Editing List of Serbian monarchs (section)

===Vukanović dynasty (1091–1166)===
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In the mid-11th century, [[Mihailo I of Duklja|Mihailo I]] had liberated Serbia from Byzantine rule, and appointed his son [[Petrislav of Rascia|Petrislav]] to rule as Prince, independently. In 1083, [[Constantine Bodin]] appoints brothers Vukan and Marko, sons of Petrislav, as rulers of Serbia. In 1089, the Byzantines capture Bodin, and Vukan retains independence, founding the Vukanović dynasty. The Vukanovići quickly claim the following Serbian domains in the following decades, and by 1148, the maritime possessions are united with the inland. The Byzantine Empire at times intervened in the political scene, and at times Serbia had Hungary as its main ally. The dynasty ruled until 1166, when a dynastic branch is instated by the Byzantines.

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| <sup>Grand Prince</sup><br>[[Vukan, Grand Prince of Serbia|Vukan]] || 1091–1112 || Vukan was the son of [[Petrislav of Rascia|Petrislav]], the Prince of Serbia and son of [[Mihailo I of Duklja|Mihailo I]], that held the office from ca 1060. In 1083, Constantine Bodin appoints Vukan to the supreme rule of Serbia, while Vukan's brother [[Marko Vojislavljević|Marko]] administrated a part of the land, most likely the frontier region in the north. After the Byzantine campaign against Duklja in 1089, and the subsequent civil war, Vukan asserted independence, ruling as ''Grand Prince'', becoming the most powerful Serb ruler as of ca 1091. He began raiding Byzantine territories in 1090, taking Kosovo, and defeated a Byzantine army in 1092. Vukan made peace with [[Alexios I Komnenos]], after the Emperor had threatened with a larger army. However, Vukan immediately broke the treaty as the Byzantines marched onto the dangerous Cumans in Adrianople. Vukan conquers the cities along the Vardar. In 1095, the Emperor meets Vukan and renews the treaty. Vukan again raided [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]], as the [[First Crusade]] began. In 1106 he nominally recognized Alexios I.<br><small>'''Note:''' Serbia is elevated to an independent Grand Principality.</small>
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| <sup>Grand Prince</sup><br>[[Uroš I, Grand Prince of Serbia|Uroš I]] || 1112–1145 || Uroš I was the son of either Vukan or Marko. In the treaty concluded between Vukan and Alexios I in 1095, Uroš I and Vukan became "guarantors of peace", as hostages to the Byzantines. Uroš succeeds the throne when Vukan dies. In ca 1130, he married his daughter, Jelena, to King [[Béla II of Hungary]]. Béla II, being blind, relied entirely on Jelena who acted as a co-ruler. In 1137, [[Ladislaus II of Hungary|Ladislaus II]], the son of Béla II and Jelena (the grandson of Uroš), becomes the ''Ban of Bosnia''.
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| <sup>Grand Prince</sup><br>[[Uroš II, Grand Prince of Serbia|Uroš II]] || 1145–1162 || Replaced his father at 1131 or around 1140 and ruled until 1155.
<br><small>'''note:''' [[Duklja]] and [[Travunia]] is re-incorporated into the realm.</small>
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| <sup>Grand Prince</sup><br>[[Beloš Vukanović|Beloš]] || 1162 || Instated by [[Manuel I Komnenos]].
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| <sup>Grand Prince</sup><br>[[Desa of Serbia|Desa]] || 1150&ndash;1155<br>1162&ndash;1166 || Desa took Zeta (Duklja) and Travunia from [[Radoslav of Duklja]] and unified the coastal Serbian Principalities under his firm grip.
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| <sup>Grand Prince</sup><br>[[Tihomir of Serbia|Tihomir]] || 1166 || First son of [[Zavida]], exiled Župan of [[Zahumlje]].
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After Desa's revolt, in 1165 the Byzantium divided the Serb lands between the four sons of Zavida: Tihomir in Raška, Stracimir in [[Duklja]], Miroslav in [[Zahumlje]] and [[Travunia]], and [[Stefan Nemanja]] in Toplica (in today's central Serbia). Stefan Nemanja rebelled against his eldest brother Tihomir in 1166, who fled with his brothers Stracimir and Miroslav to Byzantium to seek help. But later on, Stefan Nemanja defeated his Greek army of mercenaries in the same year near the town of Pantino on Kosovo in which poor Tihomir drowned in the River of Sitnica. Nemanja captured his other brothers and made peace with them by giving them rule in their former parts of the land to recognise him as the only ruler of Rashka or Serbia. The Nemanjić dynasty was named after Stefan Nemanja and ruled over Serbia until 1371.