Kingdom of Dioclea

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Was a medieval South Slavic state which roughly encompassed the territories of modern-day southeastern Montenegro.

Establishment

January 1031: Voislav around 1030 reconstituted the State of Doclea and completely incorporated Travunia into it.

Chronology

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1. Stefan Vojislav´s Uprising

The Byzantine governor of Duklja led an unsuccessful revolt against the empire.

November 1037: Between late 1037 and the first months of 1038 Stefan Vojislav, a former Byzantine governor, managed to take partial control of the principalities of Travunia and Zaclumia.

January 1041: From 1040 Dioclea extended from the coastal Stagno to Scutari therefore including the southern offshoots of Lake Scutari with the towns of Trebigne, Cattaro and Bar.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1041: A Slav rebellion centered on Belgrade, worked in Vojislav's favour by diverting attention from Duklja. He used this to assert rule from his capital in Scutari, and extended his rule from Duklja to Travunia and a part of Zachlumia. He besieged the Byzantine city of Dyrrhachium and held the lands surrounding it.

January 1044: Stefan Vojislav, the Prince of Duklja, placed most of Bosnia and Serbia under his control. Duklja became undoubtedly the leading Slavic state.

January 1093: In 1091 or 1092, Vukan became independent, taking the title of Grand Prince (veliki župan) of Serbia.

January 1094: The Serbians expanded along the Vardar, obtaining much booty and taking the cities of Vranje, Skopje and Tetovo.

January 1147: By the time of Radoslav's reign as prince of Serbia, he only held a small strip of land on the Dukljan coast (From Kotor to Ulcinj).

January 1151: Uroš II and Desa undertook an offensive against Radoslav of Duklja, who was a loyal Byzantine vassal. Radoslav was pushed to the southwestern corner of Duklja, to Kotor, and retained only the coastal area.