PATRIMONY OF QUEEN JELENA (ON THE BACKGROUND OF SERBIAN-HUNGARIAN CONFLICTS IN THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES)*
Abstract
During the latter half of the thirteenth and the early half of the fourteenth
centuries, a series of conflicts emerged between the Nemanjić rulers and their Hungarian
neighbors. This article offers a new perspective on the origins of these conflicts, which, as recent
research suggests, began in late 1265 – early 1266 when King Uroš I attacked Further
Srem/Szerém (Mačva/Macsó). The article argues that the conflicts arose from a dynastic dispute
over the land of Further Srem, which was the patrimony of Queen Jelena, the royal consort of
Uroš I and daughter of John Angelos, the lord of Srem.
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