Stefan Štiljanović

Despot Stefan Štiljanović Stefan Štiljanović
Administrator Knez of the Paštrovići
Serbian Icon, made by Stanoje Popović (1740)
Despot of Serbia
Reign	1537–1543
Predecessor	Pavle Bakić
Born	Paštrovići (now Montenegro)
Died	1543 Đuntir hill near Siklos, Baranya (now Hungary)
Burial	Šišatovac, then St. Michael's Cathedral
Spouse	Jelena
Full name Stefan Štiljanović Posthumous name Saint Despot Stefan Štiljanović
Religion	Serbian Orthodox Christian

Stefan Štiljanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Штиљановић; fl. 1498 – 1543) was the last prominent Serbian nobleman of the period of Ottoman subjugation of Serbia, and according to folklore, he was the last Despot of Serbia. He ruled a large territory under the Hungarian crown, due to his famed operations against the Ottoman Empire in the frontiers. Štiljanović is venerated as a Saint in the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Štiljanović was born in Paštrovići (modern Montenegro). Paštrovići was mentioned in 1377 as one of the Serbian opština, and in 1423 they became subjects of the Republic of Venice after signing a treaty amid the Ottoman expansion. He was elected the knez of Paštrovići in the Rezevici monastery, and would be the last and most celebrated one. Štiljanović had seven mills in his possession. He left his possessions to his people for Syrmia (modern Serbia) after a feud with the Republic of Venice, in 1498. The same year he had the town of Morović built, where he would have his residence. In 1507 he gained the town of Siklós in Baranya by Louis II of Hungary.

During the succession war between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya, he took the side of Ferdinand. After the crowning of Ferdinand on November 3, 1527, he became administrator of Novigrad and Orahovica. He also gained the villages of Miholjac and Glogovnica, estates in the Virovitica county and the town of Valpovo, in which he had his residence. He administered significant towns which had earlier been under the rule of Jovan Nenad. He had his own flotilla.