Stefan Nemanja had sent an envoy in…

July 1189 CE

Stefan Nemanja had sent an envoy in 1188 to Nuremberg, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa's capital, inviting him to stay during while crusading to the Holy Land with Count Berthold Andechs of Istria's Krain, who is at the same time Duke of Croatia and Slavonia.

The Emperor had disembarked on the Third Crusade and arrives on July 27, 1189 with one hundred thousand crusaders to Niš, where Stefan Nemanja and Stracimir accept and host the German monarch.

A marriage is arranged between Barthold Andex's daughter and Miroslav's son Toljen to strengthen Serbian-German relations.

Nemanja's proposals to Barbarossa that he should abandon the Holy War and strike at Constantinople with him meet little approval.

Frederick needs Constantinople’s help to move his military might to Asia.

The emperor’s plans change when an imperial force stops him from reaching his next stop: Sophia.

The Greeks also start raiding his Army, which infuriates the Emperor so much that he plans an offensive to Constantinople itself.

Stefan Nemanja offers twenty thousand men to support the Emperor's military campaign, while the Bulgarians offer more than twice that amount.

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