Ivaniš (magnate)

Ivaniš (Serbian Cyrillic: Иваниш, fl. 1348) was a Serbian magnate (velikaš) who served Emperor Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55) as despot. He is mentioned in Emperor Dušan's charter of the Monastery of the Holy Archangels near Prizren,[1] dated 1348, in which he calls Ivaniš a "parent of my Empire". Not much is known about him, though his high dignitary title and the fact that Dušan called him "his parent" without a doubt shows that he was a close relative with the royal family.[2] Ivaniš had possessions in the Toplica region[3] and granted one of his villages to the Monastery.[4] Ivaniš and then his son, Altoman, held a province in Toplica, evidently near the core of the future province of Lazar Hrebeljanović.[2]

Ivaniš
despot of the Serbian Empire
Serbian imperial magnate
Reigndespot (fl. 1348)
Titles and styles
despot (деспот), highest court title at that time
BornSerbian Kingdom
DiedAfter 1348
Serbian Empire
Noble familyIvanišević
Issue

His son Altoman married a sister of Lazar Hrebeljanović and had a son, Ivaniš, who died between 1372 and 1389,[3] and was buried at Visoki Dečani.[4][5] Some historians earlier believed that Ivaniš was related to Lazar's wife, Milica Nemanjić.[3] Some did also try to connect him to monk Dorotej of Hilandar, who is known to have held the despot title prior to his monastic vows, and was the ktetor of the Drenča Monastery in Rasina, although his secular name is not preserved.[3]

Family tree

  • Ivaniš (d. after 1348)
    • Altoman
      • Ivaniš (d. 1372–89)

References

  1. Stari srpski zapisi i natpisi. Pešić i sinovi. 1997. p. 22. Дед Иваниша Алтомановипа, деспот Иваниш, за кога 1иречек каже да ]е „иначе непознат" (ИсШорща Срба Ш, 29), помиьье се у повел>и цара Душана Архан^елову манастиру код Призрена. Цар каже, да ]е н>егово] задужбини ...
  2. Miloš Blagojević (2004). Nemanjići i Lazarevići i srpska srednjovekovna državnost. Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva. О деспоту Иванишу мало се зна, али, како је носио деспотско досто- jанство и пошто га је цар Душан називао „своjим родител>ем", нема сумн>е да је био у блиском сродству с царском породицом.37 Уколи- ко су деспот Иваниш и ...
  3. Marko Šuica (2000). Nemirno doba srpskog srednjeg veka: vlastela srpskih oblasnih gospodara. Službeni list SRJ. pp. 93–96, 160. ISBN 978-86-355-0452-0.
  4. Srpski književni glasnik. 1941. Архангела Михаила и Гаврила код Призрена. Манастиру je деспот Иваниш приложив „село у Топлице нише Рудар Тудорче". У науци се сматра да су Рудари данаппье село тога имена на реци Косаници. Унук деспота Иваниша а ... JeflHa je била удата за Алтомана, сина онога деспота Иваниша, кога цар Душан назива сводим ро- дител>ем. С Алтоманом je имала сина Иваниша, Kojn je са- хран>ен у манастиру Дечанима.
  5. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti (1908). Glas. p. 244. Још има спомен о старијем неком деспоту Иванишу на једној гробној плочи код манастира Дечана. Деспот Иваниш се помиње на гробном запису унука му Иваниша Алтоманића, који је (унук био анепсеј (синовац) кнезу Лазару.


Court offices
New creation despot of Stefan Dušan
fl. 1348
Served alongside:
Succeeded by
Vukašin
as serving Uroš V
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