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Lazar Hrebeljanović

Type Figure Region Serbia Time c. 1329–1389 Also known as Saint Lazar

Lazar Hrebeljanović was a 14th-century Serbian nobleman, a local lord under Emperor Dušan, who later established the Moravian Serbia polity.…

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  1. 1351–1355Pristina · KosovoServed as an important lord in the Kosovo region under Emperor Stefan Dušan, governing Pristina and other areas, and took part in the empire's local administration and military mobilization; married Milica around 1353, consolidating noble alliances.
  2. 1356–1360Kruševac · Moravian SerbiaAfter Dušan's death in 1355 the empire fragmented; Lazar gradually expanded his autonomy in the Moravian river region, basing himself at Kruševac to manage his lands, build monasteries, and recruit exiled nobles, paving the way for formally taking the title 'Grand Prince of Serbia' in the 1370s.

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