page_title: Stefan the First-Crowned
hierarchical_section_title: Stefan the First-Crowned
caption_attribution_description: English: 13th-century fresco from the Mileševa monastery depicting King Stefan the First-Crowned Српски / srpski: Фреска из манастира Милешеве, из периода пре 1228. На фресци је краљ sr:Стефан Првовенчани.
context_page_description: Stefan Nemanjić or Stefan the First-Crowned was Grand Prince of Serbia from 1196, and the King of Serbia from 1217 until his death in 1228. He was the first Rascian king, and through his promotion of the Serbian Grand Principality into a kingdom and helping his brother Saint Sava in establishing the Serbian Church, he is regarded one of the most important of the Nemanjić dynasty.
context_section_description: Stefan Nemanjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Немањић, [stêfaːn němaɲitɕ]) or Stefan the First-Crowned (Serbian: Стефан Првовенчани / Stefan Prvovenčani, IPA: [stêfaːn prʋoʋěntʃaːniː]; around 1165 –  24 September 1228) was Grand Prince of Serbia from 1196, and the King of Serbia from 1217 until his death in 1228. He was the first Rascian king, and through his promotion of the Serbian Grand Principality into a kingdom and helping his brother Saint Sava in establishing the Serbian Church, he is regarded one of the most important of the Nemanjić dynasty.
caption: Fresco of Stefan the First-Crowned from Mileševa Monastery
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