Vojin (magnate)

{{Short description|Serbian magnate and voivode}}

{{dablink|For the fellow magnate, Vojin of Drama, see Vojihna.}}

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| name = Vojin of Gacko / Vojvoda Vojin
Војвода Војин

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| reign = 1322–1347

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| predecessor = Unknown

| successor = Altoman

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| succession = Duke of Gacko

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| issue = Altoman (fl. 1359)
Vojislav
Miloš
Vojislava

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| other_titles = Lord of Gacko
Vojvoda (Serbian Empire)

| noble family = Vojinović

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| religion = Orthodox Christianity

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Vojin of Gacko or Vojvoda Vojin ({{langx|sr|Војвода Војин}}; fl. 1322–1347{{Cref2|a}}) was a Serbian magnate (velikaš) and voivode (military commander equivalent to duke), who was holding the area around Gacko, which was part of Hum, ca.1322-1347. He was in service of King Stephen Uroš III Dečanski (r. 1322–1331) and Emperor Stephen Dušan the Mighty (r. 1331-1355). He is described as one of the most important nobles (velmoža) of King Stephen,Mihaljčić, p. 34 and when the King and his son Dušan entered a succession war, Vojin supported the son.Grupa autora, p. 103 Vojin plundered Dubrovnik in August 1325,Fine, p. 264 and took part in the Battle of Velbazhd (1330), and the southern military campaigns of the Serbian Empire.

Vojin is the eponymous founder of the Vojinović noble family, which eventually became one of the most powerful families as provincial lords during the fall of the Serbian Empire. His sons Altoman and Vojislav were recognized as overlords of the Hum region. His daughter Vojislava married nobleman Brajko Branivojević.Fine, p. 267