Stefan Uroš IV Dušan Silni ("the Mighty") (
Serbian: Стефан Урош IV Душан Силни,
Greek: Στέφανος Ντουσάν, in
English also Stephen Dushan) (c. 1308 –
December 20 1355) was
king of
Serbia (
September 8 1331 –
April 16 1346) and emperor (
tsar) of the
Serbs and the
Greeks (
April 16 1346 –
December 20 1355).Perhaps the greatest of all Serbian leaders, Dušan, along with his son
Stefan Uroš V, was one of only two true emperors (tsars) of
Serbia. Under his rule Serbia reached its
territorial peak and, as the
Serbian Empire was one of the larger states in
Europe at the time. Apart from significant territorial gains, in 1349 and 1354 he made and enforced
Dušan's Code, a universal system of laws. He is also the only ruler from the
house of Nemanjić who may not have been
canonised as a
saint soon after his death. Dušan was also noted as a man of gigantic proportions, and according to
Papal ambassadors he was the tallest man of his time, estimated at close to seven feet tall.
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