Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Nemanja was born around the year 1113 AD in Ribnica, (in the vicinity of present-day, the capital of ). He was the youngest son of, a Prince of, who after a conflict with his brothers was sent to Ribnica where he had the title of Lord. Zavida ( Beli Uroš) was most probably a son of. Since western Zeta was under jurisdiction, Nemanja received a Latin baptism, although much of his later life was spent balancing Western and Eastern forms of Christianity.

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On a hill of, the capital of (Serbia) After Byzantine armies defeated Nemanja's kinsmen and, leading to the decline of that branch of the family, Zavida took his family to their hereditary lands at Raška. Upon arriving in, the capital of Raška, Nemanja was re-baptised in the, in the which was an episcopal see. Prince [ ] Upon reaching adulthood, Nemanja became ' () of,, and Reke', receiving the česti (parts of the state) from the Byzantine Emperor. Manuel had appointed Zavida's eldest son as the supreme Grand Prince of the Serb lands; his brother ruled, ruled.

In 1163, Byzantine Emperor installed Nemanja's older brother as Grand Župan of Raška in Desa's place, which disappointed Nemanja greatly, as he expected that he would get the throne. Nemanja met Emperor Manuel in in 1162, who gave him the region of to rule over and declared him independent. The Emperor gave him a Byzantine court title as it was important for the Emperor to have the borderlands of the Empire ruled by loyal leaders. Nemanja's Serb squadrons fought in the Imperial Army in 1164 in during the wars against the. Nemanja ruled independently; he built the Monastery of Saint Nicholas in and the Monastery of the Holy Mother of Christ near -, without the Tihomir's approval. His brothers invited him to a council at Ras, supposedly to resolve the situation, but instead they imprisoned him in a nearby cave.

Nemanja's supporters advised church leaders that Tihomir had done this because he disapproved of church building, something that would later help Nemanja greatly. A later legend claimed himself freed Nemanja from the cave. Between 1166 and 1168, Prince Nemanja rebelled against his older brother Tihomir, and deposed him and his brothers, Miroslav and Stracimir. The Byzantine Emperor raised a army for Tihomir, made up of, and, which Nemanja defeated at the, south of.

Tihomir drowned in the river, and the other brothers surrendered to Nemanja, who allowed them to rule their previous lands. Nemanja assumed the title of of all Serbia, and took the first name (from Stephanos meaning 'crowned'). Nemanja married a Serbian noblewoman,, with whom he had three sons:,. Grand Prince [ ]. Ruins of a capital of Grand Župan of Stafan Nemanja.

Stefan Nemanja built the church of ( Pillars of St. George) in Ras in 1171. According to the legend, this was to thank for freeing him from the cave in which his brothers had imprisoned him, as well as helping him rise to power. The same year, Nemanja had his third son -. In 1171, Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja sided with the in a dispute with the, with the aim of gaining full independence from Byzantine rule. The Venetians incited the of the eastern littoral to rebel against Byzantine rule. Nemanja joined them, launching an offensive towards the coastal city of.