Stefan Milutin
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King of Serbia from 1282 to 1321
Key facts
- Died
- 29 October 1321 (1321-10-29) (aged 68)
- Venerated in
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Feast
- 30 October
- Reign
- 1282–1321
- Predecessor
- Stefan Dragutin
- Successor
- Stefan Dečanski
- Burial
- St. Nedelya Cathedral in Sofia (relocated in 1460)
- Spouse
- Jelena, Helena Doukaina Angelina , Elizabeth of Hungary , Anna Terter of Bulgaria , Simonis Palaiologina
- Issue
- Stefan Konstantin , Stefan Uroš III Dečanski
- House
- Nemanjić dynasty
- Father
- Stefan Uroš I
- Mother
- Saint Helen of Serbia
- Religion
- Serbian Orthodox
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stefan
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Ana Terter
- Child
- Stefan Uroš III
- Father
- Stephen Uroš I of Serbia
- Mother
- Helen of Anjou
- Sibling
- Brnjača
- Occupation
- ruler
- Family
- Nemanjić dynasty
- Image
- Ljevis31.jpg
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- Commons category
- Stefan Uroš II Milutin of Serbia
- date of death
- 1321-10-29
- date of birth
- 1253-01-01
- place of burial
- Banjska Monastery
- name in native language
- Стефан Урош II Милутин Немањић
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- canonization status
- saint
- feast day
- October 30
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Encyclopedic overview
Stefan Uroš II Milutin (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Урош II Милутин, romanized: Stefan Uroš II Milutin; c. 1253 – 29 October 1321), known posthumously as "the Holy King" (Свети краљ), was the King of Serbia between 1282–1321, a member of the Nemanjić dynasty. He was one of the most powerful rulers of Serbia in the Middle Ages and one of the most prominent European monarchs of his time. Milutin is credited with strongly resisting the efforts of Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos to impose Roman Catholicism on the Balkans after the Union of Lyons in 1274. During his reign, Serbian economic power grew rapidly, mostly due to the development of mining. He founded Novo Brdo, which became an internationally important silver mining site. As most of the Nemanjić monarchs, he was proclaimed a saint by the Serbian Orthodox Church with a feast day on October 30.
Early life
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