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**Stavilac** (Sr-cyrl: ставилац, literally meaning "placer") was a court title in [Medieval Bosnia](/source/Medieval_Bosnia) and [Medieval Serbia](/source/Medieval_Serbia) in the Middle Ages.[1][2] It was similar to the Byzantine court offices of *[domestikos](/source/Domestikos)* and [cup-bearer](/source/Cup-bearer) (*[pinkernes](/source/Pinkernes)*, known in Serbian as *peharnik*).[2] It had a role in the ceremony at the royal table, though the holder could be entrusted with jobs that had nothing to do with court rituals.[3] According to studies of [Rade Mihaljčić](/source/Rade_Mihalj%C4%8Di%C4%87), the *holder* was in charge of acquiring, preparing and serving food at the royal table.[4] It was a confidant duty, given to the highest and most notable nobility, which the ruler relied on in all occasions.[4]

## History of usage

Its oldest mention is from the Serbian court of King [Stefan Milutin](/source/Stefan_Milutin) (r. 1282–1321), when [Đuraš Vrančić](/source/%C4%90ura%C5%A1_Vran%C4%8Di%C4%87) had the title.[4] The title of *stavilac* ranked as the last in the hierarchy of the Serbian court, behind *[čelnik](/source/%C4%8Celnik)*, *[kaznac](/source/Kaznac)*, *[tepčija](/source/Tep%C4%8Dija)* and *[vojvoda](/source/Vojvoda)*, the supreme title.[5] It was, nevertheless, quite prestigious as it enabled its holder to be very close to the ruler.[3] In the [Dečani chrysobulls](/source/De%C4%8Dani_chrysobulls), King [Stefan Dečanski](/source/Stefan_De%C4%8Danski) (r. 1321–1331) mentioned that the court dignitaries present at the Dečani assembly were the *kaznac*, *tepčija*, *vojvoda*, *sluga* and *stavilac*.[6] There is not much information on the title-holders at the court of King Stefan Dečanski; there is however much information on those at the court of King and Emperor [Stefan Dušan](/source/Stefan_Du%C5%A1an) (r. 1331–1355).[7]

In Bosnia, this court title appears for the first time with a coronation of the first Bosnian king, [Tvrtko I Kotromanić](/source/Tvrtko_I_Kotromani%C4%87). As soon as he ascended to a Bosnian throne as a king in 1377, Tvrtko reorganized his court reflecting some of the Serbian court-office titles, ceremonials and traditions.[1]

## List of Bosnian *stavilac*

- Tvrtko Vlađević (1378), served King Tvrtko I
- Ivan Radivojević (1392) served King Dabiša

## List of Serbian *stavilac*

- [Đuraš Vrančić](/source/%C4%90ura%C5%A1_Vran%C4%8Di%C4%87) (?), served King Stefan Milutin.[4]
- [Miloš Vojinović](/source/Milo%C5%A1_Vojinovi%C4%87) (fl. 1333), served King Stefan Dušan. Son of [Vojvoda Vojin](/source/Vojvoda_Vojin).[7]
- [Gradislav Sušenica](/source/Gradislav_Su%C5%A1enica), served King Stefan Dušan. (disputed[8])
- [Vojislav Vojinović](/source/Vojislav_Vojinovi%C4%87) (c. 1350–55), served Emperor Stefan Dušan. Son of [Vojvoda Vojin](/source/Vojvoda_Vojin).
- [Lazar Hrebeljanović](/source/Lazar_of_Serbia) (fl. 1355–1362), served Emperor Stefan Dušan and Emperor Uroš V.

## See also

- [Serbian noble titles](/source/Serbian_noble_titles)
- [Stolnik](/source/Stolnik), title in Poland and Muscovy

## References

1. Pejo Ćošković (2009). ["Tvrtko I - Kotromanići"](https://hbl.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=249) (in Croatian). *hbl.lzmk.hr*. Hrvatski biografski leksikon. Retrieved 1 April 2021. Reorganizirao je dvor preuzevši neka zvanja, službe i ceremonijal srpskoga (dijaka je zamijenio logotet, kaznaca protovestijar, naslovu stavilac odgovarala bi bizantska dvorska titula domestika i domestika stolnika).

1. Andrija Veselinović & Radoš Ljušić (2008). [*Srpske dinastije*](https://books.google.com/books?id=gWctAQAAIAAJ). Službene glasink. p. 240. ISBN 978-86-7549-921-3.

1. Mihaljčić 2001, pp. 15–28.

1. Blagojević 2001, p. 34.

1. Blagojević 2001, p. 211.

1. Srđan Šarkić (1996). [*Srednjovekovno srpsko pravo*](https://books.google.com/books?id=BxQlAQAAIAAJ). Matica srpska. p. 66. ISBN 9788636303696.

1. Blagojević 2001, p. 35.

1. Božidar Zarković; Dušan Radunović; [Vesna Sekulić](/source/Vesna_Sekuli%C4%87); Vukosava Stevović (2002). [*Hotačka metohija: prvi hilandaroski posed u Srbiji*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6YRAQAAIAAJ). Institut za srpsku kulturu. p. 144. ISBN 9788682797265.

## Sources

- Blagojević, Miloš (2001). [*Državna uprava u srpskim srednjovekovnim zemljama*](https://books.google.com/books?id=srAVAQAAIAAJ) (in Serbian). Službeni list SRJ. ISBN 9788635504971.
- Ćirković, Sima & Mihaljčić, Rade (1999). [*sr:Лексикон српског средњег века*](https://books.google.com/books?id=AypYAAAAMAAJ) (in Serbian). Knowledge. ISBN 9788683233014.
- Dinić, Mihailo & Ćirković, Sima (1978). [*sr:Српске земље у средњем веку: историјско-географске студије*](https://books.google.com/books?id=PH8BAAAAMAAJ) (in Serbian). Српска књижевна задруга.
- Mandić, Svetislav (1986). [*Velika gospoda sve srpske zemlje i drugi prosopografski prilozi*](https://books.google.com/books?id=RPkyAAAAMAAJ) (in Serbian). Srpska književna zadruga. ISBN 9788637900122.
- Mihaljčić, Rade (2001 [1984]). *sr:Лазар Хребељановић: историја, култ, предање* (in Serbian). Belgrade: Srpska školska knjiga; Knowledge. ISBN 86-83565-01-7.
- Mihaljčić, Rade (1976). "Ставилац" [Stavilac]. *Istorijski časopis*. **ХХIII**: 5–21.
- Purković, Miodrag (1985). [*Srpska kultura srednjega veka*](https://books.google.com/books?id=3nZpAAAAMAAJ) (in Serbian). Izd. Srpske pravoslavne eparhije za zapadnu Evropu.
- Šarkić, Srđan (1996). [*Srednjovekovno srpsko pravo*](https://books.google.com/books?id=BxQlAQAAIAAJ) (in Serbian). Matica srpska. ISBN 9788636303696.
- Srejović, Dragoslav; Gavrilović, Slavko; Ćirković, Sima M. (1982). [*Istorija srpskog naroda: knj. Od najstarijih vremena do Maričke bitke (1371)*](https://books.google.com/books?id=4BNXAAAAYAAJ) (in Serbian). Srpska književna zadruga.

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