Grand Župan
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Grand Župan, or Chief Župan, is the English rendering of some Southern Slavonic titles which relate etymologically to župan (originally a pater familias, later the tribal chief of a unit called župa) like a Russian Grand Prince to a Knyaz (rendered as Prince or Duke).
[edit] Serbia and Montenegro
In the Middle Ages, Serbian Veliki Župan ruled the present-day Serbia and Montenegro. The most notable Grand Župan was Stevan Nemanja, founder of the Serbian mediaeval Nemanjić dynasty.
[edit] Slavonia (Pannonian Croatia)
Veliki Župan was the ruler style since Slavonian independence was achieved until the union with Croatia:
[edit] Sources and references
- [ WorldStatesmen- see each present country]
