Stefan Dragutin was king of Serbia from 1276 to
1282.
Dragutin was older son of king Stefan
Uroš[?]. He married Katarina, daughter of
Hungarian king Stefan V. Was leading hungarofile
politics because of which he came in conflict with his father,
from whom he then usurped the throne in 1276 with help of
Hungarians. Then he started to fight with Byzantine Empire
but had no success.
In 1282 while hunting he broke his leg and got ill, so he
gave the trone to his younger brother Milutin[?]
while keeping for himself area from mountain Rudnik[?] to
Konavle[?] . In 1284 he got from Hungarians Belgrade,
Srem[?], Mačva[?] and Bosnian areas Soli and
Usora in which he ruled until 1316, establishing family
relations with Bosnian ban Stefan I Kotromanić. He is the
first of Serb rulers who ruled in
Belgrade and made a capital of it. Near the end of 13th
century he expanded his area, adding to it
Braničevo[?] and Kučevo[?]. With his
brother Milutin he came into conflict when Milutin wanted to
politically tie Serbia tighter with Byzantine Empire and it
became obvious that he does not intend to give the throne to
Dragutin's son Vladislav as was agreed. Conflict between brothers
was calmed by clergy in 1313. Near the end of his life he
separated from his Hungarian friends and strengthened his
connections in Serbia. Before his death he became monk Teoktist.
He is burried in 1316 in monastery Djurdjevi Stupovi[?] near
Novi Pazar[?].
See also: List of Serbian monarchs - History of Serbia
Translated with small changes from small encyclopedia "Sveznanje[?]" published by "Narodno delo", Belgrade, in 1937 which is today in public domain.
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