Andrija of Hum

Who he is

Name

Andrija (Andrew), son of Miroslav

Title

Prince of Hum (Miroslav's heir)

Since

1198 (division after his father's death)

Born

about 1187-1189 (inferred from his being about ten in 1198)

Family

Hum branch of the Nemanjici. Father: Miroslav of Hum (died 1198), Nemanja's brother. Mother: Ban Kulin's sister (not named), named with Kulin in Vukan's letter of September 1199 and probably at Kulin's court; who governs for Andrija is not known. Brother: Peter (Petar), in northern Hum. Cousins: Stefan and Vukan.

Confidence

low

English Wikipedia (Andrija of Hum, citing Fine 1994 pp. 52-54 and Istorijski zapisi 1960 p. 34).

Overlord

The grand zupan by family right (Stefan later restores him, about 1216).

What it holds

• Ston and the salt pans
• the Peljesac peninsula
• the coast (Primorje) to Slano
• Popovo field
• Mljet as overlord of its Benedictines (not pinned)

How it was acquired

By the division of Miroslav's lands, 1198.

Allies and rivals

Rival of his brother Peter; nephew of Ban Kulin; cousin of Stefan and Vukan.

How things stand that morning

Holds the coast and Popovo (low confidence); a minor.

Wealth

Salt of Ston and the coastal trade.

Military

The coast's nobles and men; no figures.

Threats

• Peter and the Hum nobles (expulsion after about 1203).
• Hungary on the Neretva.

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. after about 1203 (later)Expelled by Peter; exile at Stefan's court.Depends on: Hungarian withdrawal from western Hum and the nobles backing Peter. Stopped by: Stefan's intervention.

Where the sources disagree

• Other accounts make Peter prince of all Hum already in the late 1190s (see Hum).

Evidence: Fine's reconstruction from late sources.

On the map: The division line between the brothers is not documented.

Primary sources for Hum

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• The Chronicle of the Priest of Dioclea, Anonymous (the priest of Dioclea; Rudger, archbishop of Bar, by Zivkovic's attribution) (disputed: the 12th century on the older view, about 1295 to 1301 on the current one). The chronicle ends before 1200 and gives no event of that year. Read online
• History of the bishops of Salona and Split, by Thomas the Archdeacon, Thomas of Split (about 1266). Written two generations later by a Split churchman born about 1200. Read online
• Charters of the kingdom of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia, volume 2, 1101 to 1200 (documents of 1101 to 1200, edited 1904). The Croatian and Dalmatian charters to 1200: the acts of Duke Andrew as lord of Croatia and Dalmatia (1197 to 1204), the Hungarian kings' grants, the Templars and the bishops of Zagreb, Split, Zadar and Trogir, the communal statutes of the coastal towns, and the papal letters of 1200 to Emeric about Ban Kulin of Bosnia and heresy. Read online
• The Lives of St Simeon (Stefan Nemanja) by Sava and by Stefan the First-Crowned, Sava of Serbia (Rastko Nemanjic) and Stefan the First-Crowned (Sava's Life 1208, as the preface to the Studenica typikon (a short Life stands in the Hilandar typikon of 1199); Stefan's Life 1216). The two sons' lives of Stefan Nemanja are the Serbian witness to the situation of 1200: Nemanja's abdication at Ras in 1196 in favour of Stefan, his monastic years at Studenica and on Mount Athos, the founding of Hilandar (1198) and his death there on 13 February 1199, and, in Stefan's version written after the event, the war with the elder brother Vukan of Zeta, who seized the throne with Hungarian help in 1202. Read online