Princess Milica of Serbia
Princess Milica Hrebeljanović née Nemanjić also known as Empress (Tsaritsa) Milica, was a royal consort of Serbia by marriage to Prince Lazar who fell in the Battle of Kosovo. After her husband's death, she took the role as queen regent of Serbia from 1389 to 1393, until her son, despot Stefan Lazarević came of age.
Princess Milica of Serbia
Statue of Princess Milica in Trstenik
Ljubostinja monastery was founded by Princess Milica
Image: Свјетлопис мозаика царице Милице у храму Св. Саве на Врачару
Lazar Hrebeljanović was a medieval Serbian ruler who created the largest and most powerful state on the territory of the disintegrated Serbian Empire. Lazar's state, referred to by historians as Moravian Serbia, comprised the basins of the Great Morava, West Morava, and South Morava rivers. Lazar ruled Moravian Serbia from 1373 until his death in 1389. He sought to resurrect the Serbian Empire and place himself at its helm, claiming to be the direct successor of the Nemanjić dynasty, which went extinct in 1371 after ruling over Serbia for two centuries. Lazar's programme had the full support of the Serbian Orthodox Church, but the Serbian nobility did not recognize him as their supreme ruler. He is often referred to as Tsar Lazar Hrebeljanović ; however, he only held the title of prince.
Portrait of Prince Lazar in the Monastery of Ravanica (1380s)
Image: Печат кнеза Лазара Хребељановића 01
Memorial in Fortress of Prilepac, the birthplace of Lazar
Painting of Lazar by Vladislav Titelbah (ca. 1900).