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"Doclea" the name of the region during the early period of the Roman Empire, was termed for an early Illyrian tribe. In later centuries, Romans "hyper-corrected" to "Dioclea" wrongly guessing that an "I" had been lost due to vulgar speech patterns. "Duklja" is the later Slavic version of that word.

It was one of the four southern Dalmatian Slavic duchies, other three being Narenta (Pagania), Zahumlje and Travunia that weren't united under either Croatia to the northwest or Rascia ( Serbia) to the northeast.

One of the famous mentions of Duklja is the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja which was written by a priest from Dioclea (Bar) around 1180- 1196Events Spring, London, popular uprising of the poor against the rich led by William Fitz Osbern. According to a popular legend, Prince Madog of Gwynedd reached North America in what is present-day Alabama. Births Deaths Alfonso II of Aragon William Fitz O and which includes various information about these and related territories.

Duklja was populated by Christians of the Latin RiteThe Latin Rite is the name given to the rituals, customs and laws followed by the Roman Catholic Church. Of the many Latin rites of the past, three have survived: the Roman rite (the more common), and the Mozarabic and Ambrosian rites, used mostly in Lomb and was initially usually under the suzerainty of the ByzantiumByzantium was the original name of the modern city of Istanbul. Byzantium was originally settled by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzantas. The name "Byzantium" is a Latinization of the original Greek name Byzantion . or of BulgariaThe Republic of Bulgaria is a republic in the southeast of Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the east, Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north along the river Danube. up to the 11th century10th century 11th century 12th century other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. Events 1000 (cca), Vikings, led by Leif Eirikson, establish small settlements at and aro when the dukes of Duklja started having noticeable success in their struggle for independence.

Starting in 1036Events Emperor Go-Suzaku ascends the throne of Japan. Edward the Confessor attempts to seize the throne of England from Harold I. Births Deaths Emperor Go-Ichijo of Japan 1036., Dobroslav, also called Stephen Vojislav, who was a descendent of both Serbian (from Travunia) and Croatian royal families, liberated Duklja from the Bulgarians for a short period. Later his achievements were repeated by his descendents Mihail, Bodin, Vukan, Marko, Uroš I, Uroš II and finally Stefan NemanjaStefan Nemanja Stefan I (ca 1132- February 13 1199 or 1200) was the Grand Zupan of RaSka (Rascia), located in the central west region of the Balkans from 1166 or 1168 to 1196. He established control over the teritories of neighbouring Serb tribes, includi who later expanded Raška to include Duklja and other Catholic territories and became the founder of the Nemanjic Serbian royal dynastyNemanjic ( Serbian also Nemanjid was a medieval Serb ruling dynasty. The dynasty was named after Stefan Nemanja, though it began shortly before him. It gave sixteen Serbian monarchs between 1166 and 1371. The family crest was a bicephalic argent eagle on, the first dynasty to have a member of it recognized by the Pope ( Stefan Prvovencani in 1217).

Nemanja himself was initially baptized under Roman rite like the other rulers of Duklja, and later rebaptized under Byzantine Rite. He gave the rule over Duklja to his son Vukan Nemanjic, and due to the difference in religions the two ostensibly united territories were at odds. Eventually though the Serbian influence prevailed.

The relationship between the regions of Duklja and Zeta is somewhat unclear. Duklja was mostly referenced as the littoral area between the Bay of Kotor and the Skadar Lake, while Zeta refers to the river located inland and is thus the more accurate predecessor of the 19th century Montenegro. According to another interpretation, Duklja was composed of Zeta and Travunja (Travunja was roughly today's eastern Herzegovina and Konavle ). In any event, the name "Duklja" went out of use by the end of the Middle Ages.