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href="#First_reign"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1</span> <span>First reign</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-First_reign-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Temporary_Ottoman_occupation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Temporary_Ottoman_occupation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.2</span> <span>Temporary Ottoman occupation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Temporary_Ottoman_occupation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Đurađ_Branković_restored" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Đurađ_Branković_restored"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.3</span> <span>Đurađ Branković restored</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Đurađ_Branković_restored-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lazar_Branković" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lazar_Branković"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Lazar Branković</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lazar_Branković-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Regency_and_Stefan_Branković" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regency_and_Stefan_Branković"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Regency and Stefan Branković</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regency_and_Stefan_Branković-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stjepan_Tomašević_and_fall_of_the_Despotate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stjepan_Tomašević_and_fall_of_the_Despotate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Stjepan Tomašević and fall of the Despotate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stjepan_Tomašević_and_fall_of_the_Despotate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Despotate_in_exile" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Despotate_in_exile"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Despotate in exile</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Despotate_in_exile-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-State_administration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_administration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>State administration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-State_administration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Territorial_organization" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Territorial_organization"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Territorial organization</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Territorial_organization-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rulers_of_the_Serbian_Despotate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rulers_of_the_Serbian_Despotate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Rulers of the Serbian Despotate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rulers_of_the_Serbian_Despotate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Genern_and_cited_references" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Genern_and_cited_references"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Genern and cited references</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Genern_and_cited_references-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> 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interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despot%C3%A1u_de_Serbia" title="Despotáu de Serbia – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Despotáu de Serbia" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbiya_despotlu%C4%9Fu" title="Serbiya despotluğu – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Serbiya despotluğu" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Сербская дэспатыя – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сербская дэспатыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Сръбско деспотство – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Сръбско деспотство" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srpska_Despotovina" title="Srpska Despotovina – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Srpska Despotovina" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despotat_de_S%C3%A8rbia" title="Despotat de Sèrbia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Despotat de Sèrbia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srbsk%C3%BD_despot%C3%A1t" title="Srbský despotát – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Srbský despotát" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbische_Despoten" title="Serbische Despoten – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Serbische Despoten" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia_despootkond" title="Serbia despootkond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Serbia despootkond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%B5%CF%83%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%BF_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A3%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B2%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Δεσποτάτο της Σερβίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Δεσποτάτο της Σερβίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despotado_de_Serbia" title="Despotado de Serbia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Despotado de Serbia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbiako_Despoterria" title="Serbiako Despoterria – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Serbiako Despoterria" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despotat_de_Serbie" title="Despotat de Serbie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Despotat de Serbie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despotado_de_Serbia" title="Despotado de Serbia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Despotado de Serbia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%B8%EB%A5%B4%EB%B9%84%EC%95%84_%EC%A0%84%EC%A0%9C%EA%B3%B5%EA%B5%AD" title="세르비아 전제공국 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="세르비아 전제공국" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kedespotan_Serbia" title="Kedespotan Serbia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kedespotan Serbia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despotatu_de_Serbia" title="Despotatu de Serbia – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Despotatu de Serbia" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despotato_di_Serbia" title="Despotato di Serbia – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Despotato di Serbia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbijos_despotija" title="Serbijos despotija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Serbijos despotija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Српско Деспотство – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Српско Деспотство" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despoci_serbscy_na_W%C4%99grzech" title="Despoci serbscy na Węgrzech – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Despoci serbscy na Węgrzech" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despotado_S%C3%A9rvio" title="Despotado Sérvio – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Despotado Sérvio" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despotatul_Serbiei" title="Despotatul Serbiei – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Despotatul Serbiei" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82" title="Сербский деспотат – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сербский деспотат" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despotati_Serb" title="Despotati Serb – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Despotati Serb" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srbska_despotija" title="Srbska despotija – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Srbska despotija" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Српска деспотовина – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Српска деспотовина" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li 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<li>1444–1459</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div style="padding: 0px 5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Serbian_Despotate.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Serbia"><img alt="Coat of arms of Serbia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Serbian_Despotate.svg/85px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Serbian_Despotate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Serbian_Despotate.svg/128px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Serbian_Despotate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Serbian_Despotate.svg/170px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Serbian_Despotate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="392" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Serbia" title="Coat of arms of Serbia"> Coat of arms</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Serbian_Despotate_(1422)-en.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Serbian Despotate in 1422"><img alt="The Serbian Despotate in 1422" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Serbian_Despotate_%281422%29-en.svg/250px-Serbian_Despotate_%281422%29-en.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Serbian_Despotate_%281422%29-en.svg/375px-Serbian_Despotate_%281422%29-en.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Serbian_Despotate_%281422%29-en.svg/500px-Serbian_Despotate_%281422%29-en.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="943" data-file-height="844" /></a></span><div class="ib-country-map-caption">The Serbian Despotate in 1422</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Beograd</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Smederevo" title="Smederevo">Smederevo</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bar,_Montenegro" title="Bar, Montenegro">Bar</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Common languages</th><td class="infobox-data">Old <a href="/wiki/Serbian_language" title="Serbian language">Serbian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion <div class="ib-country-religion"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Serbian Orthodox">Serbian Orthodox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Serbs" title="Serbs">Serbian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serbs" title="Serbs">Serb</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Serbia" title="Politics of Serbia">Government</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monarchy" title="Monarchy">Monarchy</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Serbian_monarchs" title="List of Serbian monarchs">Despot</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1402–1427 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87" title="Stefan Lazarević">Stefan Lazarević</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1427–1456 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/%C4%90ura%C4%91_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Đurađ Branković">Đurađ Branković</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1456–1458 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lazar_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Lazar Branković">Lazar Branković</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1458–1459 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stefan_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Stefan Branković">Stefan Branković</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1459 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Toma%C5%A1evi%C4%87_of_Bosnia" title="Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia">Stefan Tomašević</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Establishment</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Historical era</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Establishment </div></th><td class="infobox-data">22 February 1402</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Conquest by the Ottoman Empire </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1439</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Reestablishment </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1444</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Reconquest by the Ottoman Empire </div></th><td class="infobox-data">20 June 1459</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coinage_of_Serbia_in_the_Middle_Ages" class="mw-redirect" title="Coinage of Serbia in the Middle Ages">Serbian dinar</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Moravian_Serbia.svg/20px-Flag_of_Moravian_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Moravian_Serbia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Moravian_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Moravian_Serbia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Moravian_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Moravian_Serbia" title="Moravian Serbia">Moravian Serbia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Royal_banner_of_Brankovi%C4%87_family.svg/20px-Royal_banner_of_Brankovi%C4%87_family.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Royal_banner_of_Brankovi%C4%87_family.svg/30px-Royal_banner_of_Brankovi%C4%87_family.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Royal_banner_of_Brankovi%C4%87_family.svg/40px-Royal_banner_of_Brankovi%C4%87_family.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/District_of_Brankovi%C4%87" title="District of Branković">District of Branković</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Balsic_small_COA.svg/20px-Balsic_small_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Balsic_small_COA.svg/30px-Balsic_small_COA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Balsic_small_COA.svg/40px-Balsic_small_COA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="363" data-file-height="490" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Zeta_under_the_Bal%C5%A1i%C4%87i" title="Zeta under the Balšići">Zeta under the Balšići</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Smederevo" title="Sanjak of Smederevo">Sanjak of Smederevo</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Banate_of_Belgrade" title="Banate of Belgrade">Banate of Belgrade</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Zeta_under_the_Crnojevi%C4%87i" title="Zeta under the Crnojevići">Zeta under the Crnojevići</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Zeta.svg/20px-Flag_of_Zeta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Zeta.svg/30px-Flag_of_Zeta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Zeta.svg/40px-Flag_of_Zeta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="295" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Today part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Serbian Despotate</b> (<a href="/wiki/Serbian_language" title="Serbian language">Serbian</a>: <span lang="sr"><span title="Serbian-language text"><span lang="sr-Cyrl">Српска деспотовина</span></span> / <span title="Serbian-language text"><i lang="sr-Latn">Srpska despotovina</i></span></span>) was a <a href="/wiki/Medieval_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval Serbia">medieval Serbian</a> state in the first half of the 15th century. Although the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo" title="Battle of Kosovo">Battle of Kosovo</a> in 1389 is mistakenly considered the end of medieval Serbia, the <a href="/wiki/Despotate" class="mw-redirect" title="Despotate">Despotate</a>, a successor of the <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Empire" title="Serbian Empire">Serbian Empire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moravian_Serbia" title="Moravian Serbia">Moravian Serbia</a>, lasted for another sixty years, experiencing a cultural, economic, and political renaissance, especially during the reign of Despot <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87" title="Stefan Lazarević">Stefan Lazarević</a>. After the death of Despot <a href="/wiki/%C4%90ura%C4%91_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Đurađ Branković">Đurađ Branković</a> in 1456, the Despotate continued to exist for another three years before it finally fell under Ottoman rule in 1459. </p><p>After 1459, political traditions of the Serbian Despotate continued to exist in exile, in the medieval <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary_in_the_Middle_Ages" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages">Kingdom of Hungary</a>, with several titular despots of Serbia, who were appointed by kings of Hungary. The last titular Despot of Serbia was <a href="/wiki/Pavle_Baki%C4%87" title="Pavle Bakić">Pavle Bakić</a>, who fell in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gorjani" title="Battle of Gorjani">Battle of Gorjani</a> in 1537.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJireček1918263–264_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJireček1918263–264-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Despotate&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Despotate&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After Prince <a href="/wiki/Lazar_of_Serbia" title="Lazar of Serbia">Lazar Hrebeljanović</a> was killed in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo" title="Battle of Kosovo">Battle of Kosovo</a> on June 28, 1389, his young son <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87" title="Stefan Lazarević">Stefan Lazarević</a> succeeded him. Stefan's mother Princess <a href="/wiki/Princess_Milica_of_Serbia" title="Princess Milica of Serbia">Milica</a> ruled as his regent until he reached adulthood. A wise and diplomatic woman, she managed to allay the Ottoman threat by marrying her daughter Olivera to Sultan <a href="/wiki/Bayezid_I" title="Bayezid I">Bayezid I</a>. </p><p>After the Battle of Kosovo, in 1390 or 1391, Serbia became a vassal Ottoman state, and Stefan Lazarević was obligated to support the Ottoman empire in battle. He did so in the 1395 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rovine" title="Battle of Rovine">Battle of Rovine</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Wallachia" title="Wallachia">Wallachian</a> prince <a href="/wiki/Mircea_I_of_Wallachia" class="mw-redirect" title="Mircea I of Wallachia">Mircea I</a> and the 1396 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nicopolis" title="Battle of Nicopolis">Battle of Nicopolis</a> against the Hungarian king <a href="/wiki/Sigismund,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor">Sigismund</a>. Sultan Bayezid awarded Stefan with the majority of <a href="/wiki/Vuk_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Vuk Branković">Vuk Branković</a>'s lands, as Branković sided with the Hungarian king at Nicopolis. </p><p>When <a href="/wiki/Timur" title="Timur">Timur</a>'s army entered the Ottoman realm, Stefan Lazarević participated in the 1402 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ankara" title="Battle of Ankara">Battle of Ankara</a>, in which the Ottomans were defeated and their leader Bayezid was captured. Returning to Serbia, Stefan visited <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> where the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine Emperor">Byzantine emperor</a> <a href="/wiki/Manuel_II_Palaiologos" title="Manuel II Palaiologos">Manuel II Palaiologos</a> granted him the title of <a href="/wiki/Despot_(court_title)" title="Despot (court title)">despot</a>. 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style="padding-bottom: 0.4em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Byzantine_Empire_1355.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of Balkans, Byzantine Empire and Anatolia, 1355. -- Velhagen & Klasing atlas of history, Berlin 1931 (english version)"><img alt="Map of Balkans, Byzantine Empire and Anatolia, 1355. -- Velhagen & Klasing atlas of history, Berlin 1931 (english version)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Byzantine_Empire_1355.jpg/230px-Byzantine_Empire_1355.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Byzantine_Empire_1355.jpg/345px-Byzantine_Empire_1355.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Byzantine_Empire_1355.jpg/460px-Byzantine_Empire_1355.jpg 2x" data-file-width="743" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Category:Centuries_in_Serbia" title="Category:Centuries in Serbia">By century</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/9th_century_in_Serbia" title="9th century in Serbia">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_century_in_Serbia" title="10th century in Serbia">10th</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_sites_in_Serbia" title="Prehistoric sites in Serbia">Prehistory</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_sites_in_Serbia#Paleolithic" title="Prehistoric sites in Serbia">Paleolithic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_sites_in_Serbia#Mesolithic" title="Prehistoric sites in Serbia">Mesolithic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_sites_in_Serbia#Neolithic" title="Prehistoric sites in Serbia">Neolithic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_sites_in_Serbia#Bronze_Age" title="Prehistoric sites in Serbia">Bronze Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_sites_in_Serbia#Iron_Age" title="Prehistoric sites in Serbia">Iron Age</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_sites_in_Serbia#Ancient_tribes" title="Prehistoric sites in Serbia">Pre-Roman</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Illyrians" title="Illyrians">Illyrians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autariatae" title="Autariatae">Autariatae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dardani" title="Dardani">Dardani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triballi" title="Triballi">Triballi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moesi" title="Moesi">Moesi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scordisci" title="Scordisci">Scordisci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacians" title="Dacians">Dacians</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Roman_heritage_in_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman heritage in Serbia">Early Roman</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Illyricum_(Roman_province)" title="Illyricum (Roman province)">Illyricum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pannonia" title="Pannonia">Pannonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pannonia_Inferior" title="Pannonia Inferior">Pannonia Inferior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalmatia_(Roman_province)" title="Dalmatia (Roman province)">Dalmatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moesia" title="Moesia">Moesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moesia" title="Moesia">Moesia Superior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Dacia" title="Roman Dacia">Dacia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacia_Aureliana" title="Dacia Aureliana">Dacia Aureliana</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Roman_heritage_in_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman heritage in Serbia">Late Roman</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moesia" title="Moesia">Moesia Prima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacia_Mediterranea" title="Dacia Mediterranea">Dacia Mediterranea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacia_Ripensis" title="Dacia Ripensis">Dacia Ripensis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dardania_(Roman_province)" title="Dardania (Roman province)">Dardania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praevalitana" title="Praevalitana">Praevalitana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pannonia_Secunda" title="Pannonia Secunda">Pannonia Secunda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Moesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Moesia">Diocese of Moesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Dacia" title="Diocese of Dacia">Diocese of Dacia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Pannonia" title="Diocese of Pannonia">Diocese of Pannonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praetorian_prefecture_of_Illyricum" title="Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum">Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Serbia_in_the_Middle_Ages#Early_Middle_Ages" title="Serbia in the Middle Ages">Early Middle Ages</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/White_Serbia" title="White Serbia">White Serbia</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> around 600 AD</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Serbia_(early_medieval)" title="Principality of Serbia (early medieval)">Principality of Serbia</a> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; font-size:95%; padding-left:1em"><a href="/wiki/Duklja" title="Duklja">Duklja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Travunia" title="Travunia">Travunia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zachlumia" title="Zachlumia">Zachlumia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Narentines" title="Narentines">Narentines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ra%C5%A1ka_(region)" title="Raška (region)">Raška</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_(Early_Middle_Ages)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bosnia (Early Middle Ages)">Bosnia</a></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 7th–10th century</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Catepanate_of_Ras" title="Catepanate of Ras">Catepanate of Ras</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> around 969–976</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Serbia_in_the_Middle_Ages#High_Middle_Ages" title="Serbia in the Middle Ages">High Middle Ages</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Vojislavljevi%C4%87_dynasty" title="Vojislavljević dynasty">Duklja (Zeta)</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 11th–12th century</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Theme_of_Sirmium" class="mw-redirect" title="Theme of Sirmium">Theme of Sirmium</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1018–1071</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Grand_Principality" class="mw-redirect" title="Serbian Grand Principality">Grand Principality</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1071–1217</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Serbia_(medieval)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)">Kingdom of Serbia</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1217–1346</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Realm_of_Stefan_Dragutin" title="Realm of Stefan Dragutin">King Dragutin's realm</a></td><td 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href="/wiki/District_of_Brankovi%C4%87" title="District of Branković">Vuk's Land</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1371–1412</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Despotate of Serbia</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1402–1537</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0.2em; border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Early_Modern_history_of_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Modern history of Serbia">Early Modern</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Serbia" title="Ottoman Serbia">Ottoman-ruled Serbia</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1459–1804</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Jovan_Nenad" title="Jovan Nenad">Jovan Nenad</a> / <a href="/wiki/Radoslav_%C4%8Celnik" title="Radoslav Čelnik">Radoslav Čelnik</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1526–1530</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Banate_of_Lugoj_and_Caransebe%C8%99" class="mw-redirect" title="Banate of Lugoj and Caransebeș">Banate of Lugoj and Caransebeș</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 16th–17th</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Habsburg-occupied_Serbia_(1686%E2%80%931691)" title="Habsburg-occupied Serbia (1686–1691)">Habsburg occupation</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1686–1699</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Great_Serb_Migrations" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Serb Migrations">Great Serb Migrations</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1690 and<br />1737–1739</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Military_Frontier" title="Military Frontier">Military Frontier</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1702–1882</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Serbia_(1718%E2%80%931739)" title="Kingdom of Serbia (1718–1739)">Habsburg-ruled Serbia</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1718–1739</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Ko%C4%8Da%27s_frontier" class="mw-redirect" title="Koča's frontier">Koča's frontier</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1788–1791</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/History_of_modern_Serbia" title="History of modern Serbia">Serbia 1804–1918</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Revolution" title="Serbian Revolution">Serbian Revolution</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1804–1815</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Serbia" title="Principality of Serbia">Principality of Serbia</a></td><td 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Dizdar%27s_Tower.jpg/400px-Dizdar%27s_Tower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="413" /></a><figcaption>Despot's Gate in Belgrade, built by <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87" title="Stefan Lazarević">Despot Stefan Lazarević</a></figcaption></figure> <p>While in <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a>, Stefan argued with his brother <a href="/wiki/Vuk_Lazarevi%C4%87" title="Vuk Lazarević">Vuk Lazarević</a>. As they were returning to Serbia from Constantinople, Stefan's armies attacked Vuk at Tripolje near the <a href="/wiki/Gra%C4%8Danica_monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Gračanica monastery">Gračanica monastery</a>. Stefan's army was victorious and Vuk allied himself with the new Ottoman sultan <a href="/wiki/Suleyman_%C3%87elebi" class="mw-redirect" title="Suleyman Çelebi">Suleyman (I) Çelebi</a>. </p><p>In 1404, concerned about unrest in the Ottoman Empire (<a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Interregnum" title="Ottoman Interregnum">Ottoman Interregnum</a>) Stefan allied with Hungarian king Sigismund, who awarded him with <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ma%C4%8Dva" title="Mačva">Mačva</a> region, and the fort of <a href="/wiki/Golubac" title="Golubac">Golubac</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković200489_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković200489-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stefan made Belgrade his capital city. He made peace with his brother Vuk, who remained an Ottoman vassal. </p><p>In 1405 he married Caterina Gattilusio, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Francesco_II_Gattilusio" title="Francesco II Gattilusio">Francesco II Gattilusio</a>, ruler of the island of <a href="/wiki/Lesbos" title="Lesbos">Lesbos</a>, and his mother Milica died. </p><p>In 1408 the two brothers again argued, and Vuk, accompanied by Ottoman forces, attacked Belgrade in early 1409. Besieged Stefan agreed to give the southern part of Serbia to Vuk, and to accept Ottoman vassalage. However, Suleyman's brother <a href="/wiki/Musa_%C3%87elebi" title="Musa Çelebi">Musa</a> soon rebelled against Suleyman, and Stefan sided with Musa in the 1410 battle of <a href="/wiki/Kosmidion" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosmidion">Kosmidion</a>. Musa's army was defeated and Suleyman sent Vuk to claim Stefan's territories; Vuk was captured and executed by a Musa vassal. Through <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Manuel_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Emperor Manuel II">Emperor Manuel II</a>, Stefan confirmed his despotic rights and returned to Belgrade and annexed Vuk's lands. </p><p>In 1411 King Sigismund of Hungary rewarded Stefan's loyalty with a gift of <a href="/wiki/Srebrenica" title="Srebrenica">Srebrenica</a> and its surroundings .<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković200491_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković200491-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1422_Zeta_in_the_Serbian_Despotate_after_death_Balsa_III.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/1422_Zeta_in_the_Serbian_Despotate_after_death_Balsa_III.svg/200px-1422_Zeta_in_the_Serbian_Despotate_after_death_Balsa_III.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="369" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/1422_Zeta_in_the_Serbian_Despotate_after_death_Balsa_III.svg/300px-1422_Zeta_in_the_Serbian_Despotate_after_death_Balsa_III.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/1422_Zeta_in_the_Serbian_Despotate_after_death_Balsa_III.svg/400px-1422_Zeta_in_the_Serbian_Despotate_after_death_Balsa_III.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="994" data-file-height="1834" /></a><figcaption>The Serbian Despotate at the time of Stefan Lazarević (1422) and possession limit of Venice in Adriatic coast</figcaption></figure> <p>Musa's forces attacked Serbia in early 1412 but were defeated in Kosovo. Stefan then invited Sultan <a href="/wiki/Mehmed_I" title="Mehmed I">Mehmed Çelebi</a> to attack Musa together. Together with Hungarian troops, they defeated Musa on 5 July 1413 at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_%C3%87amurlu" title="Battle of Çamurlu">Battle of Çamurlu</a>, near the <a href="/wiki/Vitosha" title="Vitosha">Vitosha</a> mountain (modern <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>) and Musa was killed on the battlefield. Stefan gained the town of <a href="/wiki/Koprijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Koprijan">Koprijan</a> near <a href="/wiki/Ni%C5%A1" title="Niš">Niš</a> and the Serbian-Bulgarian area of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Znepolje&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Znepolje (page does not exist)">Znepolje</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994507–508_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994507–508-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the next twelve years, Stefan remained in good relations with Mehmed, which made the recovery of medieval Serbia possible. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Serbian_Despotate_1423.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Serbian_Despotate_1423.png/250px-Serbian_Despotate_1423.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Serbian_Despotate_1423.png/375px-Serbian_Despotate_1423.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Serbian_Despotate_1423.png/500px-Serbian_Despotate_1423.png 2x" data-file-width="1624" data-file-height="1711" /></a><figcaption>The Serbian Despotate, 1421–1427</figcaption></figure> <p>On 28 April 1421, Stefan's nephew and ruler of <a href="/wiki/Zeta_(crown_land)" title="Zeta (crown land)">Zeta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bal%C5%A1a_III" title="Balša III">Balša III</a> died without an heir, leaving his lands to his uncle.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković200492_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković200492-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With this and territorial gains from the Kingdom of Hungary, Serbia restored most of its traditional territories. </p><p>In 1425, the Ottoman Empire invaded Serbia, burning and pillaging across the Southern Morava valley. At the same time, the King of Bosnia attempted to conquer Srebrenica back from the Serbs, but failed. Stefan fought back the invasion and initiated negotiations with the Sultan, after which the Ottoman troops left Serbia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994522_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994522-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this attack was an ominous sign of things to come. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Artistic_development">Artistic development</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Despotate&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Artistic development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The rule of the poet, thinker, and artist Stefan Lazarević, was a period of renewed artistic development in Serbia. Stefan wrote one of the major medieval Serbian literary works, <i>Slovo ljubve</i> ('The word of love'), and he amassed one of the largest libraries in the Balkans at that period.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Economic_stability">Economic stability</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Despotate&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Economic stability"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Apart from political stability as a result of Stefan's ability to keep a distance from both the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary, the Serbian economy was also helped by the very rich silver mines, Srebrenica and <a href="/wiki/Novo_Brdo" title="Novo Brdo">Novo Brdo</a>, some of the wealthiest in Europe at that time. Belgrade became one of the largest cities in Europe, numbering over 100,000 people. The rule and deeds of despot Stefan Lazarević were described by his contemporary, the learned writer <a href="/wiki/Constantine_of_Kostenets" title="Constantine of Kostenets">Constantine of Kostenets</a>, who wrote the "<i><a href="/wiki/Life_of_Despot_Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87" title="Life of Despot Stefan Lazarević">Life of Despot Stefan Lazarević</a></i>" (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1430).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERadošević1986445–451_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERadošević1986445–451-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Đurađ_Branković"><span id=".C4.90ura.C4.91_Brankovi.C4.87"></span>Đurađ Branković</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Despotate&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Đurađ Branković"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="First_reign">First reign</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Despotate&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: First reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smederevo_fortress_(Smederevska_tvr%C4%91ava)_-_pano.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Smederevo_fortress_%28Smederevska_tvr%C4%91ava%29_-_pano.JPG/320px-Smederevo_fortress_%28Smederevska_tvr%C4%91ava%29_-_pano.JPG" decoding="async" width="320" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Smederevo_fortress_%28Smederevska_tvr%C4%91ava%29_-_pano.JPG/480px-Smederevo_fortress_%28Smederevska_tvr%C4%91ava%29_-_pano.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Smederevo_fortress_%28Smederevska_tvr%C4%91ava%29_-_pano.JPG/640px-Smederevo_fortress_%28Smederevska_tvr%C4%91ava%29_-_pano.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4294" data-file-height="2025" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Smederevo_Fortress" title="Smederevo Fortress">Smederevo Fortress</a>, capital of the Serbian Despotate</figcaption></figure> <p>As Despot Stefan had no children of his own, he bequeathed the despotate to his nephew, Đurađ Branković, who succeeded him upon his death on July 19, 1427. Đurađ was confirmed as despot by the Byzantine emperor <a href="/wiki/John_VIII_Palaeologus" class="mw-redirect" title="John VIII Palaeologus">John VIII Palaeologus</a> in 1429.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004103_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004103-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As an immediate result of Stefan's death, Serbia had to return Belgrade to the Kingdom of Hungary, leaving Serbia without a capital city. With the wealthy southern cities dangerously close to the Ottoman border, Đurađ constructed a new capital city, the magnificent fortress of <a href="/wiki/Smederevo" title="Smederevo">Smederevo</a> on the Danube, close to the Hungarian border. Constructed 1428–30, Smederevo was a source of many future misinterpretations of history, especially concerning Đurađ's wife <a href="/wiki/Irene_Kantakouzene" title="Irene Kantakouzene">Jerina</a>. With Jerina's Greek nationality and the influence her brothers had with the new despot, people began to dislike her, and attributed to her many vicious and evil characteristics, including building Smederevo for capricious reasons. In folk poetry she's been dubbed <i><a href="/wiki/Prokleta_Jerina" class="mw-redirect" title="Prokleta Jerina">Prokleta Jerina</a></i> (the Damned Jerina). </p><p>Immediately after becoming the ruler of Serbia, in the summer of 1427, Đurađ was faced with the challenge of an Ottoman invasion. The Ottomans occupied <a href="/wiki/Kru%C5%A1evac" title="Kruševac">Kruševac</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ni%C5%A1" title="Niš">Niš</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Dubo%C4%8Dica" class="mw-redirect" title="Dubočica">Dubočica</a> region including <a href="/wiki/Leskovac" title="Leskovac">Leskovac</a>, and most of the <a href="/wiki/Toplica_District" title="Toplica District">Toplica</a> region. They withdrew after unsuccessfully besieging Novo Brdo for several months.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004103_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004103-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Serbian_Despotate_1433.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Serbian_Despotate_1433.png/250px-Serbian_Despotate_1433.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Serbian_Despotate_1433.png/375px-Serbian_Despotate_1433.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Serbian_Despotate_1433.png/500px-Serbian_Despotate_1433.png 2x" data-file-width="1461" data-file-height="1711" /></a><figcaption>The Serbian Despotate in 1433–1439</figcaption></figure> <p>King <a href="/wiki/Tvrtko_II_of_Bosnia" title="Tvrtko II of Bosnia">Tvrtko II of Bosnia</a> came into conflict with the Bosnian noble family of Zlatonosovići in November 1430, over alleged cooperation between Vukašin Zlatonosović and the Serbian Despotate. This conflict ended with the death of Vukašin and the complete annihilation of the Zlatonosović family, but directly led into another conflict with Serbia itself. In the spring of 1433, Despot Đurađ annexed parts of <a href="/wiki/Usora_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Usora (region)">Usora</a>, together with the trade outpost Zvonik (<a href="/wiki/Zvornik" title="Zvornik">Zvornik</a>) and fortress <a href="/wiki/Teo%C4%8Dak" title="Teočak">Teočak</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMrgić-Radojčić200460_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMrgić-Radojčić200460-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Đurađ married his daughter Katarina to <a href="/wiki/Ulrich_II_of_Celje" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulrich II of Celje">Ulrich II of Celje</a> in 1433, a close cousin of the Hungarian Queen, in an effort to secure better relations with Serbia's northern neighbor. He was forced to give his other daughter <a href="/wiki/Mara_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Mara Branković">Mara</a> to Sultan <a href="/wiki/Murad_II" title="Murad II">Murad II</a>. The marriage was arranged in 1433, but Đurađ delayed it until 1435 when the Ottomans threatened him with invasion. After the marriage took place, Sultan Murad swore to continue the peace between the Ottoman Empire and Serbia. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="The three statements within this paragraph require citation (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>However, this oath would be broken two years later. The Ottoman Empire invaded and started pillaging inside Serbia's borders in 1437. Đurađ negotiated an unfavorable peace with the Sultan by giving him the town of <a href="/wiki/Brani%C4%8Devo_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Braničevo (region)">Braničevo</a>. In 1438 the Sultan attacked again. This time, the despot had to let them seize <a href="/wiki/%C5%BDdrelo" title="Ždrelo">Ždrelo</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vi%C5%A1esav&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Višesav (page does not exist)">Višesav</a>: the peace that followed was not longer than the previous one.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004103,_115_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004103,_115-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Temporary_Ottoman_occupation">Temporary Ottoman occupation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Despotate&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Temporary Ottoman occupation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1439 the Ottoman army, headed by the sultan <a href="/wiki/Murad_II" title="Murad II">Murad II</a> himself, again attacked and sacked Serbia. Despot Đurađ fled to Hungary in May 1439, leaving his son <a href="/wiki/Grgur_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Grgur Branković">Grgur Branković</a> and Jerina's brother <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kantakouzenos" title="Thomas Kantakouzenos">Thomas Kantakouzenos</a> to defend Smederevo.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004103–104_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004103–104-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After three months of siege, Smederevo fell on August 18, 1439, while <a href="/wiki/Novo_Brdo" title="Novo Brdo">Novo Brdo</a> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Novo_Brdo_(1440%E2%80%9341)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Novo Brdo (1440–41)">resisted conquest for two entire years</a>, falling on June 27, 1441. At that point the only free part of the Despotate that remained was Zeta. The latter, however, was soon attacked by the Venetians and by Voivode <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Vuk%C4%8Di%C4%87_Kosa%C4%8Da" class="mw-redirect" title="Stefan Vukčić Kosača">Stefan Vukčić Kosača</a>. The last of Đurađ's cities in the region were conquered in March 1442. </p><p>The first Ottoman governor of Serbia was <a href="/wiki/Ishak-Beg" class="mw-redirect" title="Ishak-Beg">Ishak-Beg</a>, who in 1443 was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Isa-Beg_Isakovi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Isa-Beg Isaković">Isa-Beg Isaković</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Đurađ_Branković_restored"><span id=".C4.90ura.C4.91_Brankovi.C4.87_restored"></span>Đurađ Branković restored</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Despotate&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Đurađ Branković restored"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Serbian_Despotate_1451.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Serbian_Despotate_1451.png/250px-Serbian_Despotate_1451.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Serbian_Despotate_1451.png/375px-Serbian_Despotate_1451.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Serbian_Despotate_1451.png/500px-Serbian_Despotate_1451.png 2x" data-file-width="1461" data-file-height="1711" /></a><figcaption>The Serbian Despotate, 1451–1454</figcaption></figure> <p>In Hungary, Đurađ Branković managed to talk Hungarian leaders into expelling the Ottomans, so a broad Christian coalition of Hungarians (under <a href="/wiki/John_Hunyadi" title="John Hunyadi">John Hunyadi</a>), Serbs (under Despot Đurađ) and Romanians (under <a href="/wiki/Vlad_II_Dracul" title="Vlad II Dracul">Vlad II Dracul</a>) advanced into Serbia and Bulgaria in September 1443. The large Christian army that crossed the Danube in early autumn of 1443 was made up of around 25,000 soldiers from Hungary and Poland, over 8,000 Serbian cavalry and foot soldiers, and 700 Bosnian horsemen.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004104_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004104-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Serbia was fully restored by the <a href="/wiki/Peace_of_Szeged" title="Peace of Szeged">Peace of Szeged</a> on August 15, 1444. Its borders were the same as before 1437, with the exception of the southern part of Zeta, which remained under Venice, and fort Golubac, which was returned to Serbia even though it was lost much earlier, in 1427. </p><p>King <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Thomas_of_Bosnia" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Thomas of Bosnia">Tomaš of Bosnia</a> started another war with Despot Đurađ in 1446 and managed to take Srebrenica. However, in September 1448, the Bosnians were defeated by a Serbian army led by Thomas Kantakouzenos, who reconquered Srebrenica and also took <a href="/wiki/Vi%C5%A1egrad" title="Višegrad">Višegrad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004106_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004106-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The difficulty Despot Đurađ had in maintaining balance between two strong powers can be illustrated by the fact that in 1447–48 despot Đurađ provided funds to the Byzantines to repair the <a href="/wiki/Walls_of_Constantinople" title="Walls of Constantinople">city walls</a> of <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a>, but being officially an Ottoman vassal, he had to send a thousand soldiers to help Sultan <a href="/wiki/Mehmed_II" title="Mehmed II">Mehmed II</a> <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople" title="Fall of Constantinople">conquer Constantinople</a> in May 1453.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004106–107_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004106–107-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The new Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed II, who would later be called the Conqueror, returned the regions of Toplica and Dubočica to Serbia in 1451 as a token of good will.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994530_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994530-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004103_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004103-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On that occasion, Mehmed II and Đurađ negotiated the prolonging of their peace treaty. </p><p>Without formally declaring an end to the peace treaty, Sultan Mehmed II invaded Serbia in mid-July 1454. Much of central Serbia fell, but the capital was well-prepared and the Ottomans, upon hearing that Hunyadi would cross the Danube to reinforce the Serbs, soon lifted their siege of Smederevo. The Sultan retreated back to <a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofia</a> with loot and slaves, leaving most of his army at Kruševac. A smaller Serbian army under Voivode <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Skobalji%C4%87" title="Nikola Skobaljić">Nikola Skobaljić</a>, which was in Dubočica, cut off from the north, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leskovac" title="Battle of Leskovac">defeated an Ottoman army near Leskovac on September 24</a>, while the main army under Đurađ Branković, together with Hungarian force led by Hunyadi, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kru%C5%A1evac" title="Battle of Kruševac">crushed the Ottomans at Kruševac</a>, capturing their commander, Firuz-bey.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994568–569_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994568–569-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004106–107_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004106–107-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vr%C5%A1a%C4%8Dka_kula_posle_obnove2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Vr%C5%A1a%C4%8Dka_kula_posle_obnove2.jpg/200px-Vr%C5%A1a%C4%8Dka_kula_posle_obnove2.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Vr%C5%A1a%C4%8Dka_kula_posle_obnove2.jpg/300px-Vr%C5%A1a%C4%8Dka_kula_posle_obnove2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Vr%C5%A1a%C4%8Dka_kula_posle_obnove2.jpg/400px-Vr%C5%A1a%C4%8Dka_kula_posle_obnove2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2661" data-file-height="2564" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vr%C5%A1ac_Castle" title="Vršac Castle">Vršac Castle</a> was founded by Branković</figcaption></figure> <p>But these successes only bought little time. Nikola Skobaljić's resistance, which due to his army's low numbers came to be respected by the Turks themselves, was crushed by another Ottoman force on November 16 and he was executed. In the early spring of 1455, the Sultan continued his invasion of Serbia. This time, the Ottomans focused on taking southern Serbia first. Novo Brdo was besieged with heavy cannons and fell on June 1, 1455, after forty days of resistance.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994569_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994569-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rest of southern Serbia was occupied soon after that. At the same time, Despot Đurađ was trying to convince the Hungarians to launch another crusade, but returned empty-handed to Smederevo. In early 1456, he accepted a peace treaty with the Sultan, and southern Serbia remained in Ottoman hands. </p><p>A few months after the peace treaty, the Ottoman Empire attacked again. Both Smederevo and Belgrade, which were the primary target of the Turks, successfully resisted, but the countryside was devastated even further. Despot Đurađ Branković died on December 24, 1456.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994569–570_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994569–570-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lazar_Branković"><span id="Lazar_Brankovi.C4.87"></span>Lazar Branković</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Despotate&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Lazar Branković"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despot <a href="/wiki/Lazar_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Lazar Branković">Lazar Branković</a>, the only one of Đurađ's sons not to be blinded by the Ottomans, succeeded his father. Sensing that Serbia is too weak to defeat a future Ottoman incursion on the battlefield, he managed to make a deal with sultan Mehmed II on January 15, 1457. According to this deal, he was granted back most of his father's lands and a promise that Serbia will not be disturbed by the Ottomans until Lazar's death. Lazar in turn had to pay a <a href="/wiki/Tributary_state" title="Tributary state">tribute</a>, which was reduced because he no longer had the rich mines of Novo Brdo. Temporarily relieved of the southern threat, Lazar turned to the north and Hungarian internal battles, which he joined on the side of <a href="/wiki/Ladislaus_the_Posthumous" title="Ladislaus the Posthumous">King Ladislaus</a>, managing to capture the town of <a href="/wiki/Kovin" title="Kovin">Kovin</a> and several other towns on the left bank of the <a href="/wiki/Danube" title="Danube">Danube</a> in 1457.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994571–572_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994571–572-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Immediately after death of their mother Jerina on May 3, 1457, the younger generation of the Branković family broke out in a conflict of succession. Seeking rights for his bastard son <a href="/wiki/Vuk_Grgurevi%C4%87" title="Vuk Grgurević">Vuk</a>, blind <a href="/wiki/Grgur_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Grgur Branković">Grgur Branković</a> fled to the Ottoman Empire, together with Mara and Thomas Kantakouzenos. Lazar's brother, blind <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Stefan Branković">Stefan Branković</a>, took his side and stayed with him. Despot Lazar suddenly died on January 20, 1458.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994572_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994572-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regency_and_Stefan_Branković"><span id="Regency_and_Stefan_Brankovi.C4.87"></span>Regency and Stefan Branković</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Despotate&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Regency and Stefan Branković"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Serbian_despotate_1455_1459.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Serbian_despotate_1455_1459.png/250px-Serbian_despotate_1455_1459.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Serbian_despotate_1455_1459.png/375px-Serbian_despotate_1455_1459.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Serbian_despotate_1455_1459.png/500px-Serbian_despotate_1455_1459.png 2x" data-file-width="785" data-file-height="553" /></a><figcaption>The Serbian Despotate, 1455–1459</figcaption></figure> <p>As despot Lazar Branković had no sons, a three-member regency was formed after his death. It included Lazar's brother, the blind Stefan Branković, Lazar's widow <a href="/wiki/Helena_Palaiologina_of_Morea" class="mw-redirect" title="Helena Palaiologina of Morea">Helena Palaiologina</a> and Grand Duke <a href="/wiki/Mihailo_An%C4%91elovi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Mihailo Anđelović">Mihailo Anđelović</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994572–573_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994572–573-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mihailo Anđelović, whose brother was the Ottoman Grand Vizier Mahmud-pasha Anđelović, began to plot with the Ottomans behind the backs of Stefan and Helena. In March, he brought a small detachment of Ottoman soldiers into Smederevo to reinforce his own bid for the Despotate. But the soldiers unexpectedly raised the Ottoman flag on the ramparts and started shouting the Sultan's name. The enraged citizens of Smederevo rose up against Anđelović on March 31, taking him prisoner and capturing or killing most of the Ottoman detachment.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994573_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994573-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stefan Branković, who was proclaimed the new Despot, together with Helena Palaiologina, took control of Smederevo and the Despotate. </p><p>During the chaos that surrounded Lazar's death and the split in the provisional regency, King <a href="/wiki/Stjepan_Toma%C5%A1" class="mw-redirect" title="Stjepan Tomaš">Stjepan Tomaš</a> of Bosnia attacked the Despotate's holdings west of the Drina river and conquered most of them, leaving only Teočak in the Despotate's hands. Mihail Silagyi likewise seized most of Lazar's towns north of the Danube. Immediately after Mihailo Anđelović's failed coup, the Ottomans began another invasion of Serbia. Although they would not make any significant territorial gains until 1459, this was the beginning of the end for the Serbian Despotate. Stefan Branković ruled until 8 April 1459, when he was overthrown by a plot between Helena Palaiologina and King Tomaš, whose son briefly ruled as the new Despot.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994574–575_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994574–575-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107–108_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107–108-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stjepan_Tomašević_and_fall_of_the_Despotate"><span id="Stjepan_Toma.C5.A1evi.C4.87_and_fall_of_the_Despotate"></span>Stjepan Tomašević and fall of the Despotate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Despotate&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Stjepan Tomašević and fall of the Despotate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Toma%C5%A1evi%C4%87_of_Bosnia" title="Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia">Stjepan Tomašević</a> lost two countries to the Ottomans: Serbia in 1459 and Bosnia in 1463. His appointment as new despot was highly unpopular but pushed hard by his father, King Stjepan Tomaš of Bosnia. By this time Serbia was reduced to only a strip of land along the Danube. Sultan <a href="/wiki/Mehmed_II" title="Mehmed II">Mehmed II</a> decided to conquer Serbia completely and arrived at Smederevo; the new ruler did not even try to defend the city. After negotiations, Bosnians were allowed to leave the city and Serbia was officially conquered by Turks on June 20, 1459.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Despotate_in_exile">Despotate in exile</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Despotate&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Despotate in exile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Despotski_posedi.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Despotski_posedi.png/220px-Despotski_posedi.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Despotski_posedi.png/330px-Despotski_posedi.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Despotski_posedi.png/440px-Despotski_posedi.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1060" /></a><figcaption>Possessions of the Serbian despots in Syrmia, Bačka and Banat (15th–16th centuries)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1404 Hungarian King <a href="/wiki/Sigismund,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor">Sigismund</a> lend parts of Syrmia, Banat and Bačka to Serbian Despot <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87" title="Stefan Lazarević">Stefan Lazarević</a> for governing, later succeeded by <a href="/wiki/%C4%90ura%C4%91_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Đurađ Branković">Đurađ Branković</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> conquered Serbian Despotate in 1459, the Hungarian rulers renewed the legacy of Despots to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Brankovi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Branković">House of Branković</a> in exile, later to the noble family of <a href="/wiki/Berislavi%C4%87i_Grabarski" class="mw-redirect" title="Berislavići Grabarski">Berislavići Grabarski</a>, who continued to govern most of Syrmia until the Ottoman conquest but territory has been in theory still under administration of the medieval <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary_in_the_Middle_Ages" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages">Kingdom of Hungary</a>. The residence of the despots was <a href="/wiki/Kupinovo" title="Kupinovo">Kupinik</a> (modern Kupinovo). The Despots from the Branković dynasty were: <a href="/wiki/Vuk_Grgurevi%C4%87" title="Vuk Grgurević">Vuk Grgurević-Branković</a> (1471–1485), <a href="/wiki/%C4%90or%C4%91e_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Đorđe Branković">Đorđe Branković</a> (1486–1496) and <a href="/wiki/Jovan_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Jovan Branković">Jovan Branković</a> (1496–1502).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004101,_116,_139_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004101,_116,_139-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKrstić2017151–153_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKrstić2017151–153-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS). (October 2022)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Last titular despots were: <a href="/wiki/Ivani%C5%A1_Berislavi%C4%87" title="Ivaniš Berislavić">Ivaniš Berislavić</a> (1504–1514), <a href="/wiki/Stjepan_Berislavi%C4%87" title="Stjepan Berislavić">Stjepan Berislavić</a> (1520–1535), <a href="/wiki/Radi%C4%8D_Bo%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Radič Božić">Radič Božić</a> (1527–1528, Zapolya faction's pretender), and <a href="/wiki/Pavle_Baki%C4%87" title="Pavle Bakić">Pavle Bakić</a> (1537).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_administration">State administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Despotate&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: State administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Serbian Despotate, there were several noble offices with important duties and roles in the state's central administration, under the Despot as the monarch and chief authority. </p> <ul><li><b>Grand Logothete</b> (Велики Логотет/<i>Veliki Logotet</i>): a title <a href="/wiki/Grand_Logothete" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Logothete">originally used by the Byzantine Empire</a>, adopted by the old <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Serbia_(medieval)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)">Kingdom of Serbia</a>, and retained by the Despotate. The Grand Logothete was the head of the Despot's chancellery, responsible for overseeing the central administration. The Grand Logothete was also the only person, other than the Despot and the <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Patriarch" class="mw-redirect" title="Serbian Patriarch">Serbian Patriarch</a>, to have certain jurisdictions over church matters.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994313,_624_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994313,_624-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJanićijević1998589_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJanićijević1998589-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Luka</li> <li>Bogdan</li> <li>Voihna</li> <li>Manojlo</li> <li>Bogdan</li> <li>Todor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stefan_Ratkovi%C4%87" title="Stefan Ratković">Stefan Ratković</a> (1457–59)</li></ul></li> <li><b>Grand Voivode</b> (Велики Војвода/<i>Veliki Vojvoda</i>): the second highest-ranking military commander in the state, under the Despot himself but with more power and prestige than ordinary <a href="/wiki/Voivode" title="Voivode">Voivodes</a>. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Radoslav_Mihaljevi%C4%87" title="Radoslav Mihaljević">Radoslav Mihaljević</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dmitar_Krajkovi%C4%87&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dmitar Krajković (page does not exist)">Dmitar Krajković</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mihailo_An%C4%91elovi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Mihailo Anđelović">Mihailo Anđelović</a> (1456–58)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marko_Altomanovi%C4%87&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marko Altomanović (page does not exist)">Marko Altomanović</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Grand Čelnik</b> (Велики Челник/<i>Veliki Čelnik</i>): a title with wide-ranging competencies in judicial and other civilian matters – executing the ruler's decrees and representing the ruler in events such as settling territorial disputes between estates. The title of the Grand Čelnik was roughly equivalent to the Western European title of <i><a href="/wiki/Palatine" title="Palatine">Comes Palatinus</a></i>. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vuk_Kuvet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vuk Kuvet (page does not exist)">Vuk Kuvet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hrebeljan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hrebeljan (page does not exist)">Hrebeljan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radi%C4%8D,_Grand_%C4%8Celnik" class="mw-redirect" title="Radič, Grand Čelnik">Radič</a> (fl. 1428–1433)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mihailo_An%C4%91elovi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Mihailo Anđelović">Mihailo Anđelović</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1445)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C4%90ura%C4%91_Golemovi%C4%87&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Đurađ Golemović (page does not exist)">Đurađ Golemović</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Protovestiar</b> (Протовестијар/<i>Protovestijar</i>): another Byzantine court title (<i><a href="/wiki/Protovestiarios" title="Protovestiarios">protovestiarios</a></i>) adopted by the old Kingdom of Serbia. The Protovestiar was responsible for state finances, including supervision of revenues and expenses and fiscal policy. After the first fall and liberation of Serbia in 1444, the title of Protovestiar disappeared and his role was taken over by the <b>Treasurer</b> (Serbian: Ризничар/<i>Rizničar</i>) or <i>Čelnik riznički</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJireček1918273_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJireček1918273-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a title previously associated with the management of the ruler's personal treasury. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ivan_(protovestijar)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ivan (protovestijar) (page does not exist)">Ivan</a> (fl. 1402)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogdan_(protovestijar)" title="Bogdan (protovestijar)">Bogdan</a> (fl. 1407–13)</li> <li>Nikola Rodop (fl. 1435)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paskoje_Sorko%C4%8Devi%C4%87" title="Paskoje Sorkočević">Paskoje Sorkočević</a> (after 1444)</li> <li>Radoslav (after 1444)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Territorial_organization">Territorial organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Despotate&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Territorial organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Despot_of_Serbia_Prussian_edition.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Despot_of_Serbia_Prussian_edition.jpg/220px-Despot_of_Serbia_Prussian_edition.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Despot_of_Serbia_Prussian_edition.jpg/330px-Despot_of_Serbia_Prussian_edition.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Despot_of_Serbia_Prussian_edition.jpg/440px-Despot_of_Serbia_Prussian_edition.jpg 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Despot Đurađ's coat of arms, Prussian ed. Chronicle of the Council of Constance (before 1437)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1410, Despot Stefan Lazarević enacted an administrative reform dividing the territory of the Despotate into districts. A district was called a <b>Vlast</b> (Serbian Cyrillic: Власт), and each Vlast was governed in the Despot's name by a Voivode. This reform, made necessary by the increasing threat of Turkish invasion, gave those Voivodes an authority over both civilian and military matters in their respective districts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994522_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994522-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Vlasts were retained by the Despotate until its fall. </p><p>Documents have been preserved about the Vlasts in <a href="/wiki/Smederevo" title="Smederevo">Smederevo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Novo_Brdo" title="Novo Brdo">Novo Brdo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nekudim" title="Nekudim">Nekudim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ostrovica_(Rudnik)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ostrovica (Rudnik)">Ostrovica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golubac" title="Golubac">Golubac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bora%C4%8D,_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Borač, Serbia">Borač</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Petrus,_Serbia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Petrus, Serbia (page does not exist)">Petrus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lepenica_(region)" title="Lepenica (region)">Lepenica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kru%C5%A1evac" title="Kruševac">Kruševac</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%BDdrelo" title="Ždrelo">Ždrelo</a>; west of the Drina, there were four Vlasts: <a href="/wiki/Teo%C4%8Dak" title="Teočak">Teočak</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ti%C5%A1nica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tišnica (page does not exist)">Tišnica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zvornik" title="Zvornik">Zvonik</a> and <a href="/wiki/Srebrenica" title="Srebrenica">Srebrenica</a>. After its incorporation into the Serbian Despotate in 1421, <a href="/wiki/Zeta_Plain" title="Zeta Plain">Zeta</a> was organized as a single large Vlast. with its Voivode seated in <a href="/wiki/Bar,_Montenegro" title="Bar, Montenegro">Bar</a>, later moving to <a href="/wiki/Podgorica" title="Podgorica">Podgorica</a> (1444) and finally <a href="/wiki/Medun" title="Medun">Medun</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994516–517,_534_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994516–517,_534-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković200492–93_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković200492–93-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Next to nothing has been preserved about the number and size of other Vlasts within the Despotate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rulers_of_the_Serbian_Despotate">Rulers of the Serbian Despotate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Despotate&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Rulers of the Serbian Despotate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Reign </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Despot_Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87,_Manasija.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Despot_Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87%2C_Manasija.jpg/50px-Despot_Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87%2C_Manasija.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Despot_Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87%2C_Manasija.jpg/75px-Despot_Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87%2C_Manasija.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Despot_Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87%2C_Manasija.jpg/100px-Despot_Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87%2C_Manasija.jpg 2x" data-file-width="334" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><a href="/wiki/Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87" title="Stefan Lazarević">Stefan Lazarević</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1374–1427)</span> </td> <td>August, 1402 – July 19, 1427 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lazarevi%C4%87_dynasty" title="Lazarević dynasty">Lazarević dynasty</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%C4%90ura%C4%91_Brankovi%C4%87,_Esphigmenou_charter_(1429).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/%C4%90ura%C4%91_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg/50px-%C4%90ura%C4%91_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/%C4%90ura%C4%91_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg/75px-%C4%90ura%C4%91_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/%C4%90ura%C4%91_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg/100px-%C4%90ura%C4%91_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1998" data-file-height="2778" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><a href="/wiki/%C4%90ura%C4%91_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Đurađ Branković">Đurađ Branković</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1375–1456)</span> </td> <td>July 19, 1427 – August 18, 1439 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brankovi%C4%87_dynasty" title="Branković dynasty">Branković dynasty</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grgur_Brankovi%C4%87,_Esphigmenou_charter_(1429).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Grgur_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg/50px-Grgur_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Grgur_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg/75px-Grgur_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Grgur_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg/100px-Grgur_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="2472" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><a href="/wiki/Grgur_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Grgur Branković">Grgur Branković</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1416–59)</span> </td> <td>May, 1439 – August 18, 1439 </td> <td>co-regent for Đurađ </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Toma_Kantakuzin" class="mw-redirect" title="Toma Kantakuzin">Toma Kantakuzin</a> </td> <td>May, 1439 – August 18, 1439 </td> <td>co-regent for Đurađ </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ishak-Beg (d. 1443) </td> <td>1439–1443 </td> <td>Ottoman governor </td></tr> <tr> <td>Isa-Beg </td> <td>1443 – June 12, 1444 </td> <td>Ottoman governor </td></tr> <tr> <td>Đurađ Branković<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1375–1456)</span> </td> <td>June 12, 1444 – December 24, 1456 </td> <td>restored </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lazar_Brankovi%C4%87,_Esphigmenou_charter_(1429).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lazar_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg/50px-Lazar_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lazar_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg/75px-Lazar_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lazar_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg/100px-Lazar_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="658" data-file-height="815" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><a href="/wiki/Lazar_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Lazar Branković">Lazar Branković</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1421–58)</span> </td> <td>December 24, 1456 – January 19, 1458 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/House_of_Brankovi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Branković">Branković dynasty</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stefan_Brankovi%C4%87,_Esphigmenou_charter_(1429).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Stefan_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg/50px-Stefan_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Stefan_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg/75px-Stefan_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Stefan_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg/100px-Stefan_Brankovi%C4%87%2C_Esphigmenou_charter_%281429%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1548" data-file-height="2676" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><a href="/wiki/Stefan_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Stefan Branković">Stefan Branković</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1420–76)</span> </td> <td>January 19, 1458 – March 21, 1459 </td> <td>co-regent to March 1458 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mihailo_An%C4%91elovi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Mihailo Anđelović">Mihailo Anđelović</a> (d. 1464) </td> <td>January 19, 1458 – March, 1458 </td> <td>co-regent </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jelena_Paleolog" class="mw-redirect" title="Jelena Paleolog">Jelena Paleolog</a> (1432–73) </td> <td>January 19, 1458 – March, 1458 </td> <td>co-regent </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stjepan_Toma%C5%A1evi%C4%87.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Stjepan_Toma%C5%A1evi%C4%87.jpg/50px-Stjepan_Toma%C5%A1evi%C4%87.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Stjepan_Toma%C5%A1evi%C4%87.jpg/75px-Stjepan_Toma%C5%A1evi%C4%87.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Stjepan_Toma%C5%A1evi%C4%87.jpg/100px-Stjepan_Toma%C5%A1evi%C4%87.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="1209" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><a href="/wiki/Stjepan_Toma%C5%A1evi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Stjepan Tomašević">Stjepan Tomašević</a> (1438–63) </td> <td>March 21, 1459 – June 20, 1459 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kotromani%C4%87_dynasty" title="Kotromanić dynasty">Kotromanić dynasty</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"><i>Titular rulers of the Serbian Despotate in exile</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%97%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%98_%D0%92%D1%83%D0%BA_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%9B,_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%82_%D1%81%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/%D0%97%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%98_%D0%92%D1%83%D0%BA_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%9B%2C_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%82_%D1%81%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8.jpg/100px-%D0%97%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%98_%D0%92%D1%83%D0%BA_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%9B%2C_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%82_%D1%81%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8.jpg 2x" data-file-width="393" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><a href="/wiki/Vuk_Grgurevi%C4%87" title="Vuk Grgurević">Vuk Grgurević</a> Branković<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1438–85)</span> </td> <td>1471 – April 16, 1485 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brankovi%C4%87_dynasty" title="Branković dynasty">Branković dynasty</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Djuradj_Stefanovic_Brankovic_Grb.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Djuradj_Stefanovic_Brankovic_Grb.png/50px-Djuradj_Stefanovic_Brankovic_Grb.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Djuradj_Stefanovic_Brankovic_Grb.png/75px-Djuradj_Stefanovic_Brankovic_Grb.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Djuradj_Stefanovic_Brankovic_Grb.png/100px-Djuradj_Stefanovic_Brankovic_Grb.png 2x" data-file-width="559" data-file-height="849" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><a href="/wiki/%C4%90or%C4%91e_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Đorđe Branković">Đorđe Branković</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1461–1516)</span> </td> <td>February, 1486 – July, 1497 </td> <td>Branković dynasty </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Despot_Jovan_Brankovic.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Despot_Jovan_Brankovic.jpg/40px-Despot_Jovan_Brankovic.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Despot_Jovan_Brankovic.jpg/60px-Despot_Jovan_Brankovic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Despot_Jovan_Brankovic.jpg/80px-Despot_Jovan_Brankovic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1104" data-file-height="2378" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><a href="/wiki/Jovan_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Jovan Branković">Jovan Branković</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1462–1502)</span> </td> <td>1492 – December 10, 1502 </td> <td>Branković dynasty </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ivani%C5%A1_Berislavi%C4%87" title="Ivaniš Berislavić">Ivaniš Berislavić</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(d. 1514)</span> </td> <td>1504 – January, 1514 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Berislavi%C4%87i_Grabarski" class="mw-redirect" title="Berislavići Grabarski">Berislavići Grabarski</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stefan_Berislavi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Stefan Berislavić">Stefan Berislavić</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1504–35)</span> </td> <td>1520–1535 </td> <td>Berislavići Grabarski </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Radi%C4%8D_Bo%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Radič Božić">Radič Božić</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(d. 1528)</span> </td> <td>June 29, 1527 – September, 1528 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pavle_Baki%C4%87" title="Pavle Bakić">Pavle Bakić</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(d. 1537)</span> </td> <td>September 20, 1537 – October 9, 1537 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baki%C4%87_noble_family" title="Bakić noble family">Bakić noble family</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Despotate&action=edit&section=18" 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković200491_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFĆirković2004">Ćirković 2004</a>, p. 91.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994507–508-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994507–508_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFine1994">Fine 1994</a>, pp. 507–508.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković200492-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković200492_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFĆirković2004">Ćirković 2004</a>, p. 92.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994522-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994522_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994522_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFine1994">Fine 1994</a>, p. 522.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERadošević1986445–451-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERadošević1986445–451_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRadošević1986">Radošević 1986</a>, pp. 445–451.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004103-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004103_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004103_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004103_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFĆirković2004">Ćirković 2004</a>, p. 103.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMrgić-Radojčić200460-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMrgić-Radojčić200460_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMrgić-Radojčić2004">Mrgić-Radojčić 2004</a>, p. 60.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004103,_115-10"><span 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id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004106–107-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004106–107_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004106–107_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFĆirković2004">Ćirković 2004</a>, pp. 106–107.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994530-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994530_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFine1994">Fine 1994</a>, p. 530.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994568–569-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994568–569_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFine1994">Fine 1994</a>, pp. 568–569.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994569-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994569_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFine1994">Fine 1994</a>, p. 569.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107_18-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107_18-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004107_18-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFĆirković2004">Ćirković 2004</a>, p. 107.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994569–570-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994569–570_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFine1994">Fine 1994</a>, pp. 569–570.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994571–572-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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Eyalet">Ankara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Childir_Eyalet" title="Childir Eyalet">Childir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diyarbekir_Eyalet" title="Diyarbekir Eyalet">Diyarbekir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulkadir_Eyalet" title="Dulkadir Eyalet">Dulkadir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erzurum_Eyalet" title="Erzurum Eyalet">Erzurum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%BCdavendig%C3%A2r_Eyalet" title="Hüdavendigâr Eyalet">Hüdavendigâr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karaman_Eyalet" title="Karaman Eyalet">Karaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kars_Eyalet" title="Kars Eyalet">Kars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastamonu_Eyalet" title="Kastamonu Eyalet">Kastamonu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Eyalet" title="Kurdistan Eyalet">Kurdistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%BBm_Eyalet" title="Rûm Eyalet">Rum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trebizond_Eyalet" title="Trebizond Eyalet">Trebizond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eyalet_of_Van" class="mw-redirect" title="Eyalet of Van">Van</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eyalet_of_Adrianople" title="Eyalet of Adrianople">Adrianople</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eyalet_of_the_Archipelago" title="Eyalet of the Archipelago">Archipelago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_Eyalet" title="Bosnia Eyalet">Bosnia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budin_Eyalet" title="Budin Eyalet">Budin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Crete" title="Ottoman Crete">Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E%C4%9Fri_Eyalet" title="Eğri Eyalet">Egir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herzegovina_Eyalet" title="Herzegovina Eyalet">Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanije_Eyalet" title="Kanije Eyalet">Kanije</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kefe_Eyalet" title="Kefe Eyalet">Kefe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morea_Eyalet" title="Morea Eyalet">Morea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni%C5%A1_Eyalet" title="Niš Eyalet">Niš</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Podolia_Eyalet" title="Podolia Eyalet">Podolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rumelia_Eyalet" title="Rumelia Eyalet">Rumelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salonica_Eyalet" title="Salonica Eyalet">Salonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silistra_Eyalet" title="Silistra Eyalet">Silistra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teme%C5%9Fvar_Eyalet" title="Temeşvar Eyalet">Temeşvar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uyvar_Eyalet" title="Uyvar Eyalet">Uyvar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varat_Eyalet" title="Varat Eyalet">Varat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Widdin_Eyalet" class="mw-redirect" title="Widdin Eyalet">Widdin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ioannina_Eyalet" title="Ioannina Eyalet">Yanina</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levant</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aleppo_Eyalet" title="Aleppo Eyalet">Aleppo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Cyprus" title="Ottoman Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damascus_Eyalet" title="Damascus Eyalet">Damascus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_Sanjak" title="Jerusalem Sanjak">Jerusalem</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidon_Eyalet" title="Sidon Eyalet">Sidon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Lebanon_Emirate" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Lebanon Emirate">Mount Lebanon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripoli_Eyalet" title="Tripoli Eyalet">Tripoli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arabia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yemen_Eyalet" title="Yemen Eyalet">Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lahsa_Eyalet" title="Lahsa Eyalet">Lahsa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mesopotamia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baghdad_Eyalet" title="Baghdad Eyalet">Baghdad</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mamluk_dynasty_(Iraq)" title="Mamluk dynasty (Iraq)">Mamluk of Iraq</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosul_Eyalet" title="Mosul Eyalet">Mosul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basra_Eyalet" title="Basra Eyalet">Basra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rakka_Eyalet" title="Rakka Eyalet">Rakka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahrizor_Eyalet" title="Shahrizor Eyalet">Shahrizor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="1867–1922_(vilayets_and_mutasarrıfates)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">1867–1922 (<a href="/wiki/Vilayet" title="Vilayet">vilayets</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mutasarr%C4%B1f" class="mw-redirect" title="Mutasarrıf">mutasarrıfates</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Tripolitania" title="Ottoman Tripolitania">Tripolitania</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Anatolia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adana_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Adana Vilayet">Adana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aidin_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Aidin Vilayet">Aidin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angora_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Angora Vilayet">Angora</a> (Ankara)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilayet_of_the_Archipelago" title="Vilayet of the Archipelago">Archipelago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bitlis_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Bitlis Vilayet">Bitlis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantinople_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Constantinople Vilayet">Constantinople</a> (Istanbul)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diyarbekir_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Diyarbekir Vilayet">Diyarbekir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erzurum_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Erzurum Vilayet">Erzurum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%BCdavendig%C3%A2r_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Hüdavendigâr Vilayet">Hüdavendigâr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastamonu_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kastamonu Vilayet">Kastamonu</a></li> <li><a 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