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Dušan Uroš IV Nemanjić

Bulgarian: цар Стефан Душан Неманич
Also Known As: "Dušan Silni", "Serbia", "car Dusan Silni"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Diavoli
Death: December 20, 1355 (46-47)
Serbia
Place of Burial: Prizren
Immediate Family:

Son of Stefan Uroš III Nemanjić and Teodora of Bulgaria, queen of Serbia
Husband of Jelena Nemanjić
Father of Irina Nemanjić Hlapen; Princess Theodora Maria Kantakouzene, Hatun and Stefan Uroš V Nemanjić, king of Serbia
Brother of Dusica Vojinovic; Theodora (Eudokia) Nemanjic and Helena of Неманич
Half brother of Simeon Uroš, despot of Epirus & Thessaly; Teodora Dragaš and Jelena Subić

Occupation: King of Serbia
Managed by: Henn Sarv
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About Dušan Uroš IV Nemanjić

Poznat je i po donošenju Dušanovog zakonika, najznačajnijeg srpskog srednjovekovnog pravnog akta. Završio je manastir Dečane, zadužbinu svoga oca, a njegova najznačajnija zadužbina bio je manastir Svetih Arhanđela kod Prizrena, gde se nalazio i njegov grob. Bez obzira na to, Stefan Dušan je jedini vladar iz dinastije Nemanjića koji nije bio proglašen za sveca posle smrti.

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Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Урош IV Душан, pronounced [st%C3%AAfa%CB%90n ûroʃ tʃětʋr̩ːtiː dǔʃan] ( listen)), known as Stefan Dušan, the Mighty (silni/силни; c. 1308 – 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks from 16 April 1346 until his death. Dušan conquered a large part of southeast Europe, becoming one of the most powerful monarchs of the era. He enacted the constitution of the Serbian Empire, known as Dušan's Code, perhaps the most important literary work of medieval Serbia.

Dušan promoted the Serbian Church from an archbishopric to a patriarchate, finished the construction of the Visoki Dečani monastery (a UNESCO site), and founded the Saint Archangels Monastery, among others. Under his rule Serbia reached its territorial, political, economic, and cultural peak.

Dušan died in 1355, seen as the end of resistance against the advancing Ottoman Empire and the subsequent fall of the Eastern Orthodox Church in the region.