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This is a list of Serbian monarchs, rulers and lords.

Monarchs of medieval Serbian states

In the Middle Ages, the domain of the Serbs included six territories, roughly sorted by importance:

Serbian dynasties from these principalities fought for the ownership of the Serbian realms, and these lists concentrates on the families and rulers who at some point controlled some of the aforementioned duchies or other conquered regions.

House of Zupan

Picture	Name Born - Died	Reign	Territory	Notes
	Dervan	? - 626	White Serbia (Bojka)	He is first known ruler of Serbian land.
	Unknown Archont 6th century - 680	? - 680	Serbian lands	Led the Serbs to the Balkans during the reign of Byzantine emperor Heraclius (626).
	Višeslav I  ? - 800s	780 - 800s	Zhupaniya's of Tara, Piva, Lim and united the Serbian tribes into Rascia in 800	Great-grandson of the Unknown Archont.
	Radoslav  ? - 9th century	800 - 822	?	Son of Višeslav I.
	Prosigoj	822 - 836	?	Son of Radoslav.

House of Vlastimirović

The House of Vlastimirović controlled the Serbs between ca. 825-850 up to ca. 950.

Picture	Name Born - Died	Reign	Territory	Notes
	Vlastimir of Serbia	836 - 850	Rascia Travunija Konavli Duklja	son of Prosigoj, ruled around 850, or only up to 825 according to some; founder of House of Vlastimirović. Vlastimir had three sons (Mutimir, Strojimir and Gojnik) and one daughter. His daughter married župan of Travunija Krajina Belojević, son of Beloje of Trebinje. Each son had his own domain, but Mutimir, the eldest, was the supreme ruler, his two brothers being subjugated (vassals) to him. The brothers successfully fought off a Bulgarian onslaught by Boris of Bulgaria in 852. Later, the two youngest brothers rebelled against Mutimir, who, as a punishment, let Boris subjugate them.
	Mutimir of Serbia	850 - 891	Rascia Travunija Konavli Duklja	He was the oldest of the three brothers and had the main position after his father's ascession. Mutimir, together with his brothers Gojnik and Strojimir, defeated the Bulgar Army sent by Tsar Boris and led by his son Vladimir.
File:Seal of Prince Strojimir mirrored.png	Strojimir and Gojnik	850 - 856	Rascia Travunija Konavli Duklja	After power struggle between Strojimir and Mutimir, Strojimir and Gojnik was captured and sent as prisoners to Bulgar khan Boris in 855-856. They lost their titles of Zupans of Serbia and were held at Pliska, the Bulgarian capital, but treated well by the Bulgarians, Khan Boris himself chose the wife of Klonimir, the son of Strojimir.
	Prvoslav of Serbia	891-893	Serbia	He was the eldest son of Mutimir. Prvoslav ruled Serbia briefly for a year when Petar Gojnikovic, the son of Gojnik, returned from Croatia and after a battle defeated Prvoslav in 892, retaking the rule of Serbia. Prvoslav fled to Croatia and his son, Zaharije I, had the goals to rule Serbia but remained in Constantinople for a long period before ruling Serbia 921-924. Stefan Mutimirović and Bran Mutimirović was his two younger brothers who took over his power.
	Bran and Stefan	895	Serbia	born 867 and 870, After the death of their father Mutimir, his elder brother Prvoslav took the Serbian crown, but was after a year deposed by their cousin Petar Gojnikovic and fled with Bran and youngest brother Stefan to Croatia. Three years after the accession of Peter, Bran rebelled against him, but was captured and blinded. Bran was married and had a son, Pavle Branović.
	Petar Gojniković	892-917	Serbia	born in ~870 to Gojnik. Deposed Prvoslav in 891-892, making the Mutimir sons flee to Croatia, later caught Bran in 895 under an attempted rebellion and blinded him by Byzantine tradition, he broke off the diplomatic ties to Croatia. In 897 he kills Klonimir in battle. He became the godfather of Tsar Simeon and annexed Pagania, gained Bosnia and most of Zahumlje. His name (Peter) symbolizes the finished Christianization of Serbia.
	Pavle Branović	917-921	Serbia	born to Bran. Vassal to Bulgar Symeon I, defeated by Mihajlo Visevic.
	Zaharije Pribisavljević	921-924	Serbia	born to Prvoslav. Defeated Pavle in 921~.
		924-927	Serbia	Bulgarian rule 924-927
	Časlav Klonimirović	927-950	Serbia	born to Klonimir. Liberated the central Serbian tribes from Bulgarian empire, concluded a voluntary confederation with the chiefs of Bosnia that brought them out of Croatia's control and together with Zahumlje, Pagania, Neretva, Travunia, Zeta and Raska established a unified Serb state that encompassed the shores of the Adriatic sea, the Sava river and the Morava river valley as well as Northern Albania.
	Hvalimir Petrović	950-971	Duklja	son of Petar Gojniković

House of Višević

The House of Višević ruled over Serbs in Zahumlje from the 10th century until the end of the 12th century.

House of Petrovic (Vlastimirovic)

Picture	Name Born - Died	Reign	Territory	Notes
	Petrislav	971-990	Duklja	Son of Hvalimir II. Inherited his brother's, Miroslav's, domain of Podgoria (Transmontana) after Miroslav's death in Lake Scutari.
	Jovan Vladimir	990-1016	Duklja	Son of Petrislav.

House of Vojislavljević

The House of Vojislavljević ruled Duklja between the 1050s up to the 1120s.

Picture	Name Born - Died	Reign	Territory	Notes
	Vojislav of Duklja	1018 - 1043	Duklja	Overthrew the Byzantine supremacy over Serbs in Duklja; founder of the House of Vojislavljević; in 1035 rebelled against the Byzantine Empire, but forced to sign an armistice; went to war again in 1040, which would be continued by his heir and son, Mihajlo. Except Duklja, his realm included Travunija with Konavli and Zahumlje.
File:Srb mihailo.jpg	Mihailo I of Duklja	1050 - 1081	Duklja	Grand Prince 1050-1077, King 1077-1081
	Constantine Bodin	1081 - 1101 1072	Duklja Dalmatia Bulgaria	Tsar of Bulgaria as Peter III in 1072
	Dobroslav II	1101 - 1102	Duklja	Overthrewn by Vukan I and Kočopar.
	Dobroslav III	1102	Duklja	He was deposed, castrated and blinded.
	Kočopar	1102-1103	Duklja	He was brought to power by Grand Prince Vukan of Rascia, while his land has emerged only as a fief of Rascia. He married the daughter of the Bosnian Ban trying to restore old influence in Bosnia, but Bosnia subsequently and slowly seceded from Duklja. During the numerous wars for leadership over the Slavic lands, Kočopar forged an alliance with Bosnia against Rascia. The alliance was eventually broken by the Prince of Rascia, which since then held hegemony in the region. Kocopar died in his fights against the Zachlumoi during his attempts to restore Duklja's control over Zachumlia.
	Vladimir	1103-1113	Duklja	He married a daughter of Vukan, Grand Prince of Rascia, ending the long civil wars with Rascia, and bringing Duklja a long twelve-year peace. Vladimir was appointed to the Dioclean throne by his father-in-law, Vukan, after his uncle, former Dioclean king Kočopar, died in Zachumlia. Vladimir was a victim of dynastic conflicts. He was poisoned in 1118 under the orders of Queen Jakvinta, widow of his late uncle, Constantine Bodin. Jakvinta soon appointed her son, George, to the Dioclean throne.
	Đorđe	1113-1118 1125-1131	Duklja	Son of Constantine Bodin. Đorđe was overturned by Uroš I of Raška, and later returned to power in Duklja between 1125 and 1131, but the main line of the Vojislavljević ended with him.

Vojislavljevićs / Uroševićs / Vukanovićs

Between 1050 and 1165, the main Serbian state of Raška was ruled by descendants of the aforementioned House of Vojislavljević, but the Byzantine Empire often controlled it as well. In 1118, the main line of the Vojislavljević dynasty was mostly extinguished in Duklja, and Uroš of Raška took control of both Raška and Duklja, which is why he named the Urošević.

After Desa's revolt, in 1165 the Byzantium divided the Serb lands between the four sons of Zavida: Tihomir in Raška, Stracimir in Duklja, Miroslav in Zahumlje and Travunia, and Stefan Nemanja in Toplica (in today's central Serbia). Stefan Nemanja rebelled against his eldest brother Tihomir in 1166, who fled with his brothers Stracimir and Miroslav to Byzantium to seek help. But later on, Stefan Nemanja defeated his Greek army of mercenaries in the same year near the town of Pantino on Kosovo in which poor Tihomir drowned in the River of Sitnica. Nemanja captured his other brothers and made peace with them by giving them rule in their former parts of the land in order to recognise him as the only ruler of Rashka or Serbia. The Nemanjić dynasty was named after Stefan Nemanja and ruled over Serbia until 1371.

House of Nemanjić / The Stefan Dynasty

The House of Nemanjić ruled the Serb lands between ca. 1166 up to 1371. All Serbian rulers after Stefan Prvovenčani ("the First-Crowned") added the name Stefan (Stephen) before their birth names after ascending the throne as a manner of honoring first rulers of their dynasty Stefan Nemanja and Stefan Prvovenčani. The name Stefan is derived from Greek Stephanos, meaning crowned with wreath. There is no absolutely consistent system for the enumeration of Medieval Serbian monarchs. Some rulers reigned with double names: Stefan Nemanja, Stefan Radoslav, Stefan Vladislav, and Stefan Uroš. While Prvovenčani and Dečanski are epithets, not names, the exact nature of Dragutin and Milutin—names or nicknames—is unclear. However, unlike the names Nemanja, Radoslav, Vladislav, Uroš, and even Dušan, they never appear in the official contemporary sources. Therefore Prvovenčani and Dragutin are most accurately to be numbered simply Stefan I and Stefan II, since those were their only official names. For the basic imperial title of the last Nemanjićs, see article Tsar.

Picture	Name	Reign	Territory	Notes
	Stefan Nemanja	1168-1196 1186-1196	Rascia Duklja	Ruler of Serbs from 1166 to 1199. He established control over the territories of neighboring Serb states, including Zeta/Doclea, and unified them into a single state. He founded the Nemanjić dynasty and became recognized as an Orthodox Christian Saint (Symeon) after numerous alleged miracles following his death.
	Stefan Prvovenčani	1195-1208 1202–1204	Duklja Rascia	ruled under Stefan Nemanjić.
	Vukan Nemanjić	1196-1217 1217-1228	Rascia	first son of Stefan Nemanja, proclaimed King of Serbia, Dalmatia and Bosnia by Pope Honorius III in 1217
	Stefan Radoslav	1228-1234	Rascia Zahumlje Zeta	son of Stefan I Prvovenčani
	Stefan Vladislav	1233-1243	Rascia Zahumlje Zeta	son of Stefan I Prvovenčani
	Stefan Uroš	1243-1276	Serbia	son of Stefan I Prvovenčani
	Stefan Dragutin	1276-1282 1282-1316	Serbia Syrmia	son of Stefan Uroš I
	Stefan Milutin	1282–1321	Serbia	son of Stefan Uroš I
	Stefan Vladislav II	1316-1325	Syrmia	son of Stefan II Dragutin
	Stefan Konstantin	1321-1322	Serbia	son of Stefan Uroš II Milutin, deposed by Stefan Dečanski
	Stefan Dečanski	1321-1331	Serbia	son of Stefan Uroš II Milutin
	Dušan the Mighty	1331-1345 1346–1355	Rascia Serbian Empire	son of Stefan Uroš III Dečanski, crowned Emperor of Serbs and Greeks on 16 April 1346 in Skopje
	Uroš the Weak	1346–1355 1355–1371	Serbia Serbian Empire	son of Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, put as King of Rascia (1346 - 1355) by brother Dušan, then succedes as Emperor after the death of Dušan in 1355.

Nemanjićs in Thessaly

Simeon (Siniša) Uroš, a son of Stefan Uroš III Dečanski by his second (Byzantine) wife, claimed the imperial title in 1355, but was defeated in Serbia. He retreated into Thessaly, from where he dominated much of northern Greece in alliance with various other Serbian noblemen. He and his son reigned as emperor of Serbians and Greeks. After the abdication of Jovan Uroš in 1373, Thessaly passed into the hands of the Angeloi, who recognized Byzantine suzerainty.

House of Nikolić

The Nikolić family ruled a part of Zahumlje with their main estate in Popovo Polje.

• Jelena Gruba, only female regent of Bosnia. Ruled 1395 to 1398. She was the wife of Stephen Dabiša and succeded him after he died.

House of Sanković

A 14th century noble family in Bosnia with family estates included Nevesinje and Popovo Polje in Herzegovina and Konavli in southern Dalmatia. Their history goes back to 1306 when Dražen Bogopenec is mentioned, father of Milten Draživojević, later in 1332 recorded as a henchman for Stjepan II Kotromanić, Ban of Bosnia.

• Draživojević, prince (župan) of his estates Nevesinje and Zagorje.
• Sanko, prince of Konavli
• Radič Sanković,

House of Rastislalić

Serb family that ruled Braničevo, a župa (parish, region) of Rascia in the 14th century.

• Radič Branković, feudal lord of Braničevo

House of Balšić

The House of Balšić, "Barons of Coastal Serbia", was a medieval Serbian dynasty that ruled Zeta. It lasted from 1356 until 1435, when it was succeeded by the House of Crnojević.

There were 5 rulers of the dynasty:

• Balša I (1356-1360 (unofficial); 1360-1362)
• Đurađ I (1362-1378)
• Balša II (1378-1385)
• Đurađ II (1385-1403)
• Balša III (1403-1421)

House of Mrnjavčević

The last Serbian emperor (tsar) Stefan Uroš V associated Vukašin Mrnjavčević as king in 1366. The Serbian royal title thus survived in this family, but in fact the authority of these kings was circumscribed by the local nobility and confined to parts of central and eastern Macedonia. The Serbian royal title was also claimed by Tvrtko I of Bosnia, a descendant of Stefan Dragutin, from 1377. Tvrtko I used the titles King of Serbs, of Bosnia, and of the Coastlands from 1377 and King of Rascia, Bosnia, Dalmatia, Croatia, and the Coastlands from 1390, but died in 1391.

• Vukašin Mrnjavčević (1366 - 26 September 1371)
• Marko Kraljević (1371 - 1395), son of Vukašin

House of Lazarević

Serbia proper came under the control of Lazar Hrebeljanović, who had married Milica, a descendant of Stefan Nemanja's eldest son Vukan. The Lazarevići and their successors, the Brankovići, ruled as princes, but were frequently distinguished by the Byzantine court title of despotēs, granted by the last Byzantine Emperors to their allies.

• Lazar I Hrebeljanović (1371 - 15 June 1389)
• Stefan III Lazarević (1389 - 19 July 1427), son of Lazar I

House of Branković

• Đurađ I Branković (1427 - 26 December 1456), grandson of Lazar I
• Lazar II Branković (December 1456 - 20 January 1458), son of Đurađ I
• Jelena (Marija) (1458 - 1459), daughter of Lazar II
• (Stefan Branković (1458 - 1459), son of Đurađ I, regent for niece)
• Stefan IV Tomašević of Bosnia (21 March/1 April 1459 - 20 June 1459), husband of Jelena; deposed, also king of Bosnia. Died 1463

Serbia proper was annexed by the Ottoman Empire in 1459. In 1471 a dependent Serbian state was established by the Hungarians mostly on the territory of Vojvodina and Syrmia.

• Vuk Branković (1471 - 1485), grandson of Đurađ I
• Đurađ II Branković also Đorđe Branković (1486 - 1496), son of Stefan Branković, abdicated
• Jovan Branković (1496 - 1502), son of Stefan Branković

House of Crnojević

The House of Crnojević was a dynasty ruling in the Medieval Serbian state of Zeta, first struggling with House of Balšić for control over Zeta, and then succeeding them as Zeta's supreme overlords throughout the 14th and 15th century. Since the second half of the 15th century, they would play a crucial role in the survival of late Medieval Zeta. All members of the House of Crnojević considered themselves Lords Zetan.

House of Berislavić

Jovan Nenad

Picture	Name Born - Died	Reign	Territory	Notes
	Jovan Nenad	1526 - July 26, 1527	Serb Empire of Jovan Nenad (Vojvodina)	Many Serbian historians consider him the founder of contemporary Vojvodina

Radoslav Čelnik

Picture	Name Born - Died	Reign	Territory	Notes
	Radoslav Čelnik	1527 - 1529/30	Srem	He was general commander of Emperor Jovan Nenad's army.

Monarchs of modern Serbian states (1804-1918)

First Serbian Uprising (1804-1813)

Karađorđević Dynasty

Picture	Name Born - Died	Reign	Territory	Notes
	Karađorđe Petrović 3 November 1768 - 24 July 1817	15 February 1804 - 21 September 1813	Founder of Principality of Serbia	deposed

Principality of Serbia (1815-1882)

Obrenović Dynasty

Picture	Name Born - Died	Reign	Territory	Notes
	Miloš Obrenović I March 18, 1780 - September 26, 1860	November 6, 1817 - June 25, 1839	Principality of Serbia	Abdicated
	Milan Obrenović II October 21, 1819 - July 8, 1839	June 25, 1839 - July 8, 1839	Principality of Serbia	Ruled for only 26 days
	Mihailo Obrenović III (first reign) September 16, 1823 - June 10, 1868	July 8, 1839 - September 14, 1842	Principality of Serbia	Deposed

Karađorđević Dynasty

Picture	Name Born - Died	Reign	Territory	Notes
	Aleksandar Karađorđević 11 October 1806 - 3 May 1885	14 September 1842 – 23 December 1858	Principality of Serbia	Abdicated

Obrenović Dynasty

Picture	Name Born - Died	Reign	Territory	Notes
	Miloš Obrenović I March 18, 1780 - September 26, 1860	December 23, 1858 - September 26, 1860	Principality of Serbia	Abdicated
	Mihailo Obrenović III (first reign) September 16, 1823 - June 10, 1868	September 26, 1860 – June 10, 1868	Principality of Serbia	Assassinated in Košutnjak
	Milan Obrenović IV August 22, 1854 - February 11, 1901	June 10, 1868 – March 6, 1889	Principality of Serbia Kingdom of Serbia	Proclaimed King of Serbia.

Kingdom of Serbia (1882-1918)

Obrenović Dynasty

Picture	Name Born - Died	Reign	Territory	Notes
	Milan I August 22, 1854 - February 11, 1901	June 10, 1868 – March 6, 1889	Kingdom of Serbia	Abdicated
File:KraljAlexObrenovic.jpg	Aleksandar I 14 August 1876 - 11 June 1903	March 6, 1889 – June 11, 1903	Kingdom of Serbia	Assassinated with Queen Draga in coup d'état. End of Obrenović Dynasty.

Karađorđević Dynasty

For the continuation of this list, go to List of heads of state of Yugoslavia.

Notes

In 1918, Serbia became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Later that state changed name in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (i.e. Kingdom of South Slavs). In that period (between World War I and World War II) the country was a parliamentary monarchy nominally ruled by the Karađorđević dynasty.

After World War II and the civil war Yugoslavia became a communist state, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, ruled by Josip Broz Tito. After his death in 1980, the federation started a process of dissolution which finished in a series of civil wars in the early 1990s. Through the 1990s, Serbia and Montenegro comprised the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was restructured in 2003 into a confederation called Serbia and Montenegro. The state union ended with Montenegro's separation in 2006. Currently Serbia is a parliamentary republic.

The present Head of the House of Karađorđević, who is heir to the Serbian throne, is HRH Crown Prince Aleksandar II.

See also

• List of rulers of Montenegro
• List of local rulers of Vojvodina
• List of Serbs

Notes

1. Entries bounded within parentheses are for reference only; for instance, the Roman numerals keep counts of Stefans and Lazars. They are not part of the common nomenclature.

Sources

• The genealogy and coats of arms of Serbian dynasties and feudal lords (Родословне таблице и грбови српских династија и властеле); editors Aleksa Ivić (1928), Dusan Spasić, Aleksandar Plavestra and Dusan Mrdjenović (1987/91); Bata, Belgrade, ISBN 86-7685-007-0 (in Serbian language).
• Serbian Rulers (Српски владари)
• Detailed List of Serbian Rulers
• John V.A. Fine Jr., The Late Medieval Balkans, Ann Arbor, 1987.
• The Catholic Encyclopedia (1907) article at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13732a.htm

• Serbian monarchs
• Lists of monarchs
• History of Serbia
• History of the Serbs
• Lists of rulers