The monastery of Mileseva was founded by Vladislav,
King of Serbia, son of Stefan the First-Crowned and
grandson of Stefan Nemanja, founder of the Serbian
medieval dynasty. Ancient Serbian biographers recorded
that the erection of Mileseva started immediately after
Vladislav's accession to the trone in 1234. However, some
specific details of the church frescoes lead to the
conclusion that Mileseva might have
been constructed some ten years earlier, at the time
when Vladislav was a royal prince ruling over the
Black Mount (Crna Stena) area in which the monastery
was located.
After having spent ten years on the trone, Vladislav was to pass the
scepter over
to his younger brother Uros in 1243. Residing thereafter in
the coastal region of Zeta, he died in the eighties of the 13th century
and was buried in his royal foundation - Monastery of
Mileseva.
