Serbian noble titles

thumb|Simeon I of Bulgaria, the first Bulgarian tsar and the first person who bore the title "tsar", by [[Alphonse Mucha|alt=Alphonse Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.4: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria (1923)]] thumb|Reception of the Tsar of Russia in the Moscow Kremlin, by [[Ivan Makarov]] thumb|Crowning of Stefan Dušan, [[Emperor of the Serbs, as tsar, by Paja Jovanović]]

200px|thumb|Until Boris I of Bulgaria|Boris I (852–889), the title of the Bulgarian monarchs was (). His son, Simeon I (893–927), adopted the title [[tsar (emperor), which became the title of the subsequent Bulgarian rulers.]]

thumb|The voivode Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić on horseback Voivode is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe, in use since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the medieval rulers of the Romanian-inhabited states and of governors and military commanders of Polish, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Balkan, Russian and other Slavic-speaking populations.

heir apparent to the emperor or senior court official

Sebastokrator (, ; ; ), was a senior court title in the late Byzantine Empire. It was also used by other rulers whose states bordered the Empire or were within its sphere of influence (Bulgarian Empire, Serbian Empire). The word is a compound of sebastós (, the Greek equivalent of the Latin Augustus) and krátōr ('ruler', the same element as is found in autokrator, 'emperor'). The wife of a Sebastokrator was named sebastokratorissa (, sevastokratórissa) in Greek, sevastokratitsa () in Bulgarian and sevastokratorica in Serbian.

Gospodar or hospodar, also gospodin as a diminutive, is a term of Slavic origin, meaning "lord" or "master". The compound (, , , , ) is a derivative of gospod / gospodin, , or when spelled with a capital G (Gospod / Gospodin) it translates as Lord for God.

Župan is a noble and administrative title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 21st century. It was (and in Croatia still is) the leader of the administrative unit župa (or zhupa, županija). The term in turn was adopted by the Hungarians as ispán and spread further.

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thumb|Tepčija Gradislav and his wife, Treskavac Monastery. Tepčija () was a court title of Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia in the Middle Ages. The functions and position in the court is unclear. It was first mentioned in Croatia in the second half of the 11th century, and later in Serbia in the first half of the 13th century, and in Bosnia during 13th and 14th century. The title-holder took care of the country's feudal estates. There were two or three levels in title, the veliki tepčija (grand), "tepčija" and Mali tepčija (lower). "Veliki tepčija" took care of the royal estates. Tepčija had a simil

Kaznac () was a court title of the state employee in medieval Bosnia and Serbia who was in charge for the treasury in the territory under his jurisdiction — kaznačina (казначина). The name of the title is derived from Serbo-Croatian word kazna (). The kaznac was a financial-taxation service, translated into Latin camerarius (itself rendered "chamberlain").