Stefan Milutin

Saint Stefan Uroš II Milutin Стефан Урош II Милутин
King Milutin, founder's portrait (fresco) in King's Church of the Studenica Monastery, painted during his lifetime, around 1314
Milutin the Ktetor
Born	1253
Died	29 October 1321(1321-10-29) (aged 68)
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church
King of Serbia
Reign	1282–1321
Coronation	1282
Predecessor	Stefan Dragutin
Successor	Stefan Dečanski
Born	Uroš II Milutin Nemanjić
Burial	St. Nedelya Cathedral in Sofia (relocated in 1460)
Spouse	Jelena Helena Doukaina Angelina Elizabeth of Hungary Anna Terter of Bulgaria Simonis Palaiologina
Issue	Stefan Konstantin Stefan Uroš III Dečanski
House	Nemanjić dynasty
Father	Stefan Uroš I
Mother	Helen of Anjou
Religion	Serbian Orthodox
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Stefan Uroš II Milutin (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Урош II Милутин, romanized: Stefan Uroš II Milutin; c. 1253 – 29 October 1321), known as Saint King, was the King of Serbia between 1282–1321, a member of the Nemanjić dynasty. He was one of the most powerful rulers of Serbia in the Middle Ages and one of the most prominent European monarchs of his time. Milutin is credited with strongly resisting the efforts of Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos to impose Roman Catholicism on the Balkans after the Union of Lyons in 1274. During his reign, Serbian economic power grew rapidly, mostly due to the development of mining. He founded Novo Brdo, which became an internationally important silver mining site. As most of the Nemanjić monarchs, he was proclaimed a saint by the Serbian Orthodox Church with a feast day on October 30.^[1][2][3][4]