Stefan Vukanović Nemanjić

Stefan Vukanović Nemanjić (, d. after 1252) was prince ( / knez) of upper Zeta in the medieval Kingdom of Serbia. He was the principal ktetor of the Morača monastery (in modern Montenegro). He was the second son of Serbian Grand Prince Vukan Nemanjić (r. 1202-1204), and also a nephew of Serbian king Stefan the First-Crowned (r. 1196–1202, 1204–1227).

Life Stefan was the son of Grand Prince Vukan, who was self-styled "King of Duklja, Dalmatia, Travunia, Toplica and Hvosno" (1195), and ruled the entire Serbia briefly in 1202-1204. Stefan Vukanović, titled knez ("prince") had two brothers, the eldest Đorđe, who was the Grand Prince of Zeta (1208–1216), and youngest Dmitar, a župan (county lord) and monk. In 1252, Stefan Vukanović built the Morača monastery.

Morača monastery

Stefan Vukanović built the monastery by the Morača river, in the region of upper Zeta, in modern Montenegro. It was founded in 1251-1252, during the rule of Serbian king Stefan Uroš I (r. 1243–1276), who issued the founding charter. Upon foundation, the monastery of Morača belonged to the Eparchy of Zeta of the Archbishopric of Žiča, and today it belongs to the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral of the Serbian Orthodox Church.