Theodora Smilets of Bulgaria
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Theodora Smilets was a Bulgaria
n princess and queen consort of Serbia, the first wife of king Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia
.
Theodora was the second daughter of Bulgarian tsar Smilets and his Byzantine wife, who in the histories was called just Smiltsena (Bulgarian: Смилцена; the wife of Smilets) without a name being given, but who was the daughter of sebastocrator Constantine Palaiologos
and niece of Michael VIII Palaiologos
.
Theodora was married to Serbian crown prince Stefan Uroš
(later king) on 24 August 1296. They had two children:
In 1314, her husband's father, Stefan Milutin
, quarreled with Stefan, and sent him to Constantinople to be blinded. Theodora and the family went with him and established a household there until 1320 when they were allowed to return. Theodora died 20 December 1322 at the royal residence at Zvečan
, Kosovska Mitrovica
. She was buried in the nearby monastery Banjska
.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n princess and queen consort of Serbia, the first wife of king Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia
Stefan Uroš III Decanski of Serbia
Stephen Uroš III of Dečani was King of Serbia from January 6, 1322 to 8 September 1331. He defeated and killed several of his family members who wanted to take the throne from him. He took his epithet Dečanski from the great monastery he built at Dečani.-Early:He was the son of King Stefan Uroš II...
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Theodora was the second daughter of Bulgarian tsar Smilets and his Byzantine wife, who in the histories was called just Smiltsena (Bulgarian: Смилцена; the wife of Smilets) without a name being given, but who was the daughter of sebastocrator Constantine Palaiologos
Constantine Palaiologos (half-brother of Michael VIII)
Constantine Palaiologos was a son of Andronikos Palaiologos, Grand Domestic of the Empire of Nicaea and an unknown second wife...
and niece of Michael VIII Palaiologos
Michael VIII Palaiologos
Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus reigned as Byzantine Emperor 1259–1282. Michael VIII was the founder of the Palaiologan dynasty that would rule the Byzantine Empire until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453...
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Theodora was married to Serbian crown prince Stefan Uroš
Stefan Uroš III Decanski of Serbia
Stephen Uroš III of Dečani was King of Serbia from January 6, 1322 to 8 September 1331. He defeated and killed several of his family members who wanted to take the throne from him. He took his epithet Dečanski from the great monastery he built at Dečani.-Early:He was the son of King Stefan Uroš II...
(later king) on 24 August 1296. They had two children:
- Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of SerbiaStefan Uroš IV Dušan of SerbiaStephen Uroš IV Dušan the Mighty , was the King of Serbia and Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks until his death on 20 December 1355. Dušan managed to conquer a large part of Southeast Europe, becoming one of the most powerful monarchs in his time...
- Dusica
In 1314, her husband's father, Stefan Milutin
Stefan Uroš II Milutin of Serbia
Stefan Uroš II Milutin was a king of Serbia , and member of the House of Nemanjić.-Early:...
, quarreled with Stefan, and sent him to Constantinople to be blinded. Theodora and the family went with him and established a household there until 1320 when they were allowed to return. Theodora died 20 December 1322 at the royal residence at Zvečan
Zvecan
Zvečan is a town and municipality in the Kosovska Mitrovica district of Kosovo. It is a part of North Kosovo, a region with an ethnic Serb majority that functions largely autonomously from the remainder of the ethnic-Albanian-majority Kosovo and Metohija. The municipality covers an area of , and...
, Kosovska Mitrovica
Kosovska Mitrovica
Kosovska Mitrovica , is a city and municipality in northern Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous district....
. She was buried in the nearby monastery Banjska
Banjska monastery
Banjska Monastery , , is a Serb Orthodox monastery in the Banjska village near Zvečan in the north of Kosovo.- History :The monastery, along with St...
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