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Kesar Novak

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Kesar Novak the Serb
caesar of Lake Prespa
Fresco depicting him found in Saint Mary's Church.
WifeKali
IssueAmiral
Marija

Kesar Novak (Serbian Cyrillic: Кесар Новак) was a 14th-century Serbian nobleman that held the region of Lake Prespa during the Serbian Empire of Uroš the Weak (r. 1355–1371).

Biography

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Novak held the title of Caesar, and is hence also known as Kesar Novak.[1] He had a Greek wife, Kali, with whom he had a daughter Marija (Maria) and a son Amiral (Amiralis).[2]

Among his endowments are the cave-church of Bogorodica (Holy Virgin Eleusa[3]) on the island of Maligrad where frescoes and Greek inscriptions of his family exist dating to 1369.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Macedonia, by T R Georgevitch, page p. 47
  2. ^ Tania Velmans, page 178
  3. ^ Scripta & e-scripta, Vol 5, page 196
  4. ^ Jirecek, Geschichte , I, 1-33

Sources

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New title Caesar of Prespa
under Vukašin Mrnjavčević

fl. 1369
Succeeded by
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