amily:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-US">When King Dragutin abdicated in favor of his
brother Milutin, he retained control of Užice region and was given the Mačva region
by the Hungarian king, of which he formed the Kingdom of Srem. When
King Dragutin died, his lands were annexed to Serbia. The old
Fortress, on the hill, was founded in the mid 14th century. After the death of Emperor Dušan
the Mighty, in the period known as the
"fall of the Serbian Empire", Užice came under the
control of Vojislav Vojinović, a nobleman in the service of Emperor Uroš
the Weak. When Vojislav died, his nephew Nikola Altomanović controls
the region. When child-less Uroš died, the former Imperial provincial lords
begin fighting each other.
SerbianAutokrator Lazar
Hrebeljanović and Tvrtko I of Bosnia defeated Nikola
Altomanović, and divided his lands between themselves. Nikola was blinded in
the fortress on the orders of Stefan Musić. Užice came under the control
of Lazar, then the Serbian Despotate under his son Stefan
Lazarević.
Ottoman
occupation
