Kingdom of Serbia
State · 1188–1884 CE · at its largest around 1326 CE
Serbian state of the Nemanjić dynasty, raised to a kingdom in 1217 under Stefan the First-Crowned, which reached its peak under Stefan Dusan before falling under Ottoman rule.
On its lands while it lasted
- Bobovac (c. 1188 CE): Capital of Banate of Bosnia (1188–1377), Kingdom of Bosnia (1385–1460).
- Stefan Dusan (c. 1308 CE – 1355 CE): Serbian ruler crowned emperor at Skopje in 1346, who expanded Serbia to its greatest extent and issued a law code.
- Royal court in Sutjeska (1342–1463 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Bosnia (1385–1463).
- Prizren (c. 1352 CE): Capital of Serbian Empire (1352–1371).
- Battle of Kosovo (1389 CE): A Serbian-led army under Prince Lazar fought the Ottomans under Murad I; both rulers were killed, and Serbia soon became an Ottoman vassal.
- Belgrade (c. 1402 CE): Capital of Serbian Despots (1402–1421), Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1884), Yugoslavia (1919–1945), and 2 more.
- Skanderbeg (1405 CE – 1468 CE): Albanian nobleman who led a revolt against the Ottoman Empire for a quarter of a century from the fortress of Krujë.
- Sarajevo (1462 CE): Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–today).
- Stari Most (1566 CE): The Ottoman stone bridge over the Neretva at Mostar was completed in 1566. It was destroyed in 1993 during the Bosnian War and rebuilt in 2004.
- Serbian Revolution (1804–1835 CE): Serbian uprisings against Ottoman rule began at Orasac in 1804 under Karadorde. It produced the Principality of Serbia, whose autonomy the Ottomans formally recognised in 1830.
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