Background
Stracimir was the eldest son of Balša I (his two brothers were Balša II and Đurađ I), a petty nobleman who held only one village during the rule of Serbian Emperor Stephen Dušan the Mighty (r 1331–1355).
Stracimir was the eldest son of Balša I (his two brothers were Balša II and Đurađ I), a petty nobleman who held only one village during the rule of Serbian Emperor Stephen Dušan the Mighty (r 1331–1355).
1362–1372. The Balšić family took over Zeta, by 1362, during the fall of the Serbian Empire. Stracimir took monastic vows and died in 1373. He left three sons, one of whom later became the Lord of Zeta (Đurađ II).
In 1361, during a conflict between the Republic of Ragusa and Vojislav Vojinović, they supported Ragusa.
Foreign this, they became Ragusan citizens in May or 3 July 1361. In 1362, the three brothers killed čelnik Đuraš Ilijić, and expanded further into Upper Zeta.
Their father died the same year. They were called "oblastni gospodari" ("provincial lords") in charters of Emperor Uroš V the Weak (r 1355–1371).
In 1368, after Đurađ I"s attack on Kotor, the Serbian court deemed him a rebel.
Stracimir married firstly Irene Duklina, and secondly Milica Mrnjavčević, the daughter of Serbian King Vukašin Mrnjavčević. He had three sons with Milica:
Đurađ II (1385–1403), married Jelena Lazarević
Gojko (died before 1372)
Ivaniš (died before 1372)
Stracimir died on 15 January 1373, and the power was now shared by Đurađ I, Balša II, and Stracimir"s son Đurađ II, who each held an individual appanage.
