Kesar Novak

Kesar Novak (Serbian Cyrillic: Кесар Новак) was a 14th-century Serbian nobleman that held the region of Lake Prespa during the Serbian Empire of Uroš the Weak (r. 1355–1371).

Kesar Novak the Serb
caesar of Lake Prespa
Fresco depicting him found in Saint Mary's Church.
Wife	Kali
Issue	Amiral Marija

Biography

Novak held the title of Caesar, and is hence also known as Kesar Novak.^[1] He had a Greek wife, Kali, with whom he had a daughter Marija (Maria) and a son Amiral (Amiralis).^[2]

Among his endowments are the cave-church of Bogorodica (Holy Virgin Eleusa^[3]) on the island of Maligrad where frescoes and Greek inscriptions of his family exist dating to 1369.^[4]