Mihailo I of Duklja

Mihailo Vojislavljević was a medieval Serbian king and the ruler of Dioclea (Duklja), from 1046 to 1081, initially as a Byzantine vassal holding the title of protospatharios, then after 1077 as nominally serving received Travunia (Trebinje) ruled briefly until he was killed by local nobles, who set up Domanek in his place.

While in no imminent danger from that side, Mihailo found it favorable to further strengthen ties with Byzantium and, in 1050, he received the title of protospatharios and married a niece of Constantine IX Monomachos, In the fall of 1072, Michael I gladly sent Constantine Bodin with 300 troops, which arrived at Prizren and met with Voiteh and other magnates. There they crowned Bodin "Emperor of the Bulgarians" and gave him the name 'Peter III', recalling the names of the Emperor-Saint Peter I (d. 970) and of Peter II Delyan (who had led the first major revolt against Byzantine rule in 1040–1041).

Papal vassalage; crown receival, and Byzantine enemy After the uprising, Mihailo began looking for support westward - to the Pope. This came as a result not only of his alienation from the Byzantines, but also from a desire to create an independent archbishopric within his realm and to finally to obtain a royal title. In the aftermath of the Church schism of 1054, Pope Gregory VII was interested in bestowing royal crown on rulers in the rift area and Mihailo was granted his in 1077. Thereafter, Duklja was referred to as a kingdom, a situation that lasted until its reduction in the following century.

It is not known whether his brothers accepted him as supreme ruler or if he forced it upon them. Onwards, Mihailo was the ruler of All Duklja, and his brothers may at most have had only appanages. / Τριβαλλῶν καὶ Σέρβων...ἀρχηγός ), and was called an "ally and friend of the Byzantines", having received the title of protospatharios. In 1077, he received a crown from Pope Gregory VII, Anna Komnene (1083–1153) calls him "Exarch of Dalmatia [i.e. Serbia]".

Family

Mihailo married a niece of Constantine IX Monomachos, with whom he had seven sons, out of which four are known:

Vladimir Constantin Bodin Dobroslav II Petrislav, ruled Rascia (anachronism for the Principality of Serbia) A daughter