[2] In the hierarchy of the Serbian court, kaznac ranked higher than stavilac and čelnik, and lower than tepčija and vojvoda, the supreme title.

[6] P. Grujić stressed that his career started as sluga (a special court office, similar to stavilac[7]), mentioned in a confirmation of Ragusan privileges.

[8] Ferjančić was unsure of this,[8] while the Serbian Institute of Byzantinology now agrees that Dragoslav began his rise on Milutin's court as sluga.

[12] In an inscription in the church, his elevated title of veliki kaznac is mentioned — this meant that he was the supreme court administrator of state assets.

[6] According to some, Dragoslav married Teodora, the mother of Stefan Dušan and former Queen consort, sometime between 1322 and 1326, and thence received the title of despot.