{{Infobox royalty | name = Neda | image = | alt = | caption = | succession = Princess/Queen regnant of Duklja | moretext = | reign = {{nowrap|1043–1046}} | coronation = | predecessor = Stefan Vojislav | successor = Mihailo | regent = {{plainlist| * {{ill|Gojislav Vojislavljević|sr|Гојислав Војислављевић|lt=Gojislav}} * Mihailo * Saganek * Radoslav * Predimir }} | reg-type = Junior co-rulers | succession1 = Princess/Queen consort of Duklja | reign1 = ?–1043 | reign-type1 = Tenure | spouse = {{plainlist| * Stefan Vojislav }} | issue = {{plainlist| * {{ill|Gojislav Vojislavljević|sr|Гојислав Војислављевић|lt=Gojislav}} * Mihailo * Saganek * Radoslav * Predimir }} | house = {{plainlist| * Vojislavljević (by marriage) * Cometopuli (by birth)}} | father = | mother = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = 1046 | death_place = Duklja | burial_place = | signature = | religion = Eastern Orthodox Christian }}
'''Neda''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Неда}}) was the ''Kneginja'' ("princess" or "queen") of Duklja, wife of the Great Župan Stefan Vojislav.
She was the niece of the Bulgarian Tsar Samuel.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gopčević |first=Spiridion | author-link=Spiridon Gopčević |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_nS8LAAAAIAAJ/page/n37/mode/1up |page=19|title=Geschichte von Montenegro und Albanien |date=1914 |publisher={{ill|F. A. Perthes|de|F. A. Perthes}}|language=de}}</ref> She was the second wife of Stefan Vojislav, with whom she had five sons: {{ill|Gojislav Vojislavljević|sr|Гојислав Војислављевић|lt=Gojislav}}, Mihailo, Saganek, Radoslav, and Predimir. After his death in 1043, she ruled the kingdom for some time, together with her sons.<ref>{{cite book|last=Korać|first=Vojislav J.|year=1966|title=Trebinje: Istorijski pregled|language=Serbo-Croatian|volume=1|publisher=Zavičajni muzej|location=Trebinje, Yugoslavia|oclc=584066201|pages=85, 91}}</ref>
According to Chapter XXXIX of the ''Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja'', after the death of King Vojislav, his wife and sons co-ruled the kingdom. The same source calls her with the title of queen and reports that none of her sons was called king while their mother was alive and they were only called princes.<ref name="LJPD-CG">[http://www.montenegrina.net/pages/pages1/istorija/duklja/ljetopis_pop_dukljanina_latinicna_redakcija.htm ''Ljetopis Popa Dukljanina'']</ref>
The period of joint rule by her sons lasted from 1043 to 1046.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fine |first=John Van Antwerp |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y0NBxG9Id58C&pg=PA213 |page=213|title=The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century |date=1991 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=978-0-472-08149-3 |language=en}}</ref> Neda died in 1046.
According to Chapter XL of the ''Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja'', the source says about Neda that the queen died and Mihailo accepted the kingdom.<ref name="LJPD-CG"/>
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Category:Princesses Category:Cometopuli dynasty Category:11th-century women monarchs Category:1046 deaths Category:Monarchs of Duklja