Stefan Uroš V

Saint Stefan Uroš V (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Урош V, pronounced [stêfaːn ûroʃ peːti] ⓘ; 1336 – 2/4 December 1371), known in historiography and folk tradition as Uroš the Weak (Serbian: Урош Нејаки, romanized: Uroš Nejaki), was the second Emperor (Tsar) of the Serbian Empire (1355–1371), and before that he was Serbian King and co-ruler (since 1346) with his father, Emperor Stefan Dušan.

Saint

Stefan Uroš V
Стефан Урош V
Fresco from Macedonian Orthodox Psača Monastery, between 1365 and 1371
Church builder
Bornc. 1336
Died4 December 1371
King of Serbia
Reign1346–1355
PredecessorStefan Dušan
SuccessorMarko Mrnjavčević
Emperor of Serbia
Reign1355–1371
PredecessorStefan Dušan
SuccessorJovan Uroš
Burial
Gornje Nerodimlje, near Uroševac
Monasteries of Fruška Gora (since 1690), finally to Jazak monastery
SpouseAnna of Wallachia
DynastyNemanjić
FatherStefan Dušan
MotherHelena of Bulgaria
ReligionSerbian Orthodox
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