Pristina was an important town in late Medieval Serbia. The ''župe'' (counties) of Sitnica and Lipljan, which had territory around present-day Pristina, are mentioned in ''Life of Saint Simeon'', a text written by the Serbian historical figure Saint Sava between 1201 and 1208. The city was also a royal estate of Stefan Milutin, Stefan Uroš III, Stefan Dušan, Stefan Uroš V and Vuk Branković. The medieval fort of Višegrad, whose ruins lie three kilometres east of the city centre, was mentioned in Milutin's time, and served as his capital, and the nearby Gračanica monastery was founded by him in ca. 1315.