Neda Dragimirović

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VOJISLAV, son of DRAGOMIR Knez of Duklja and part Trebinje & his [first] wife --- (-[1043], bur Prapratna).

m ---, "niece" of SAMUIL Tsar of the Bulgarians, daughter of --- (-after [1055][49]). The Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja records that "Voislav" married "the niece of emperor Samuel" by whom he had five sons "Goyslav, Michael, Saganec, Radoslav and Predimir"[50]. The word "niece", presumably translated from "neptis", could be interpreted either as niece or granddaughter. Europäische Stammtafeln,[51] presumably on the basis that granddaughter is the appropriate translation, suggests that Vojislav's wife was --- of the Bulgarians, daughter of Gavriil Radomir Tsar of the Bulgarians & his second wife Irina ---. If this is correct, Vojislav's wife must have been born in [990/1000], which would place the birth of the couple's sons in [1015/25]. If "niece" is the correct translation, Vojislav's wife could have been the niece either of Tsar Samuil himself or of his wife. The latter possibility could account for the confusion relating to the wife of Vojislav's first cousin Ivan Vladimir, stated by Europäische Stammtafeln to be the niece of Tsar Samuil's wife (see above), assuming that there was also confusion in the primary sources between Ivan Vladimir and his cousin Vojislav. In this second case, the birth of the couple's sons could be placed much earlier. The Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja records that "the queen ruled the kingdom with her first born son Gojislav" after the death of her husband, in a later passage recording her death after which her son Mihailo "received the kingdom"[52], which dates the event to after the death in battle of her eldest son Gojislav.

Vojislav & his wife had five children:

• 1. GOJISLAV (before 1025-killed in battle [1054/55]).
• 2. MIHAILO (before 1025-[1081/82], bur Monastery of St Sergius & St Bacchus). He declared himself MIHAILO King of Duklja.
• 3. SAGANEC (before 1025-).
• 4. RADOSLAV (-1089 or after).
• 5. PREDIMIR (-killed in battle [1054/55]).