyball League of Serbia . The basketball club KK Sloga is playing in the second-tier Basketball League of Serbia B, while the association football club FK Kablar Sijaće Polje is playing in regional league of Serbia. NBA player Vlade Divac started his career in Kraljevo, while playing for Sloga basketball club (his wife

4851-505: The painter, namely that the latter has not called him a slave (doulos) in all the scenes of the triumph'." The Byzantine emperor Manuel Comnenus returned Nemanja to the position of Grand Župan, and he confirmed to his brothers their areas – Stracimir around the West Moravia and Miroslav Zachlumia . Upon his return to Serbia, Nemanja turned to consolidating the central government, and forced Tihomir's son and successor Prvoslav to renounce

4928-450: The population of the city municipalities of some cities were not presented as unique, but united in the city population. Београд Нови Сад Ниш Крагујевац Суботица Панчево Нови Пазар Чачак Крушевац Зрењанин Краљево Смедерево Лесковац census Stefan Nemanja Stefan Nemanja ( Serbian Cyrillic : Стефан Немања , pronounced [stêfaːn ně̞maɲa] ; c.  1113 or 1114 – 13 February 1199)

5005-468: The population speaks Serbian language (122,007). The composition of population by sex and average age: A total of 53,137 citizens (older than 15 years) have secondary education (49.78%), while the 15,281 citizens have higher education (14.31%). Of those with higher education, 9,326 (8.73%) have university education. The ethnic composition in the city of Kraljevo, according to the 2011 census: At 1,530 square kilometres (591 sq mi) Kraljevo

5082-521: The presidents of the municipalities are often referred to as "mayors" in everyday usage. There are 29 cities ( gradovi , singular: grad ), each having an assembly and budget of its own. As with a municipality, the territory of a city is composed of a city proper and surrounding villages (e.g. the territory of the City of Subotica is composed of the Subotica town and surrounding villages). The capital Belgrade

5159-524: The ruler's claims in his favor. In accordance with his vassal duties, Nemanja regularly sent auxiliary detachments to Byzantine military campaigns. Serbian detachments were also part of the Byzantine army that was defeated by the troops of the Sultanate of Rum in the battle of Myriokephalon on 17 September 1176 in the gorges of Asia Minor . Bogumilism reached its peak in the Byzantine Empire during

5236-469: The state assembly near Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Ras , Stefan Nemanja abdicated the throne in favor of his middle son Stefan, who became the grand prince of Serbia. He left his eldest son Vukan in charge of Zeta, Travunija, Hvosno and Toplica. Nemanja became a monk in his old age and was given the name Simeon. Shortly afterwards, he went to Byzantium, to Mount Athos , where his youngest son Sava had been

5313-490: The time of Kingdom of Yugoslavia as part of the Moravian Banovina, etc., and today it is officially part of Sumadija & Western Serbia Region Kraljevo was shaken by a M w 5.4 earthquake on 3 November 2010. Two people died and over 100 suffered light injuries. A number of buildings suffered damage, and several hundreds, chiefly older buildings, were rendered unusable. There were several weaker aftershocks including

5390-519: Was confiscated. In response to this, from Venecia was launched Venetian navy with about 120 ships to Byzantine possessions. The Venetian fleet headed east in September of that year, conquering, by the way, Byzantine Trogir and Dubrovnik . Then Nemanja entered into closer ties with the Venetians and began attacks on Byzantine Kotor , simultaneously carrying out raids through the Moravian valley through which

5467-407: Was established. The following cities have official administrative city rights: This is a list of cities and municipalities (excluding city municipalities) in Serbia, as defined by the Law on territorial organisation The data on population is taken from the 2011 census. It does not include municipalities in Kosovo created by the UNMIK after 1999. The census was not conducted in Kosovo, which

5544-494: Was married, and Béla's lands, Dalmatia with southern Hungary (below Velebit ), had to come under Constantinople's rule. There is resistance in Hungary, which is why Emperor Manuel embarks on a campaign. The Byzantine army conquered Zemun and Srem in 1165. The Byzantines were accompanied by the obligatory detachments of Serbs. The second Byzantine army under command of John Doukas Komnenos moved west, across Serbia and Bosnia towards

5621-522: Was reached between the two emperors at Adrianople to allow the Crusader army to cross the Dardanelles . During the uncertain negotiations, Emperor Isaac II replied that the new friendship between the Crusaders and the Serbs was very difficult for him. In June 1190, Frederick Barbarossa drowned in the river Saleph . At the same time, Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos launched a punitive expedition against

5698-463: Was ruled by the Grand Župan Desa , an ally of Stephen III in the Hungarian dynastic conflicts, and thus an opponent of Manuel. When in 1165 Desa was finally forced to come to Niš before the emperor, his connections with the Hungarian king Stephen III were revealed, Desa called him his master, Manuel I decided to take him to court and punish him. Desa was first detained and kept under guard, and then sent to

5775-469: Was taken as a slave in Manoel's triumphal procession, while the gathered people ridiculed him. He was even shown a "series of wall paintings that the emperor had commissioned to commemorate his victories over the Serbs; his alleged reaction is recorded in an oration by Eustathius of Thessalonica : 'Seeing these paintings, he agrees with everything and approves of the visual feast. In one respect only does he chide

5852-776: Was the Grand Prince ( Veliki Župan ) of the Serbian Grand Principality (also known as Raška , lat. Rascia ) from 1166 to 1196. A member of the Vukanović dynasty , Nemanja founded the Nemanjić dynasty , and is remembered for his contributions to Serbian culture and history , founding what would evolve into the Serbian Empire , as well as the national church . According to the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts , Nemanja

5929-584: Was under administration of UNMIK, so the population numbers are not given for the municipalities in Kosovo. According to the statistic criteria, the settlements in the table are classified as "urban" (i.e. cities and towns ), as opposed to "rural" (villages). These criteria are not limited to the settlement size, but also include the percentage of residents engaged in agriculture, population density etc. Thus, not all towns in statistical sense are greater than villages, and they are not always municipality centers. Note that

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