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Also known as Jelena Mrnjavčević

Jefimija (, ; 1349–1405), secular name Jelena Mrnjavčević (, or ), was a Serbian noblewoman, wife of Jovan Uglješa Mrnjavčević, considered to be the first female Serbian poet.

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Јелена НемањићJelena Nemanjić
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Orthodox NunChristian poetry
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Jefimija Jelena Mrnjavčevic Fresco.jpg
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Fresco detail in Ljubostinja Monastery
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Jefimija (Euphemia)
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Jelena Mrnjavčević
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Nun
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Medieval Serbian
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Writer.notableworks
Royal doors curtain of Hilandar; covering of Prince Lazar'sPoem Her Lament for a Dead SonPoem Encomium of Prince Lazar Ark
Writer.spouse
Jovan Uglješa Mrnjavčević
Writer.children
Uglješa Mrnjavčević Despotović

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date of birth
1349-01-01
date of death
1405-01-01
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Jefimija
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  • Biography
  • Encomium of Prince Lazar
  • Issue
  • Legacy
  • See also
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Jefimija (, ; 1349–1405), secular name Jelena Mrnjavčević (, or ), was a Serbian noblewoman, wife of Jovan Uglješa Mrnjavčević, considered to be the first female Serbian poet.

==Biography== Her father was Caesar Vojihna, member of the collateral branch of Nemanjić dynasty. Jefimija's mother, Caesaraea Jelena, after the death of her husband became an Orthodox nun under the name Jevpraksija (Eupraxia) and in 1358 made a considerable donation to the Koutloumousiou monastery.

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