Velikaš Explained

Velikaš (Serbian: великаш, Serbian: {{lang|sr-Latn|velikaši|italic=no) is the Serbo-Croatian word for 'magnate', derived from ('great, large, grand'). Another word is, which was commonly used for provincial lords . It was used to refer to the highest nobility of Serbia in the Middle Ages and Croatia in the Middle Ages while the highest nobility in Bosnia were called vlastelin (lower status).^[1] It is the equivalent of boyar, used in Eastern Europe.

Titles used by the higher nobility include vojvoda (general, duke), veliki župan, etc.

Serbian magnates

See also: Serbian nobility in the Middle Ages.

Serbian Empire

Magnates with Byzantine court titles

• prince Simeon Uroš, Dušan's half-brother, duke of Epirus and Acarnania
• Jovan Asen, Dušan's brother-in-law, governor in southern Albania
• Jovan Oliver, Dušan's close associate, and governor in Ovče Pole and left Vardar
• Dejan, Dušan's brother-in-law, governor of Pčinja
• Branko, Dušan's relative, governor of Ohrid
• Preljub, Dušan's son-in-law,, duke of Kastoria, Voden and Veria, and governor of Thessaly
• Vojihna, Dušan's relative, and governor of Drama
• Grgur, Dušan's relative (son of Branko), and governor of Polog

Magnates with Slavic court titles

• Altoman Vojinović, son of Vojin and son-in-law of Mladen

Croatian magnates

See also: Croatian nobility.

Notes and References

1. Book: Prilozi. 11-13. 1975. Institut. 31.