Đuraš Ilijić

Đuraš Ilijić
dominus, čelnik, vojvoda
Inscription on his tombstone
Holding(s)Upper Zeta
BornZeta (now Montenegro)
Died1362 (murdered)
BuriedChurch of St. Michael, Miholjska prevlaka
FamilyĐurašević (Crnojević)
Fatherkefalija Ilija
Occupationprovincial governor, military commander

Đuraš Ilijić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђураш Илијић[a], fl. 1326–62) was a Serbian commander and nobleman who served the Serbian monarchs Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–1331), Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–1355) and Uroš V (r. 1355–1371), from 1326 until his death in 1362. He had the title of čelnik ("head"), and governed Upper Zeta. He is an ancestor of the Crnojević noble family (a branch of the Đurašević).