While this view is popular among historians as well, some argue that he was not especially incompetent in his role as Emperor of Serbia, and that the decline of the empire was much less spectacular and started much later into his rule than popular opinion suggests.
Mentres este punto de vista é moi popular entre algúns historiadores, outros argumentan que non foi especialmente incompetente no seu papel como emperador de Serbia, e que o declive do Imperio foi moito menos espectacular e comenzou moito máis tarde do que suxiere a opinión popular.