Rise of Stefan Nemanja

Name: Rise of Stefan Nemanja
Start: 1166
End: 1170

Type Event Region Europe Time 1166–1170

In 1166 Stefan Nemanja won the power struggle among the Raška principalities, becoming grand prince and founding the Nemanjić dynasty, ultimately tur…

Timeline

1166Raška · SerbiaStefan Nemanja defeated rivals including his brother Tihomir, proclaiming himself Grand Prince of Raška, ending the division among the principalities and beginning Nemanjić rule over Serbia.
1167–1170Serbian-Byzantine border · SerbiaNemanja resisted Byzantine suzerainty, was attacked by a Byzantine expedition and captured and taken to Constantinople, but was later released and returned to continue expanding, gradually consolidating control over Serbian lands.

Sources

The Realm of the Slavs: The Rise and Fall of the Serbian Empire — Simo M. Ćirković (2004)
Serbia in the Middle Ages — Radovan Samardžić (1989)