Novak the Serb (''Srbin Novak'') was a 14th-century
Serbian
Serbian may refer to:
* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
* Serbian names
See also
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* Old Serbian (disambiguat ...
nobleman that held the region of
Lake Prespa
The Lake Prespa is located on the tripoint of North Macedonia, Albania, and Greece. It is a system of two lakes separated by an isthmus: the Great Prespa Lake, divided between the three countries, and the Little Prespa Lake, mostly within Greec ...
during the
Serbian Empire
The Serbian Empire ( sr, / , ) was a medieval Serbian state that emerged from the Kingdom of Serbia. It was established in 1346 by Dušan the Mighty, who significantly expanded the state.
Under Dušan's rule, Serbia was the major power in the ...
of
Uroš the Weak (r. 1355-1371). He held the title of ''
Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, an ...
'', and is hence also known as Kesar Novak.
He had a
Greek
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wife, Kali, with whom he had a daughter Marija (Maria) and a son Amiral (Amiralis).
Among his endowments are the
cave-church of Bogorodica (Holy Virgin Eleusa) on the island of
Maligrad
Maligrad ( sq, Maligrad, also ''Qytet i Vogël'' "small city"; mk, Мал Град, ''Mal Grad'' "small city/town") is an island situated deep within the Albanian part of Lake Prespa, with many caves suitable for wildlife and a circular
cliff. ...
where frescoes and Greek inscriptions of his family exist dating to 1369.
[Jirecek, Geschichte , I, 1-33]
References
Sources
Stari srpski spomenici u Južnoj Srbiji Dr Vlad. R. Petković, 1924
The Serbs and Byzantium during the reign of Tsar Stephen Dušan (1331-1355) and his successors by George Christos Soulis, page 214-5
Гоце Ангеличин - Жура*Ivan M. Đorđević, ''Zidno slikarstvo srpske vlastele u doba Nemanjića'' (Wall-Paintings of the Serbian Nobility of the
Nemanide Era) OCL
34957313 sl. 84 i 85
*Tania Velmans,
La Peinture murale byzantine à la fin du Moyen âge, Volume 1'
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14th-century Serbian nobility
People of the Serbian Empire
People from medieval Macedonia
Caesars (Byzantine nobles)