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Lazar was born in Prilepac, which is near Novo Brdo, in 1329,
the son of the imperial chancellor Pribac Hrebeljanović. He was
educated at Emperor Dušan's court in Prizren. He was later
granted the high title knez ("prince" in Serbian) by Dusan's
successor St. Emperor Stefan Uroš V. Despite his imperial title,
Uroš was a weak and ineffectual leader, allowing local nobles to
gain power and influence at the expense of the central
authority. Lazar remained a loyal vassal to Stefan Uros V.
After the death of the emperor, Lazar became a central figure in
Serbia. He called, together with his son-in-law Đurađ
Stracimirović, a synod that elected a new patriarch, Saint
Ephraem. Lazar sent a delegation to Constantinople with the monk
Isaiah to implore the patriarch to heal the