Једна хипотеза о пореклу великог жупана Уроша I
A Hypothesis Concerning The Descent of Grand Zhupan Uros I

Summary/Abstract: The dinasty, which ruled Serbia during the first half of the XIIth century, emerged around 1082/1083 when Bodin, king of Dioclea, conquered Serbia and sent two zoupans from his court, Vukan and Marco, to establish a new dinasty. The region which came under the rule of Marco was situated, most probably, in the areas of modern northern Serbia as well as Bosnia, south of the Sava river. Therefore, his northern neighbours were Hungarians. It is quite indicative that personal name Uroš comes from the Hungarian root ur - meaning princeps or dominus, and allows conclusion that Marco was married with the unknown Hungarian women, probably of noble stock. It is also assumed that the sons of Marco were Uroš and Stephen Vukan, the same persons mentioned at Byzantine princess Anne Comnene in 1094 as the nethews of grand zoupan Vukan. It is also assumed that comes Marco, signed on two charters of Hungarian king Coloman 1111 and 1124 is the same person who was the father of Stephen Vukan and Uroš, and whose name is missing on the another charter of king Coloman dated in 1113 among the comes's who are usually subscribed on royal charters. According to this identification of comes Marco and zoupan Marco, father of Stephen Vukan and Uroš, it is concluded that Uroš overthroned legitimate heir of grand zoupan Vukan, Zavida, with the help pf his father and his Hungarian ally

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