Person

Nikola Altomanović

c. 1348–after 1373 · 14th century

Nikola Altomanović was a Serbian magnate who built the largest lordship in western Serbia as the empire of Stefan Dušan broke up. By about 1371 he held lands from Rudnik and Užice to the borders of Ragusa. In 1373 Prince Lazar and Tvrtko I of Bosnia defeated him, divided his lands and had him blinded.

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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Lordship of Nikola Altomanović Moravian Serbia

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