Toljen of Hum

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'''Toljen''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Тољен}}{{Cref2|a}}; fl. 1189) was a Serbian prince (''knez''), who ruled Hum between 1192–1196, serving his uncle Serbian Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja (r. 1166–1196).

==Life== His father was Miroslav of Hum (r. 1166–1190; 1192) and his mother was a sister of Ban Kulin of Bosnia. Miroslav had ruled Hum under nominal rule of his brother, Stefan Nemanja.

In order to secure Serbian-German relations, during the talks between Stefan Nemanja and Frederic Barbarossa during his passing through Serbia during the Third Crusade, it was arranged that Toljen was betrothed (between 27 Jul 1189 and 24 Apr 1190) to the daughter of Berthold IV, "Duke of Merano Marchese di Istria" and his wife Agnes von Wettin. Berthold IV, who was in Barbarossa's entourage at Niš, had an important part in the Serbian-German talks.<ref name=S257>Srejović 1892, p. 257 {{quote|Да би српско-немачке веае биле трајније, током разговора је било уТана- чено да се Тољен, син Немањиног брата кнеза Мирослава Хумског, ожени кћерком истарског маркгрофа Берхтолда од Андекса, који се налазио у царевој пратњи у Нишу и који је одиграо значајну улогу у српско-немачким преговорима. [...]}}</ref> It was also decided that ''knez'' Toljen would succeed his father before any of his brothers.<ref name=S257/> Toljen was to await his spouse at Istria on the feast day of St. George the following year.<ref name="Crnjanski1988">{{cite book|author=Miloš Crnjanski|title=Sveti Sava|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l7wPAQAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Glas Crkve|page=27}}</ref> In ca. 1190, Stefan Nemanja briefly assigned the rule of Hum to his son Rastko Nemanjić, meanwhile Miroslav held the Lim region with Bijelo Polje.<ref>Fine 1994, pp. 19-20, 52</ref> Rastko however took monastic vows and Miroslav continued ruling Hum or parts of it after 1192. Miroslav died of old age in 1198.

==Family== Together they had one son, Toljen II, who succeeded as ''Prince'' later in 1227-1239.

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==Annotations== {{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=upper-alpha}} {{Cnote2|a|According to naming culture, he had the patronymic ''Mirosavljević''. He was also known as '''Toljen of Hum''' ({{langx|la|Tolen de Chulmia}}).}} {{Cnote2 End}}

==References== {{Reflist}} ===Sources=== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|author=Spiridion Gopčević|title=Geschichte Von Montenegro und Albanien|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_nS8LAAAAIAAJ|year=1914|publisher=Perthes}} *{{cite book|author1=Dragoslav Srejović|author2=Slavko Gavrilović|author3=Sima M. Ćirković|title=Istorija srpskog naroda: knj. Od najstarijih vremena do Maričke bitke (1371)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4BNXAAAAYAAJ|year=1892|publisher=Srpska književna zadruga}} *Конст. Јиречек: Тољен син кнеза Мир о слава хумског. Српска кр. А кадемија. Глас ХХХV. 1892 {{refend}}

{{s-start}} {{s-reg}} {{s-off|}} {{s-bef|before=Rastko}} {{s-ttl|title=Knez of Hum|years=1190s}} {{s-aft|after=Petar}} {{s-end}} {{Vukanović dynasty}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mirosavljevic, Toljen}} Category:12th-century Serbian royalty Category:Vukanović dynasty