Stefan Dragutin

Stefan Dragutin (c. 1244–12 March 1316) was the eldest son of King Stefan Uroš I. Married to Catherine of Hungary and already titled young king, he rebelled with Hungarian help and forced his father to abdicate in 1276, ruling Serbia until 1282.

After a riding accident he handed the crown to his brother Milutin but kept the northern lands; in 1284 he received Hungarian border banates and became the first Serbian ruler of Belgrade, unofficially styled king of Syrmia. Their conflicts became open war in 1301; defeated by Milutin's mercenaries in 1311 or 1312, Dragutin made peace and died as a monk in 1316.