Stephen Constantine of Serbia
| Stefan Konstantin | |
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Gračanica fresco
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| King of Serbia | |
| Reign | 1321–22 |
| Coronation | after 29 October 1321 |
| Predecessor | Stephen Uroš II Milutin |
| Successor | Stephen Uroš III |
| Born | c. 1282 |
| Died | c. 1322 Zeta |
| Issue | Stefan Vasoje |
| Dynasty |
Nemanjić 
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| Father | Stephen Uroš II Milutin |
| Mother | Ana Terter |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox Christianity |
Stefan Konstantin (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Константин; c. 1282–1322) was the King of the Serbian Kingdom in c. 1321–22. The son of Stefan Milutin, he initially held the appanage of Zeta (with Zahumlje and Travunia), and was the heir to the Serbian thone after his father had exiled his revolting brother Stefan Dečanski. After his father's death, a throne struggle broke out between Konstantin, Dečanski and their cousin Vladislav II. He was killed by his younger brother in c. 1322, who went on to defeat Vladislav and gained the Serbian throne.
His father was Stefan Uroš II Milutin of Serbia. It is believed that Konstantin's mother was either Helena Doukaina, the daughter of John I Doukas of Thessaly, or Elizabeth of Hungary.
As prince, he held the župa (county) of Nevesinje between 1303–06.
After the failed rebellion by his younger brother Stephen Uroš III (1314), and the death of his uncle Stefan Dragutin in 1316, Konstantin was given the title Young King, and ruled Zeta; as de facto intended heir, though his father had not officially proclaimed him as such in the state assembly. Stephen Uroš III had been exiled to Constantinople, but had been allowed to return in 1321 following talks between the Archbishop and King Milutin.
His father's endowment of the cathedral of Bari included a silver altar with Konstantin's inscripted name.
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