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Stefan Milutin

<p><b><a href="/en/Stephen_(honorific)" title="Stephen (honorific)" class="wl">Stefan</a> Uroš II Milutin</b> (<a href="/en/Serbian_Cyrillic_alphabet" title="Serbian Cyrillic alphabet" class="wl">Serbian Cyrillic</a><span>: </span><span>Стефан Урош II Милутин</span><span>, </span><small about="#mwt10"><a href="/en/Romanization_of_Serbian" title="Romanization of Serbian" class="wl">romanized</a>:<span>&nbsp;</span></small><span><i lang="sr-Latn">Stefan Uroš II Milutin</i></span>; <abbr about="#mwt11" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw="{&quot;parts&quot;:[{&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;target&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;circa&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;./Template:Circa&quot;},&quot;params&quot;:{},&quot;i&quot;:0}}]}">c.</abbr> 1253 – 29 October 1321), known as <b>Stefan Milutin</b> (<a href="/en/Serbian_Cyrillic_alphabet" title="Serbian Cyrillic alphabet" class="wl">Serbian Cyrillic</a><span>: </span><span>Стефан Милутин</span><span>, </span><small about="#mwt12"><a href="/en/Romanization_of_Serbian" title="Romanization of Serbian" class="wl">romanized</a>:<span>&nbsp;</span></small><span><i lang="sr-Latn">Stefan Milutin</i></span>) or <b><a href="/en/List_of_Serbian_saints" title="List of Serbian saints" class="mw-redirect wl">Saint</a> King</b>, was the <a href="/en/List_of_Serbian_monarchs" title="List of Serbian monarchs" class="wl">King</a> of <a href="/en/Kingdom_of_Serbia_(medieval)" title="Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)" class="wl">Serbia</a> between 1282<span>–</span>1321, a member of the <a href="/en/Nemanjić_dynasty" title="Nemanjić dynasty" class="wl">Nemanjić dynasty</a>. He was one of the most powerful rulers of <a href="/en/Serbia_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="Serbia in the Middle Ages" class="wl">Serbia in the Middle Ages</a> and one of the most prominent European monarchs of his time. Milutin is credited with strongly resisting the efforts of <a href="/en/Byzantine" title="Byzantine" class="mw-redirect wl">Byzantine</a> Emperor <a href="/en/Michael_VIII_Palaiologos" title="Michael VIII Palaiologos" class="wl">Michael VIII Palaiologos</a> to impose <a href="/en/Roman_Catholicism" title="Roman Catholicism" class="mw-redirect wl">Roman Catholicism</a> on the Balkans after the <a href="/en/Second_Council_of_Lyon" title="Second Council of Lyon" class="wl">Union of Lyons</a> in 1274. During his reign, Serbian economic power grew rapidly, mostly due to the development of mining. He founded <a href="/en/Novo_Brdo_Fortress" title="Novo Brdo Fortress" class="wl">Novo Brdo</a>, which became an internationally important <a href="/en/Silver_mining" title="Silver mining" class="wl">silver mining</a> site. As most of the Nemanjić monarchs, he was proclaimed a <a href="/en/Saint" title="Saint" class="wl">saint</a> by the <a href="/en/Serbian_Orthodox_Church" title="Serbian Orthodox Church" class="wl">Serbian Orthodox Church</a> with a <a href="/en/Feast_day" title="Feast day" class="mw-redirect wl">feast day</a> on October 30.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDvornik1962110-111,_119_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDvornik1962110-111,_119-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994217-224,_255-270_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994217-224,_255-270-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković200449-52,_61-62_3-0"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković200449-52,_61-62-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurta2019668-667_4-0"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECurta2019668-667-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span></p>

<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt1">King of Serbia from 1282 to 1321</div>
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font-weight: normal;"><a href="/en/Saint" title="Saint" class="wl">Saint</a></div><br><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">Stefan Uroš II Milutin<br><span style="font-size:85%;"><span><span>Стефан Урош II Милутин</span></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span><a href="/en/File:Milutinst.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Milutinst.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Milutinst.jpg/240px-Milutinst.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="692" data-file-height="850" data-file-type="bitmap" height="295" width="240" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Milutinst.jpg/360px-Milutinst.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Milutinst.jpg/480px-Milutinst.jpg 2x" alt="Milutinst.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">King Milutin, founder's portrait (fresco) in "King's Church" of the <a href="/en/Studenica_monastery" title="Studenica monastery" class="mw-redirect wl">Studenica monastery</a>, painted during his lifetime, around 1314</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color:gold;">Milutin the <a href="/en/Ktetor" title="Ktetor" class="wl">Ktetor</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1253</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">29 October 1321<span style="display:none">(1321-10-29)</span> (aged<span>&nbsp;</span>68)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Venerated<span>&nbsp;</span>in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church" class="wl">Eastern Orthodox Church</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/en/King_of_Serbia" title="King of Serbia" class="mw-redirect wl">King of Serbia</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">1282–1321</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Coronation" title="Coronation" class="wl">Coronation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1282</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Stefan_Dragutin" title="Stefan Dragutin" class="wl">Stefan Dragutin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Stefan_Dečanski" title="Stefan Dečanski" class="wl">Stefan Dečanski</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">Uroš II Milutin Nemanjić</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label"><a href="/en/Saint_Nedelya_Church" title="Saint Nedelya Church" class="mw-redirect wl">St. Nedelya Cathedral</a> in <a href="/en/Sofia" title="Sofia" class="wl">Sofia</a> (relocated in 1460)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Jelena<br><a href="/en/Helena_Doukaina_Angelina" title="Helena Doukaina Angelina" class="wl">Helena Doukaina Angelina</a><br><a href="/en/Elizabeth_of_Hungary,_Queen_of_Serbia" title="Elizabeth of Hungary, Queen of Serbia" class="wl">Elizabeth of Hungary</a><br><a href="/en/Anna_Terter_of_Bulgaria" title="Anna Terter of Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect wl">Anna Terter of Bulgaria</a><br><a href="/en/Simonis_Palaiologina" title="Simonis Palaiologina" class="mw-redirect wl">Simonis Palaiologina</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Issue</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Stephen_Constantine_of_Serbia" title="Stephen Constantine of Serbia" class="mw-redirect wl">Stefan Konstantin</a><br><a href="/en/Stephen_Uroš_III_Dečanski_of_Serbia" title="Stephen Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia" class="mw-redirect wl">Stefan Uroš III Dečanski</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Dynasty" title="Dynasty" class="wl">House</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Nemanjić_dynasty" title="Nemanjić dynasty" class="wl">Nemanjić dynasty</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Stefan_Uroš_I" title="Stefan Uroš I" class="wl">Stefan Uroš I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Helen_of_Anjou" title="Helen of Anjou" class="wl">Helen of Anjou</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Serbian_Orthodox_Church" title="Serbian Orthodox Church" class="wl">Serbian Orthodox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span><a href="/en/File:Novac_kralja_Milutina.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Novac_kralja_Milutina.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Novac_kralja_Milutina.jpg/200px-Novac_kralja_Milutina.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="476" data-file-type="bitmap" height="99" width="200" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Novac_kralja_Milutina.jpg/300px-Novac_kralja_Milutina.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Novac_kralja_Milutina.jpg/400px-Novac_kralja_Milutina.jpg 2x" alt="Novac_kralja_Milutina.jpg"></a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
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Stefan Uroš II Milutin , known as Stefan Milutin or Saint King, was the King of Serbia between 1282–1321, a member of the Nemanjić dynasty. He was one of the most powerful rulers of Serbia in the Middle Ages and one of the most prominent European monarchs of his time. Milutin is credited with strongly resisting the efforts of Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos to impose Roman Catholicism on the Balkans after the Union of Lyons in 1274. During his reign, Serbian economic power grew rapidly, mostly due to the development of mining. He founded Novo Brdo, which became an internationally important silver mining site. As most of the Nemanjić monarchs, he was proclaimed a saint by the Serbian Orthodox Church with a feast day on October 30. 