Dejan (magnate)

Dejan (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан;fl. 1346–ca. 1366) was a Serbian magnate who served Emperor Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55) as sevastokrator, and Emperor Uroš V (r. 1355–71) as despot. He was married to Emperor Dušan's sister Teodora, and possessed a large province in the Kumanovo region, east of Skopska Crna Gora. It initially included the old župe (counties) of Žegligovo and Preševo (modern Kumanovo region with Sredorek, Kozjačija and the larger part of Pčinja). Uroš V later gave Dejan the Upper Struma river with Velbužd (Kyustendil). Dejan built the Zemen Monastery, among others, and reconstructed several church buildings throughout his province.

Dejan was one of the prominent figures of Dušan's reign and during the fall of the Serbian Empire after Dušan's death. Dejan is the progenitor of the Dejanović noble family, with his two sons, despot Jovan and gospodin Konstantin, also becoming powerful during the fall of the Serbian Empire and the ensuing Ottoman period.

Life

Origin

Dejan had married Teodora, the sister of King Stefan Dušan, and received the title of sevastokrator in 1346, upon Stefan Dušan's crowning as Emperor. Dejan's origin is deemed unknown. Earlier scholars believed that Dejan was a relative of Jovan Oliver, another magnate in Macedonia, but this is no longer accepted.K. J. Jireček suggested that he was vojvoda Dejan Manjak (Дејан Мањак), only found mentioned in a 1333 charter, in which Stefan Dušan officially sold Ston and Prevlaka to the Republic of Venice.

Magnate

Magnate, from the Late Latin magnas, a great man, itself from Latin magnus 'great', designates a noble or other man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities. In reference to the Middle Ages, the term is often used to distinguish higher territorial landowners and warlords such as counts, earls, dukes, and territorial-princes from the baronage.

England

In England, the magnate class went through a change in the later Middle Ages. It had previously consisted of all tenants-in-chief of the crown, a group of more than a hundred families. The emergence of Parliament led to the establishment of a parliamentary peerage that received personal summons, rarely more than sixty families. A similar class in the Gaelic world were the Flatha. In the Middle Ages a bishop sometimes held territory as a magnate, collecting the revenue of the manors and the associated knights' fees.

In the Tudor period, after Henry VII defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field, Henry made a point of executing or neutralizing as many magnates as possible. Henry VII would make parliament attaint undesirable nobles and magnates, thereby stripping them of their wealth, protection from torture, and power. Henry VII also used the Court of the Star Chamber to have powerful nobles executed. Henry VIII continued this approach in his reign; he inherited a survivalistic mistrust of nobles from his father. Henry VIII ennobled very few men and the ones he did were all "new men": novi homines, greatly indebted to him and having very limited power.

Magnate & Valentino

Magnate & Valentino are a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo. They were among the first duos to include ballads and romantic songs in the discography. They form part of the second wave of reggaeton artists having debuted in 1998 in various artists compilation album The Warriors 2 where they were called Los Nene. Magnate has since released his first solo album, Progresivo. Valentino is now part of the group Los Compadres with Mario VI and Gocho. They released their album called Quimica Perfecta.

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Magnates of Poland and Lithuania

The magnates of Poland and Lithuania were an aristocracy of nobility (szlachta) that existed in the Kingdom of Poland, in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and, from the 1569 Union of Lublin, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, until the Commonwealth's third and final partition in 1795.

The magnate class arose around the 16th century and, over time, gained more and more control over Commonwealth politics. The most powerful magnates were known as "little kings" due to the extent of their power and independence. Their influence diminished with the Third Partition of Poland (1795), which ended the Commonwealth's independent existence, and came to an end with the Second World War and the communist-ruled People's Republic of Poland.

Famous magnate families in the Crown of Poland territories included the Czartoryski, Kalinowski, Koniecpolski, Ostrogski, Potocki, Wiśniowiecki, Zasławski and Zamoyski families; and in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Kieżgajłow, Olelkowicz, Radziwiłł and Sapieha families.

Dejan

Dejan (Macedonian: Дејан; [dɛjan]) is a South Slavic male name derived from the Old Slavic word dejati (дѣятъ>дејати), meaning "action; to act, to do".
It is possible that the name Dejan is an abbreviated form of long names, such as Desimir or Desislav, with old Slavic basis "des" within the meaning "to happen". In the past, the word "des" denoted also fate and destiny, regardless of whether it's good or bad one.
Name may also be related to the Latin deus, meaning "god", although it is unlikely.
It is very common in Serbia and Macedonia, and also common in the republics of Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Bulgaria.

The given name Dejan and the surname Dejanović is unusually widespread in the Serbo-Croatian linguistical region, and it is first mentioned in 1349, in Serbia.Dejan (fl. 1346-1356) was a Serbian medieval magnate in the service of Emperor Dušan.
The form Dejaniš is also found in the 14th century. According to medieval texts, Dejan was widespread in Serbian lands, and it is frequent in Serbian epic poetry. The name is among the most common in Serbia: It was the fifth most given name in the period of 1961–1970 (at 5,61%); first in 1971–1980; ninth in 1981–1990.

1555 Dejan

1555 Dejan (1941 SA) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 15, 1941, by Rigaux, F. at Uccle. Asteroid 1555 Dejan was named after Serb astronomer Petar Đurković's son.

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