Stefan Konstantin
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Stephen Constantine was the King of Serbia briefly for a year 1321–1322. He initially held the appanage of Zeta (with Zahumlje
Zahumlje
Zachlumia or Zahumlje was a medieval principality located in modern-day regions of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia...

 and Travunia
Travunia
Travunia was a medieval region, administrative unit and principality, which was part of Medieval Serbia , and in its last years, the Bosnian Kingdom . The county became hereditary in a number of noble houses, often kin to the ruling dynasty. The region came under Ottoman rule in 1482...

). He was the only pretender to the Serbian thone, after his father had exiled his younger brother and initial heir Stefan Uroš III. He was killed by his brother in 1322.

Life

He was a son of Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia and his second marriage of the daughter of Johannes Angelos, the ruler of Thessaly.

After the death of Dragutin in 1316, Konstantin was given the title Young King, and ruled Zeta
Zeta
-Science:* Zeta functions, in mathematics** Riemann zeta function* Zeta potential, the electrokinetic potential of a colloidal system* Tropical Storm Zeta , formed in December 2005 and lasting through January 2006* Z-pinch, in fusion power...

. His father had not chosen the heir, so at the time of his death in 1321 the successation was in jeopardy.

Constantine provided long lists of Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian monarchs from the 11th century onwards, as did his father. He was supported by the Bulgarians for the Serbian throne amid the successation war.

He was defeated and killed by his half-brother Stephen Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia in 1322 after his return to Serbia in 1321, when Stephen III defeated several heirs and pretenders and was finally crowned.

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