Vukan Nemanjić

Vukan Nemanjić was the eldest son of Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja. Around 1190 his father gave him the lands centred on Zeta; an inscription of 1195 calls him king of Duklja. When Nemanja abdicated in 1196 the throne went to his younger brother Stefan.

In 1202 Vukan overthrew Stefan with troops from King Emeric of Hungary, whose vassal he became, promising to convert his people to Catholicism if the pope granted him a royal title. After a Bulgarian invasion in 1203 Stefan returned and deposed him in 1204. Reconciled through Saint Sava, he kept Zeta until his death soon after 1207.