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Да би српско-немачке веае биле трајније, током разговора је било уТана- чено да се Тољен, син Немањиног брата кнеза Мирослава Хумског, ожени кћерком истарског маркгрофа Берхтолда од Андекса, који се налазио у царевој пратњи у Нишу и који је одиграо значајну улогу у српско-немачким преговорима. [...]
- ↑ Miloš Crnjanski (1988). Sveti Sava. Glas Crkve. p. 27.
- ↑ Fine 1994, pp. 19-20, 52
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