As a royal čelnik, the title-holder had a very high position at the Serbian court, often compared to comes palatinus.
[3] Dimitrije entered the service of Stefan Dušan before 1349, when he was mentioned with the title of veliki čelnik.
[5] G. Tomović theorized that this Dimitrije was the same person as the earlier mentioned nobleman Hrvatin (magnate Vojin's brother) who served King Stefan Dečanski (r. 1322–31) and held Rudine (1330).
After Jovan Oliver and Dimitrije, it seems that the title of veliki čelnik was not given at the Serbian Imperial court.
[6] The territories held by Dimitrije were eventually consolidated by Vojin's son Vojislav (fl.