Kesar Novak Explained

Kesar Novak the Serb
More:no
caesar of [Lake Prespa]
Spouse:Kali
Spouse-Type:Wife
Issue:Amiral
Marija
House-Type:Noble House
Religion:Orthodox Christianity

Novak the Serb (Srbin Novak) was a 14th-century Serbian nobleman that held the region of Lake Prespa during the Serbian Empire of Uroš the Weak (r. 1355–1371). He held the title of Caesar, and is hence also known as Kesar Novak.[1]

He had a Greek wife, Kali, with whom he had a daughter Marija (Maria) and a son Amiral (Amiralis).[2]

Among his endowments are the cave-church of Bogorodica (Holy Virgin Eleusa[3]) on the island of Maligrad where frescoes and Greek inscriptions of his family exist dating to 1369.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Macedonia, by T R Georgevitch, page p. 47
  2. Tania Velmans, page 178
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=z80LAQAAMAAJ Scripta & e-scripta
  4. Jirecek, Geschichte, I, 1-33