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Stefan Dušan

1308 - 1355

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Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Урош IV Душан, pronounced [stêfaːn ûroʃ tʃětʋr̩ːtiː dǔʃan] ), known as Dušan the Mighty (Serbian: Душан Силни, romanized: Dušan Silni; c. 1308 – 20 December 1355), was the king of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and tsar (or emperor) and autocrat of the Serbs, Greeks (or Romans), Albanians and Bulgarians from 16 April 1346 until his death in 1355.Dušan conquered a large part of southeast Europe, becoming one of the most powerful monarchs of the era. Under Dušan's rule, Serbia was the most powerful state in Southeast Europe, one of the most powerful European states and an Eastern Orthodox multi-ethnic and multilingual empire that stretched from the Danube in the north to the Gulf of Corinth in the south, with its capital in Skopje. He enacted the constitution of the Serbian Empire, known as Dušan's Code, perhaps the most important literary work of medieval Serbia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stefan Dušan has received more than 696,609 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Stefan Dušan is the 823rd most popular politician (up from 876th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 135th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Turkish Politician.

Stefan Dušan was most famous for conquering and uniting the Serbian lands, as well as conquering and uniting the Bulgarian lands.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Stefan Dušan ranks 823 out of 15,577Before him are Viktor Yushchenko, Romanos IV Diogenes, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Alexander Kerensky, William III of the Netherlands, and Constantine IX Monomachos. After him are Ancus Marcius, Christian IV of Denmark, Gordian III, Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Todor Zhivkov, and Vlad II Dracul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1308, Stefan Dušan ranks 1After him are Joan III, Countess of Burgundy, Henry II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, Wang Meng, Leo IV, King of Armenia, Longchenpa, Mastino II della Scala, Prince Moriyoshi, and Michele Morosini. Among people deceased in 1355, Stefan Dušan ranks 1After him are Inês de Castro, Marino Faliero, Louis, King of Sicily, Eleanor of Woodstock, Michael of Trebizond, and Matteo II Visconti.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Stefan Dušan ranks 115 out of 1,301Before him are Photios I of Constantinople (900), Nikephoros I (760), Julius Nepos (430), İsmet İnönü (1884), Romanos IV Diogenes (1030), and Constantine IX Monomachos (1000). After him are Eudoxus of Cnidus (-408), Polycarp (69), Manuel II Palaiologos (1350), Kara Mustafa Pasha (1634), Fethullah Gülen (1941), and Marcion of Sinope (85).

Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Stefan Dušan ranks 65Before him are Artemisia I of Caria (-500), Nikephoros I (760), Julius Nepos (430), İsmet İnönü (1884), Romanos IV Diogenes (1030), and Constantine IX Monomachos (1000). After him are Manuel II Palaiologos (1350), Kara Mustafa Pasha (1634), Michael III (840), Şah Sultan (1509), Andronikos II Palaiologos (1259), and Basil II (958).