Gradislav Borilović
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ktetor portrait in the Treskavec Monastery.
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| Died | After 1352 |
| Buried | Treskavec Monastery |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox Christianity |
Gradislav Borilović (Serbian Cyrillic: Градислав Бориловић, Greek: Μποριλοβίκης; fl. 1325–1352) was a Serbian magnate in the service of Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (r. 1321-1331) and Stefan Dušan (r. 1331-1355), having the titles of vojvoda (general), kaznac, and tepčija (the latter two were financial offices). Gradislav led the Serbian army that fought the Ottoman emirate at the Battle of Demotika in October 1352. The battle was fought between the allies of the two rival Byzantine Emperors, John V Palaiologos and John VI Kantakouzenos, and it was the first major battle of the Ottomans on European soil, which ended in a Serbian defeat. Greek sources spoke of Gradislav as "truly one of the most respectable among the Serbs".
Metropolitan Arsenije of Prizren, kaznac Baldovin, vojvoda Gradislav, župan Vratko, knez Grgur Kurjaković, stavilac Miloš, vojvoda Dejan Manjak, Gradislav Sušenica, Nikola Buća, and archdeacon Marin Baranić, all signed the document issued by Stefan Uroš III, dated 22 January 1325, for the sale of Ston and Pelješac to the Republic of Ragusa; the two possessions were officially handed over in 1333. The title of vojvoda was the supreme court title at the time (the hierarchy being stavilac, čelnik, kaznac, tepčija and vojvoda).
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