{{Short description|Serbian nobleman}} {{Infobox nobility | name = Vukdrag | title = ''čelnik'' [of the Serbian kingdom] | image = Dići,_Crkva_Svetog_Jovana_Krstitelja_sa_nekropolom,_03.jpg | caption = Vukdrag founded the Church of St. John the Baptist in Dići, where he was buried in 1327. | alt = | CoA = | more = no | spouse = Vladislava (nun Ana) | birth_date = | birth_place = Kingdom of Serbia | death_date = 8 May 1327 | death_place = | burial_date = | burial_place = Church of St. John the Baptist in Dići (near Ljig, central Serbia) | occupation = magnate }} '''Vukdrag''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Вукдраг}};{{Cref2|a}} d. 1327) was a Serbian nobleman who served King Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–31) as ''čelnik''.{{sfn|Blagojević|2001|p=211}} He was a magnate in the Rudnik mountain area, who founded (as the ''ktetor'') the Raška style{{sfn|Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Valjevo}} church in Dići (near Ljig, central Serbia), below the Rudnik, before 1327, most likely as a family temple.{{sfn|Kalezić|2002|p=553}} He must have had one of the important gubernatorial functions in the Rudnik ''oblast'' (province) during the reigns of kings Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321) and Stefan Dečanski.{{sfn|Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Valjevo}} Unknown in historical sources,<ref>{{harvnb|Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Valjevo}}; {{harvnb|Stamenković|2002|p=499}}</ref> he was buried in his church, where his gravestone inscription tells that he died on 8 May 1327,{{sfn|Đorđević|Vojvodić|Marković|2008|p=481}} on the Feast of the Ascension (''Spasovdan''),{{sfn|Novak|2009|p=95}} and that he had taken monastic vows as '''Nikola''' (Никола) and [once] held the title of ''čelnik''.<ref>{{harvnb|Janićijević|1998|p=339}}; {{harvnb|Blagojević|2001|p=211}}</ref> It is unclear if there was one or several individuals with that title at the court at that time; Đuraš Ilijić ({{floruit}} 1326–62) was mentioned with the title in 1326, and Gradislav Vojšić (fl. 1284–1327), for the second time, in 1327.{{sfn|Blagojević|2001|p=211}} He was buried in a special tomb inside the church,{{sfn|Anthropologischer Anzeiger|2001|p=114}} and his gravestone was set by his wife Vladislava (nun Ana).<ref>{{harvnb|Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Valjevo}}; {{harvnb|Kalezić|2002|p=553}}; {{harvnb|Novak|2009|p=95}}</ref> The unearthing of the gravestone gave new facts in the understanding of the territorial contours of the Serbian state north of Rudnik at the end of the 13th- and beginning of 14th century.<ref>{{harvnb|Stamenković|2002|p=499}}; {{harvnb|Erdeljan|1996|p=86}}</ref> The largest medieval necropolis in Serbia was unearthed around the church, with flat gravestones (more than 180 slabs) belonging to the oldest phase of the Stećak culture.{{sfn|Stamenković|2002|p=499}} __NOTOC__
==Annotations== {{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=upper-alpha}} {{Cnote2|a|Archaically rendered ''Vlgdrag'' (Влгдраг),<ref>{{harvnb|Blagojević|2001|p=211}}, {{harvnb|Janićijević|1998|p=339}}, {{harvnb|Erdeljan|1996}}</ref> ''Vlkdrag'' (Влкдраг);{{sfn|Novak|2009|p=95}} modern forms ''Vukdrag'' (Вукдраг) and ''Vukodrag'' (Вукодраг). It is an old Serbian name, found in medieval epigraphy. It is an apotropaic name, derived from ''vuk'' ("wolf") and ''drag'' ("dear"). }} {{Cnote2 End}}
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==Sources== {{refbegin|2}} *{{cite book|author=Anthropologischer Anzeiger|title=Anthropologischer Anzeiger|volume=59|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRENAQAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (E. Nägele)|page=114|quote=<!--Special graves occur inside the church and one of them contains the body of Prince Vlgdrag who was buried on May 8th 1327. This information was inscribed on the covering stone of the grave. It was concluded by archaeologists under the-->}} *{{cite book|last=Blagojević|first=Miloš|authorlink=Miloš Blagojević|title=Državna uprava u srpskim srednjovekovnim zemljama|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=srAVAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Službeni list SRJ|isbn=9788635504971|quote=<!--ВеЬ идупе године (1327) помшье се у крал>ево] служби челник Градислав.34 За нашу анализу од знача]а \е и чшьеница, што \е неки челник „Влгдраг", а у монаштву Никола, сахран>ен 1327. године у цркви села ДиЬи, ко]е се ...-->}} *{{cite book|last1=Đorđević|first1=Ivan M.|last2=Vojvodić|first2=Dragan|last3=Marković|first3=Miodrag|title=Studije srpske srednjovekovne umetnosti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tt0nAQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Zavod za Udžbenike|page=481|isbn=9788617147400|quote=<!--... подно Рудника откопана црква челника Влгдрага, ко]и ]е по гроб- но] плочи наивно] у храму као монах Никола умро 8. ма]а 1327. године.78 Управо онако какве данас затичемо остатке задужбине челника Влгдрага, изгледала ]е, ...-->}} *{{cite book|last=Erdeljan|first=Jelena|title=Medieval funerary monuments in the region of Ras|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=npEiAQAAIAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Arheološki institut, Beograd|isbn=978-86-80093-10-9|quote=<!--ОткриЬе ове средн>овековне некрополе уз цркву коjа се. на основу натписа из 1327. године са надгробне плоче ктитора челника Влгдрага, датуjе у краj XIII века или почетак XIV века, са гробовима и споме- ницима очуваним у ...-->}} *{{cite book|last=Janićijević|first=Jovan|title=The cultural treasury of Serbia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rHYMAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=IDEA|page=339|isbn=9788675470397|quote=<!--According to a tombstone in the church, i.e facts from the preserved and legible inscription it has been established that the founder of thr church was the celnik Vlgdrag who was given the monastic name of Nikola. He died in 1327 "in the time of King UroS on the 8th day of May on the Day of Ascension of Our Lord".-->}} *{{cite book|last=Kalezić|first=Dimitrije M.|title=Enciklopedija pravoslavlja|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M_UkAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Savremena administracija|isbn=9788638706716|quote=<!--Пре монашеььа звао се Влгдраг и био \е челник. Надгро- бну плочу поставила ]е ььегова супруга Владислава, у монаштву Ана. Реч ]е, дакле, о задужбини рудничког велможе Влгдрага, подигну^ пре 1327. год. ]ер се тог лета челник и потоььи монах упорно.-->}} *{{cite book|last=Novak|first=Viktor|title=Revue historique|volume=58|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E59DAQAAIAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Istorijski institut u Beogradu|page=95|quote=<!--... са гробом ктитора, челника Влкдрага, који је у монаштву назван Никола. Умро је на дан Вазнесења Господњег, на Спасовдан, а натпис над његовим гробом поставила је његова супруга Владислава, замонашена као Ана, 1327.-->}} *{{cite book|last=Stamenković|first=Srboljub Đ.|title=Geografska enciklopedija: naselja Srbije|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AHEtAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Geografski fakultet|page=499|isbn=9788682657149|quote=<!--Том приликом пронађене су надгробне плоче (на једној од њих је име ктитора Влгдрага који до тада није забеле- жен међу историјским личностима). Ово откриће представља нову чињеницу у поимању територијал- них контура српске државе северно од Рудника крајем XIII и почетком XIV в. Око цркве откривена је до сада највећа средњовековна некропола у Србији, са равним надгробним плочама које припадају најстаријој фази културе стећака (више од 180 плоча), што негира тезу аустријских историчара из ......-->}} {{refend}}
==External links== {{refbegin}} *{{cite web|author=Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Valjevo|title=Dići|publisher=Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Valjevo|url=http://www.vaza.co.rs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=159:dici&catid=44:arheologija&Itemid=213|language=sr}} {{refend}}
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