Duklja
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Duklja was a medieval South Slavic state which roughly encompassed the territories of modern-day southeastern Montenegro, from the Bay of Kotor in the west to the Bojana river in the east, and to the
Lead stamp of archont Petar (or Predimir) (9th century), a Byzantine viceroy; The Holy Virgin Mary with the Christ Child (left) and inscription in Greek "+ Petar archont of Dioklia AMIN" (right).
Mihailo I of Duklja, the first recognized ruler of Duklja on a fresco in the Church of St. Michael in Ston: He was crowned King of Slavs and known as Ruler of Serbs and Tribals.
The church of St. Savas in Budva, consecrated in 1142
Mihailo I of Duklja
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Mihailo Vojislavljević was a medieval Serbian king and the ruler of Dioclea, from 1046 to 1081, initially as a Byzantine vassal holding the title of protospatharios, then after 1077 as nominally servi
Duklja
…who rose up and managed to take over territories of the earlier Serbian Principality, founding the Vojislavljević dynasty. Between 1043 and 1080, under Mihailo Vojislavljević (r. 1050–81), and his son, Constantine Bodin (r. 1081–1101), Duklja saw its apogee. Mihailo was given the nominal title King of Slavs by the Pope after…
Mihailo I on a fresco in the Church of St. Michael in Ston.
Church of St. Michael near Ston