Tepčija

Tepčija (Serbian Cyrillic: тепчија) was a court title of Croatia,[1] Serbia and Bosnia in the Middle Ages.

[6] "Veliki tepčija" took care of the royal estates.

[7] Tepčija had a similar office to that of the kaznac ,[7] and cared of all major feudal estates bar that which belonged to the Court.

[8] The Serbian court hierarchy at the time of king Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321) was as follows: stavilac, čelnik, kaznac, tepčija and vojvoda, the supreme title.

[9] In the Dečani chrysobulls of king Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–31), the court dignitaries present at the Dečani assembly were the kaznac, tepčija, vojvoda, sluga and stavilac.

Tepčija Gradislav and his wife, Treskavac Monastery.