Grdeša
Grd / Grdeša | |
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Born | ca. 1120 |
Died | 1178 or ca. 1180 |
Occupation | Nobility, military leader |
Title | župan |
Religion | Eastern Christianity |
Military career | |
Allegiance |
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Years of service | fl. 1150–51 |
Battles/wars |
Grdeša (Serbian Cyrillic: Грдеша, Latin: Gerdessa, Gurdeses; fl. 1150–51) or Grd, was the župan (count) of Travunija, mentioned in 1150–51 as serving Grand Prince Uroš II.
It is believed that GrdeÅ¡a was born around 1120. In 1150 he was one of the military commanders in the army of UroÅ¡ II that fought the Byzantine Empire; the combined Serbo-Hungarian army suffered defeat at the Battle of Tara, where GrdeÅ¡a and fellow Duke VuÄina (Bучинa) where captured.[1] It is assumed the prisoners were taken to Sredets (Sofia), but were released in 1151.[2] The death of Grd is placed in 1178 or around 1180.[2] He had a son, župan PribilÅ¡a, who "died in the time of Vladislav".[3]
His tomb (stećak) was found at the local community of Police in Trebinje.[4] The tablet mentions him "in the days of Grand Prince Mihailo" as the župan of Trebinje, and also his brother župan Radomir (Радомир), and his family.[3][4] The stećak is the oldest found and is currently held at the Museum of Herzegovina in Trebinje.[5] A spur of his is in the collection of the National Museum in Sarajevo.
A charter was found, claiming to be dating to 1151, where Desa, the younger brother of Uroš II, gifted the island of Mljet to the monastery of Saint Mary in Apulia, of which witnesses were "iupanus Gerdessa, Desimir, setnicus Rastessa, iupanos Grubessa, Petrus comes Raguseorum...", however, this was proven to be a falsification dating from the 13th century.[6]

References
- ↑ Brand 1976, p. 87.
- 1 2 3 Vizantološki institut SANU 1971.
- 1 2 MihaljÄić & Steindorff 1982, pp. 112-114.
- 1 2 JireÄek & Jagić 1912, p. 12.
- ↑ Muzej Hercegovine Trebinje, ĆiriliÄki natpis sa grobne ploÄe župana Grda, gospodara Trebinja, druga polovina XII v.
- ↑ Kampuš, Ivan (1963). Šidak, Jaroslav, ed. "Novi prilozi o lokrumskim falsifikatima i Desinoj darovnici pulsanskim Benediktincima" (PDF). Historijski zbornik (in Croatian) (Zagreb: Savez povijesnih društava Hrvatske / Štamparski zavod "Ognjen Prica"). Retrieved 2012-11-13.
Sources
- Brand, Charles M. (1976). Deeds of John and Manuel Comnenus. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-52155-0.
- MihaljÄić, Rade; Steindorff, Ludwig (1982). Namentragende Steininschriften in Jugoslawien vom Ende des 7. bis zur Mitte des 13. Jahrhunderts. Steiner Franz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-515-03873-7.
- JireÄek, Konstantin; Jagić, Vatroslav (1912). Staat und Gesellschaft im mittelalterlichen Serbien: Studien zur Kulturgeschichte des 13.-15. Jahrhunderts. Zentralantiquariat der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik.
- Jovanka Kalić-MijuÅ¡ković; Božidar FerjanÄić; Ninoslava RadoÅ¡ević; Georgije Ostrogorski, Franjo BariÅ¡ić (1971). Vizantijski izvori za istoriju naroda Jugoslavije. VizantoloÅ¡ki institut SANU. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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Further reading
- RadojiÄić, ÄorÄ‘e (1931), "GrdeÅ¡a trebinjski župan XII veka", Prilozi za KJIF