Serbian Despots

State · 1375–1421 CE · at its largest around 1375 CE

The Serbian Despotate, the Serbian state of the Lazarević and Branković rulers named after the Byzantine title of despot, which survived as a buffer between Hungary and the Ottomans until 1459.

On its lands while it lasted

• 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.

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