Vojin of Gacko or Vojvoda Vojin (; fl. 1322–1347) was a Serbian magnate (velikaš) and voivode (military commander equivalent to duke), who was holding the area around Gacko, which was part of Hum, ca.1322-1347. He was in service of King Stephen Uroš III Dečanski (r. 1322–1331) and Emperor Stephen Dušan the Mighty (r. 1331-1355). He is described as one of the most important nobles (velmoža) of King Stephen,Mihaljčić, p. 34 and when the King and his son Dušan entered a succession war, Vojin supported the son.Grupa autora, p. 103 Vojin plundered Dubrovnik in August 1325,Fine, p. 264 and took part in the Battle of Velbazhd (1330), and the southern military campaigns of the Serbian Empire.
Vojin is the eponymous founder of the Vojinović noble family, which eventually became one of the most powerful families as provincial lords during the fall of the Serbian Empire. His sons Altoman and Vojislav were recognized as overlords of the Hum region. His daughter Vojislava married nobleman Brajko Branivojević.Fine, p. 267
Family Miloš, mentioned as stavilac in 1333, died young Altoman (d. 1359), veliki župan, married Ratoslava Mladenović (Branković) Vojislav (d. 25.10.1363), veliki knez Vojislava (also Voisava or Sela), married Brajko Branivojević
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Grupa autora, „Rodoslovne tablice i grbovi srpskih dinastija i vlastele (prema tablicama Alekse Ivića)“ (drugo znatno dopunjeno i prošireno izdanje), Beograd, 1991. John V.A. Fine. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. The University of Michigan Press. George C. Soulis, The Serbs and Byzantium during the reign of Emperor Stephen Dusan (1331-1355) and his successors, Athens, 1995. Rade Mihaljčić, „Kraj srpskog carstva“, Beograd, 1975.