Benefactors
Meet the visionaries who built the foundations of modern Serbia.
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Grand Župan
Stefan Nemanja
b. 1113
First King
Stefan Prvovenčani
b. 1165
Educator
Rastko Nemanjić
b. 1175
King
Stefan Vladislav
b. 1198
King
Stefan Uroš I
b. 1223
Queen
Jelena Anžujska
b. 1236
The Greatest Builder
Stefan Uroš II Milutin
b. 1253
King
Stefan Dečanski
b. 1276
Holy Prince
Lazar Hrebeljanović
b. 1329
Princess and nun
Milica Hrebeljanović
b. 1335
Doctor of Law
Sava Popović Tekelija
b. 1761
Bishop and Benefactor
Platon Atanacković
b. 1788
Merchant
Ilija Milosavljević Kolarac
b. 1800
Captain and merchant
Mihajlo Miša Anastasijević
b. 1803
Merchant
Sima Andrejević Igumanov
b. 1804
Minister
Stevan Magazinović
b. 1804
Merchant
Toma Vanđel
b. 1806
Colonel
Đorđe S. Vlajković
b. 1831
Educator
Nikola Čupić
b. 1836
Businessman
Nikola Spasić
b. 1838
Merchant couple
Nikola and Evgenija Kiki
b. 1841
Academician
Milan Kujundžić Aberdar
b. 1842
Benefactor
Jovan Jovanović
b. 1845
Benefactor
Velimir Mihailo Teodorović
b. 1849
Shoemaker
Vladimir Vlajko Kalenić
b. 1851
Merchant and rentier
Luka Ćelović Trebinjac
b. 1854
Scientist
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin
b. 1854
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Literature and sources
This list is for further reading and verification. Online sources were checked on 30 September 2026; books and medieval sources are recommended reading, not sources for individual statements on this page.
Further reading
- Srpski biografski rečnik. Novi Sad: Matica srpska, 2004–.
- Sima Ćirković, Rade Mihaljčić (ur.), Leksikon srpskog srednjeg veka. Beograd: Knowledge, 1999.
- Istorija srpskog naroda, knj. I–VI. Beograd: Srpska književna zadruga, 1981–1994.