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.status>p:first-child{margin:0}</style><table class="infobox vevent" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th class="summary" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Fall of the Serbian Empire</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Situation_in_Serbian_Empire_around_1371.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Situation_in_Serbian_Empire_around_1371.png/220px-Situation_in_Serbian_Empire_around_1371.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Situation_in_Serbian_Empire_around_1371.png/330px-Situation_in_Serbian_Empire_around_1371.png 1.5x, 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Following the death of the childless Emperor <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Uro%C5%A1_V" title="Stefan Uroš V">Stefan Uroš V</a> in 1371, the Empire was left without an heir and the magnates, <i><a href="/wiki/Velika%C5%A1" title="Velikaš">velikaši</a></i>, obtained the rule of its provinces and districts (in so-called <a href="/wiki/Feudal_fragmentation" title="Feudal fragmentation">feudal fragmentation</a>), continuing their offices as independent with titles such as <i>gospodin</i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Despot_(court_title)" title="Despot (court title)">despot</a></i>, given to them during the Empire. This period is known as the dissolution or the beginning of the fall of the Serbian Empire. </p><p>Between 1365 and 1371, <a href="/wiki/Vuka%C5%A1in_of_Serbia" title="Vukašin of Serbia">King Vukašin</a> was the co-ruler of Emperor Uroš, ruling the southern half, thus the Empire may be viewed as a <i>de facto</i> <a href="/wiki/Diarchy" title="Diarchy">diarchy</a>. Before 1371, the <a href="/wiki/Serbian_nobility_in_the_Middle_Ages" class="mw-redirect" title="Serbian nobility in the Middle Ages">nobility</a> were either directly subordinate to Emperor Uroš or to Vukašin. Vukašin died in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maritsa" title="Battle of Maritsa">Battle of Maritsa</a> (1371) against the invading <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>, and southern Serbian provinces became nominal Ottoman <a href="/wiki/Vassals" class="mw-redirect" title="Vassals">vassals</a>. Four months later, Uroš died. The lords could not agree on the rightful ruler; they dismissed <a href="/wiki/Prince_Marko" title="Prince Marko">Prince Marko</a>, the son of Vukašin, and conflicts started between the nobles within a year. An assembly was held in 1374 without any success since the nobles were unable to agree on whether Marko or <a href="/wiki/Prince_Lazar" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Lazar">Prince Lazar</a> would head the Serbian confederation as the Serbian king and the state continued as before, fragmented and without central authority. </p><p>The period after the death of Uroš and Vukašin (1371–89) was marked by the rise and fall of Prince Lazar, and the power struggle of the minor provinces. Lazar ruled the most powerful Serbian principality, <a href="/wiki/Moravian_Serbia" title="Moravian Serbia">Moravian Serbia</a>. The rule of Lazar ended with his death in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo" title="Battle of Kosovo">Battle of Kosovo</a> in 1389, when Serbia stood up against invading Ottomans, an event that is deeply rooted in <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Serbdom" class="extiw" title="wikt:Serbdom">Serbdom</a>. By 1395, most of the southern provinces had been conquered and annexed by the Ottomans, and the provinces of modern <a href="/wiki/Central_Serbia" title="Central Serbia">Central Serbia</a> had accepted nominal Ottoman rule. Lazar was succeeded by his son, <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87" title="Stefan Lazarević">Stefan Lazarević</a>, who ruled the <a href="/wiki/Rump_state" title="Rump state">rump</a> <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Despotate" title="Serbian Despotate">Serbian Despotate</a>, which finally fell to the Ottomans in 1459, thus marking the end of the <a href="/wiki/Serbia_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="Serbia in the Middle Ages">medieval Serbian state</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stefan_Uroš_V's_rule"><span id="Stefan_Uro.C5.A1_V.27s_rule"></span>Stefan Uroš V's rule</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Stefan Uroš V's rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Serbian_nobility_conflict_(1369)" title="Serbian nobility conflict (1369)">Serbian nobility conflict (1369)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Empire_of_the_romans_and_serbs_en.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Empire_of_the_romans_and_serbs_en.png/300px-Empire_of_the_romans_and_serbs_en.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="349" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Empire_of_the_romans_and_serbs_en.png/450px-Empire_of_the_romans_and_serbs_en.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Empire_of_the_romans_and_serbs_en.png/600px-Empire_of_the_romans_and_serbs_en.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="722" /></a><figcaption>Domain of <a href="/wiki/Simeon_Uro%C5%A1" title="Simeon Uroš">Simeon Uroš</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Loza_Nemanjica_Decani_c_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Loza_Nemanjica_Decani_c_2.jpg/220px-Loza_Nemanjica_Decani_c_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="549" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Loza_Nemanjica_Decani_c_2.jpg/330px-Loza_Nemanjica_Decani_c_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Loza_Nemanjica_Decani_c_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="407" data-file-height="1016" /></a><figcaption>Detail of fresco Loza Nemanjića, Uroš V, monastery <a href="/wiki/Visoki_De%C4%8Dani" title="Visoki Dečani">Visoki Dečani</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Du%C5%A1an" class="mw-redirect" title="Emperor Dušan">Emperor Dušan</a>'s son and heir <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Uro%C5%A1_V" title="Stefan Uroš V">Stefan Uroš V</a> (1356–71), though by this time twenty years old, was weak, and unable to take forceful action against his nobles' separatist tendencies, hence his sobriquet "the Weak", as opposed to his father Dušan's, "the Mighty". </p><p>Dušan's half-brother <a href="/wiki/Simeon_Uro%C5%A1" title="Simeon Uroš">Simeon Uroš</a> was expelled from <a href="/wiki/Despotate_of_Epirus" title="Despotate of Epirus">Epirus</a> and sought to obtain Serbia. He marched on Serbia in 1357 after he had himself proclaimed Tsar of the Greeks, Serbs, and Albanians at <a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a> in 1356. The forces of Stephen Uroš met the forces of Simeon near <a href="/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr" title="Shkodër">Scutari</a> in <a href="/wiki/Zeta_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zeta (state)">Zeta</a> and forced them to back down. Meanwhile, in the Serbian, Bulgarian and Byzantine borderlands of western <a href="/wiki/Thrace" title="Thrace">Thrace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Kantakouzenos" title="Matthew Kantakouzenos">Matthew Kantakouzenos</a>, the son of the Byzantine emperor <a href="/wiki/John_VI_Kantakouzenos" title="John VI Kantakouzenos">John VI Kantakouzenos</a> made war on the Serbs in 1356-57 but failed to capture <a href="/wiki/Serres" title="Serres">Serres</a> with his five-thousand Turks and was soon defeated in battle by <a href="/wiki/Vojvoda_Vojin" class="mw-redirect" title="Vojvoda Vojin">Vojvoda Vojin</a> and held for ransom. The ransom was paid by the Emperor <a href="/wiki/John_V_Palaiologos" title="John V Palaiologos">John V Palaiologos</a> and Matthew was allowed to retire to <a href="/wiki/Morea" title="Morea">Morea</a>. Now the lands that remained loyal to Uroš were most of <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(region)" title="Macedonia (region)">Macedonia</a>, including the land between the <a href="/wiki/Struma_(river)" title="Struma (river)">Struma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mesta" title="Mesta">Mesta</a> rivers and the <a href="/wiki/Chalcidice" class="mw-redirect" title="Chalcidice">Chalcidice</a> peninsula. The lands that remained Serbian could be divided into three main parts: the western territories, including Zeta, the central Serbian lands of Uroš and the southern lands (including the eastern part of Macedonia with Serres as its capital). </p><p>The most powerful noble was <a href="/wiki/Vojislav_Vojinovi%C4%87" title="Vojislav Vojinović">Vojislav Vojinović</a> who quarrelled with the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ragusa" title="Republic of Ragusa">Republic of Ragusa</a> in the fall of 1358, when the Serbs and the Hungarians clashed along the Danube. The Hungarians penetrated deep into Serbian territory and the Serbian army retreated to avoid battle with the attackers. Vojislav waited until the Hungarians withdrew in 1359 then he attacked Ragusa. In 1365 <a href="/wiki/Vuka%C5%A1in_Mrnjav%C4%8Devi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Vukašin Mrnjavčević">Vukašin</a> was proclaimed King of Serbia and co-ruler with Uroš, and <a href="/wiki/Jovan_Uglje%C5%A1a" class="mw-redirect" title="Jovan Uglješa">Jovan Uglješa</a> was made <a href="/wiki/Despot_(court_title)" title="Despot (court title)">Despot</a> in the Serbian principality of Serres. </p> <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=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Serbia_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="Serbia in the Middle Ages">Serbia in the Middle Ages</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_of_Maritsa">Battle of Maritsa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Battle of Maritsa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maritsa" title="Battle of Maritsa">Battle of Maritsa</a></div> <p>There was a far more serious problem for Serbia — and the whole Balkans — than the internal squabbling of the Serbian nobles, and that was the advance of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Turks" title="Ottoman Turks">Ottoman Turks</a> in Europe. Followed by their penetration into Thrace, in 1354 they acquired <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli" title="Gallipoli">Gallipoli</a> on the European side of the <a href="/wiki/Dardanelles" title="Dardanelles">Dardanelles</a>. From there, they expanded into Thrace taking <a href="/wiki/Didymoteicho" title="Didymoteicho">Demotika</a> from the Byzantines in 1361 and <a href="/wiki/Plovdiv" title="Plovdiv">Philippopolis</a> from the Bulgarians in 1363 and finally in 1369 the major city of <a href="/wiki/Adrianople" class="mw-redirect" title="Adrianople">Adrianople</a>. By 1370 Turks had occupied most of Thrace to the <a href="/wiki/Rhodopes" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhodopes">Rhodopes</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Balkan_Mountains" title="Balkan Mountains">Balkan Mountains</a>. As they reached the Rhodopes they collided with <a href="/wiki/Jovan_Uglje%C5%A1a" class="mw-redirect" title="Jovan Uglješa">Jovan Uglješa</a> who had extended his realm beyond the Mesta into this territory and the threat from them became increasingly serious. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BattleofMaritsa1371.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/BattleofMaritsa1371.png/288px-BattleofMaritsa1371.png" decoding="async" width="288" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/BattleofMaritsa1371.png/432px-BattleofMaritsa1371.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/BattleofMaritsa1371.png/576px-BattleofMaritsa1371.png 2x" data-file-width="1599" data-file-height="901" /></a><figcaption>Balkans in September of 1371</figcaption></figure> <p>On September 26, 1371, King Vukašin with his brother Despot <a href="/wiki/Jovan_Uglje%C5%A1a" class="mw-redirect" title="Jovan Uglješa">Jovan Uglješa</a> led the Serb Army against the advancing Ottoman Empire led by the <a href="/wiki/Beylerbey" title="Beylerbey">beylerbey</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rumeli" class="mw-redirect" title="Rumeli">Rumeli</a> <a href="/wiki/Lala_%C5%9E%C3%A2hin_Pa%C5%9Fa" class="mw-redirect" title="Lala Şâhin Paşa">Lala Şâhin Paşa</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maritsa" title="Battle of Maritsa">Battle of Maritsa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOstrogorsky1956481_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOstrogorsky1956481-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The offensive against the Turks was originally scheduled for early 1371 but was delayed perhaps because Uglješa had hoped that Bulgaria might also join the coalition. King Vukašin and his son <a href="/wiki/Prince_Marko" title="Prince Marko">Marko</a> were in <a href="/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr" title="Shkodër">Scutari</a> preparing for action against <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Altomanovich" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicholas Altomanovich">Nicholas Altomanovich</a> when they were summoned east to join up with Uglješa and his army and then together they easily penetrated what was supposedly Turkish territory and reached <a href="/wiki/Cernomen" class="mw-redirect" title="Cernomen">Cernomen</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Maritsa_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritsa River">Maritsa River</a>, where the Serbs did not bother to post sentries or have scouts as did the Turks. Furthermore, they did not keep their horses or their weapons in readiness and they allowed themselves to be surprised. The Ottomans won the battle, as they attacked the Serbian army while they rested. The bodies of the commanders were not found. </p><p>Prince Marko inherited the royal title of his father and became the co-ruler of Emperor Uroš. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death_of_the_Emperor">Death of the Emperor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death of the Emperor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stefan Uroš V died childless on December 2/4 1371, after much of the Serbian nobility had been destroyed by the Turks in the Battle of Maritsa earlier that year. Vukašin's son Marko inherited his father's royal title and thus became the disputed successor of the Serbian throne, the nobles pursued their interests, quarrelling with each other. </p><p>Real power in northern Serbia was held by <a href="/wiki/Prince_Lazar" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Lazar">Prince Lazar</a>. The latter did not assume the imperial or royal titles (associated with the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Nemanjic" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Nemanjic">House of Nemanjic</a>), and in 1377 accepted king <a href="/wiki/Tvrtko_I_of_Bosnia" title="Tvrtko I of Bosnia">Tvrtko I of Bosnia</a> (a maternal grandson of Serbian king <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Dragutin" title="Stefan Dragutin">Stefan Dragutin</a>) as titular <a href="/wiki/King_of_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Serbia">King of Serbia</a>. Serbia proper became a vassal of the Ottomans in 1390 but remained effectively ruled by the <a href="/wiki/Lazarevi%C4%87_dynasty" title="Lazarević dynasty">Lazarevićs</a> and then by their <a href="/wiki/Brankovi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Branković">Brankovićs</a> successors until the fall of <a href="/wiki/Smederevo" title="Smederevo">Smederevo</a> in 1459. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Đurađ_II_Balšić's_edict"><span id=".C4.90ura.C4.91_II_Bal.C5.A1i.C4.87.27s_edict"></span>Đurađ II Balšić's edict</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Đurađ II Balšić's edict"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1372 Đurađ succeeded his father <a href="/wiki/Stracimir_Bal%C5%A1i%C4%87" title="Stracimir Balšić">Stracimir</a> as the lord of Upper Zeta. Đurađ, in the standards of collective family reign, issued together with his uncles <a href="/wiki/Bal%C5%A1a_II" title="Balša II">Balša II</a> and presiding <a href="/wiki/%C4%90ura%C4%91_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Đurađ I">Đurađ I</a> an edict in the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ragusa" title="Republic of Ragusa">Republic of Ragusa</a> on 30 November 1373. The edict confirmed the laws of <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Uro%C5%A1_V" title="Stefan Uroš V">Emperor Stefan Uroš</a> from the Serbian <a href="/wiki/Nemanji%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Nemanjić">Nemanjić</a> and gave privileges to Ragusian traders, including imposed taxes on the Adriatic City. It also included a unique clause, recognizing the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Serbian Empire even though for years without an Emperor and any form of centralized strong authority, a note that if anyone became the new sovereign Emperor of the Serbs and the Serbian nobility and lands, all the points shall be transferred from the Balšićs to him. Đurađ I's <a href="/w/index.php?title=Logotet_Vitko&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Logotet Vitko (page does not exist)"><i>logotet</i> Vitko</a> was the witness, as well as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Draga%C5%A1_Kosa%C4%8Di%C4%87&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dragaš Kosačić (page does not exist)">Dragaš Kosačić</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠuica2000_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠuica2000-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The collectivity of the family of the Balšićs marked this unique feudal system applied to their domain. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plots_against_Marko">Plots against Marko</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Plots against Marko"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When his father died, "young king" Marko legally became a king and the co-ruler of Tsar Uroš. Soon afterwards came the end of the Nemanjić dynasty, when Uroš died on 2 or 4  December 1371, which formally made Marko the sovereign of the Serbian state. Serbian lords, however, did not even consider to recognize him as their supreme ruler,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMihaljčić1975168_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMihaljčić1975168-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the separatism within the state increased even more.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994379_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994379-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the demise of the two brothers and the destruction of their armies, the House of Mrnjavčević was left without any real power.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMihaljčić1975168_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMihaljčić1975168-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lords surrounding Marko took the opportunity and seized significant parts of his patrimony. By 1372, Đurađ I Balšić grabbed Prizren and Peć, and Prince <a href="/wiki/Lazar_Hrebeljanovi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Lazar Hrebeljanović">Lazar Hrebeljanović</a> took Priština. By 1377 <a href="/wiki/Vuk_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Vuk Branković">Vuk Branković</a> acquired Skopje, and Albanian magnate Andrea Gropa became practically independent in Ohrid. The latter possibly remained a vassal to Marko as he had been to Vukašin.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994379_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994379-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠuica200035–36_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠuica200035–36-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gropa's son-in-law was Marko's relative Ostoja Rajaković of the <a href="/wiki/Serb_clans" class="mw-redirect" title="Serb clans">clan</a> of Ugarčić from Travunia. He was one of the Serbian nobles from Zachlumia and Travunia (adjacent principalities in present-day Herzegovina) who had received lands in the newly conquered parts of Macedonia during Tsar Dušan's reign.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠuica200042_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠuica200042-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Battle of Maritsa, <a href="/wiki/Prince_Marko" title="Prince Marko">Marko</a>, the son of <a href="/wiki/Vuka%C5%A1in_Mrnjav%C4%8Devi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Vukašin Mrnjavčević">Vukašin Mrnjavčević</a>, was crowned king and gained his father's lands. However, his friendship with the Balšićs soon crumbled. This was a result of Đurađ, in 1371, expelling his first wife Olivera, Marko's sister, and taking <a href="/wiki/Prizren" title="Prizren">Prizren</a> from Marko. <a href="/wiki/Lazar_Hrebeljanovi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Lazar Hrebeljanović">Lazar Hrebeljanović</a>, prince of <a href="/wiki/Moravian_Serbia" title="Moravian Serbia">Moravian Serbia</a>, conquered <a href="/wiki/Pri%C5%A1tina" class="mw-redirect" title="Priština">Priština</a> in the same year. Đurađ took <a href="/wiki/Pe%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Peć">Peć</a> a year later, stripping most of Marko's lands north of <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ar_mountain" class="mw-redirect" title="Šar mountain">Šar mountain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994380_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994380-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plot_against_Nikola">Plot against Nikola</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Plot against Nikola"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the spring of 1371, Marko participated in the preparations for a campaign against <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Altomanovi%C4%87" title="Nikola Altomanović">Nikola Altomanović</a>, the major lord in the west of the Empire. The campaign was planned jointly by King Vukašin and <a href="/wiki/%C4%90ura%C4%91_I_Bal%C5%A1i%C4%87" title="Đurađ I Balšić">Đurađ I Balšić</a>, the lord of <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Zeta" class="mw-redirect" title="Principality of Zeta">Zeta</a>, who was married to Olivera, the king's daughter. In July of that year, Vukašin and Marko camped with their army outside <a href="/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr" title="Shkodër">Scutari</a>, on Balšić's territory, ready to make an incursion towards <a href="/wiki/Onogo%C5%A1t" class="mw-redirect" title="Onogošt">Onogošt</a> in Altomanović's land. The attack never happened, as the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottomans</a> threatened the land of <a href="/wiki/Despot_(court_title)" title="Despot (court title)">Despot</a> <a href="/wiki/Jovan_Uglje%C5%A1a" class="mw-redirect" title="Jovan Uglješa">Jovan Uglješa</a>, the lord of <a href="/wiki/Serres" title="Serres">Serres</a>, Vukašin's younger brother who ruled in eastern Macedonia. The forces of the Mrnjavčevićs were quickly directed eastward.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMihaljčić1975137_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMihaljčić1975137-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994377_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994377-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having in vain looked for allies, the two brothers finally entered with their troops into the territory controlled by the Ottomans. At the Battle of Maritsa on 26 September 1371, the Turks annihilated the Serbian army; not even the bodies of Vukašin and Jovan Uglješa were ever found. The place where it was fought, near the village of <a href="/wiki/Ormenio" title="Ormenio">Ormenio</a> in the east of present-day Greece, has ever since been called <i>Sırp Sındığı</i> "Serbian Rout" in Turkish. The outcome of this battle had serious consequences—it opened up the <a href="/wiki/Balkans" title="Balkans">Balkans</a> to the Turks.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994379-382_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994379-382-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆorović2001Маричка_погибија_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆorović2001Маричка_погибија-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1371, Đurađ announced to <a href="/wiki/Ragusan_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Ragusan Republic">Ragusan Republic</a> that <a href="/wiki/Vuka%C5%A1in_Mrnjav%C4%8Devi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Vukašin Mrnjavčević">Vukašin Mrnjavčević</a> and his son, <a href="/wiki/Prince_Marko" title="Prince Marko">Marko</a>, along with their armies, were in <a href="/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr" title="Shkodër">Scutari</a> with Đurađ, preparing an attack on Altomanović. Dubrovnik assisted their campaign by providing ships to transport men and supplies since their campaign was in Dubrovnik's interests. However, the campaign never took place as Vukašin and Marko went to aid Vukašin's brother, <a href="/wiki/Jovan_Uglje%C5%A1a" class="mw-redirect" title="Jovan Uglješa">Jovan Uglješa</a>, in a campaign against the Turks, which ended up in total disaster that was the Battle of Maritsa. Altomanović though was now in even more trouble. Prince <a href="/wiki/Lazar_Hrebeljanovi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Lazar Hrebeljanović">Lazar Hrebeljanović</a> of Serbia and Ban <a href="/wiki/Tvrtko_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Tvrtko I">Tvrtko I</a> of <a href="/wiki/Medieval_Bosnia" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval Bosnia">Bosnia</a> allied themselves to defeat Nikola Altomanović. Desperate for a strong ally, Altomanović began negotiations with Đurađ. Most historians agree that in concluding negotiations, Đurađ gained the towns of <a href="/wiki/Trebinje" title="Trebinje">Trebinje</a>, <a href="/wiki/Konavle" title="Konavle">Konavle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Herceg_Novi" title="Herceg Novi">Dračevica</a> from Altomanović, possibly a bribe to remain neutral within the war. Other historians, however, follow <a href="/wiki/Mauro_Orbini" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauro Orbini">Mauro Orbini</a>'s account and argue that Đurađ never concluded such an agreement, rather conquered the towns he gained from the agreement himself after Altomanović was defeated in 1373.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994377_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994377-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assembly_of_1374">Assembly of 1374</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Assembly of 1374"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Assembly (Sabor) took place on September 26, 1374, symbolically three years since the Battle at Maritsa. The Assembly was held to stop the discord between Serbian nobles. Marko and Lazar both claimed the title of King, with Vuk Branković supporting Lazar.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPopović198818_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPopović198818-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crowning_of_Tvrtko">Crowning of Tvrtko</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Crowning of Tvrtko"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 26 October 1377, Tvrtko had himself crowned as Stephen Tvrtko I, <i>by the Grace of God, King of the Serbs, Bosnia and the Seaside and the Western Lands</i>. Today, some historians consider that he was crowned in the <a href="/wiki/Monastery_of_Mile%C5%A1eva" class="mw-redirect" title="Monastery of Mileševa">Monastery of Mileševa</a>, even though there is no evidence of that.<sup id="cite_ref-Rastko_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rastko-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another possibility, supported by archaeological evidence, is that he was crowned in Mile near <a href="/wiki/Visoko_during_the_Middle_Ages" title="Visoko during the Middle Ages">Visoko</a> in the church which was built in the time of <a href="/wiki/Stephen_II_Kotromani%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen II Kotromanić">Stephen II Kotromanić</a>'s reign, where he was also buried alongside his uncle Stjepan II.<sup id="cite_ref-Mile_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mile-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Anđelić_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anđelić-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stephen (<i>Stefan</i>) was the standard title of the rulers of the <a href="/wiki/Nemanji%C4%87_dynasty" title="Nemanjić dynasty">Nemanjić dynasty</a>. In 1375–1377 Tvrtko created a unique genealogy that explicitly stated his descent from the Nemanjići. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death_of_Balšić"><span id="Death_of_Bal.C5.A1i.C4.87"></span>Death of Balšić</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Death of Balšić"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Đurađ I died on 13 January 1378 in <a href="/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr" title="Shkodër">Scutari</a>. However, recent studies now conclude that Đurađ died in 1379 rather than in 1378. The rule of Zeta was passed down to his younger brother, <a href="/wiki/Bal%C5%A1a_II" title="Balša II">Balša II</a>. Đurađ's death caused quite a stir between Zeta's neighbours. Bosnian Ban Tvrtko I annexed Đurađ's territories bordering <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ragusa" title="Republic of Ragusa">Dubrovnik</a> in 1377, along with the remainder of Đurađ's coastal lands between the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Kotor" title="Bay of Kotor">Bay of Kotor</a> and the land previously annexed in 1377 at the time of his death. Tvrtko secured these possessions through Đurađ's death, free of the worry of any counter-attack. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Vuk_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Vuk Branković">Vuk Branković</a> also took this opportunity to gain Đurađ's land. Branković sent his forces into <a href="/wiki/Metohija" title="Metohija">Metohija</a> and seized Prizren, along with the rest of Đurađ's holdings in the region. <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994389_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994389-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rise_of_Lazar">Rise of Lazar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Rise of Lazar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:200px; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p><i>"v leto 6889. godine ubi Crep I Vitomir Turke na Dubravci"</i></p><hr /><p>"In the summer of 1380, Crep and Vitomir killed the Turks on <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dubravnica" title="Battle of Dubravnica">Dubravnica</a>" </p></blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">-Lazar's chronicles on his commanders<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p>By 1379, Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović, the governor of <a href="/wiki/Pomoravlje_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pomoravlje (region)">Pomoravlje</a>, emerged as the most powerful among the Serbian nobles. In his signatures, he titled himself as the "<a href="/wiki/Autocracy" title="Autocracy">Autocrat</a> of all the <a href="/wiki/Serbs" title="Serbs">Serbs</a>" (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1113239643">.mw-parser-output .script-Cyrs{font-family:"Ponomar Unicode","Ponomar Unicode TT","Acathist","Triodion Unicode","Menaion Unicode","Menaion Unicode TT","Shafarik","Fedorovsk Unicode","Fedorovsk Unicode TT","Monomakh Unicode","Monomakh Unicode TT","Vilnius",BukyVede,"Kliment Std","RomanCyrillic Std","Monomachus","Old Standard","Old Standard TT",Dilyana,Menaion,"Menaion Medieval",Lazov,Code2000,"DejaVu Sans","DejaVu Serif",Code2001,"FreeSerif","TITUS Cyberbit Basic","Charis SIL","Doulos SIL","Chrysanthi Unicode","Bitstream Cyberbit","Bitstream CyberBase",Thryomanes,"Lucida Grande","FreeSans","Arial Unicode MS","Microsoft Sans Serif","Lucida Sans Unicode"}.mw-parser-output .script-Glag{font-family:Shafarik,"Menaion Unicode TT","Menaion Unicode",Vikidemia,Bukyvede,FreeSerif,Ja,Unicode5,"TITUS Cyberbit Basic","Noto Sans Glagolitic","Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI Symbol"}</style><span title="Slavonic" class="script-Cyrs">самодрьжць вьсѣмь Србьлѥмь</span>); nevertheless, he was not powerful enough to unite all Serbian lands under his authority. The families of <a href="/wiki/Bal%C5%A1i%C4%87_noble_family" title="Balšić noble family">Balšić</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mrnjav%C4%8Devi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Mrnjavčević">Mrnjavčević</a>, <a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Draga%C5%A1" class="mw-redirect" title="Konstantin Dragaš">Konstantin Dragaš</a> (maternally a Nemanjić), Vuk Branković, Tvrtko and Radoslav Hlapen, ruled in their respective domains without consulting with Lazar.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMihaljčić1975164–165,_220_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMihaljčić1975164–165,_220-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another king besides Marko advanced on the political scene: in 1377, the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_bishop#Orthodox" title="Metropolitan bishop">Metropolitan</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mile%C5%A1eva_monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Mileševa monastery">Mileševa</a> crowned Tvrtko I, maternally related to the Nemanjići, "King of the Serbs, Bosnia and the Seaside and the Western Lands". He had previously taken some western parts of the former Serbian Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994393_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994393-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After taking Nikola Altomanovic's lands in 1379, he subordinated <a href="/wiki/Radi%C4%8D_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Radič Branković">Radič Branković</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković200481_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković200481-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_of_Kosovo">Battle of Kosovo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Battle of Kosovo"><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:Propast_Srpskog_carstva_na_Kosovu_1389,_A._Bocari%C4%87.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Propast_Srpskog_carstva_na_Kosovu_1389%2C_A._Bocari%C4%87.jpg/220px-Propast_Srpskog_carstva_na_Kosovu_1389%2C_A._Bocari%C4%87.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Propast_Srpskog_carstva_na_Kosovu_1389%2C_A._Bocari%C4%87.jpg/330px-Propast_Srpskog_carstva_na_Kosovu_1389%2C_A._Bocari%C4%87.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Propast_Srpskog_carstva_na_Kosovu_1389%2C_A._Bocari%C4%87.jpg/440px-Propast_Srpskog_carstva_na_Kosovu_1389%2C_A._Bocari%C4%87.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1008" data-file-height="676" /></a><figcaption><i>Destruction of the Serbian Empire on Kosovo</i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 28 June 1389, Serbian forces led by Prince Lazar, Vuk Branković, and Tvrtko's nobleman <a href="/wiki/Vlatko_Vukovi%C4%87" title="Vlatko Vuković">Vlatko Vuković</a> of Zachlumia, confronted the Ottoman army led by Sultan <a href="/wiki/Murad_I" title="Murad I">Murad I</a> and his two sons Bayezid and Yakub. This was the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo" title="Battle of Kosovo">Battle of Kosovo</a>—the most famous battle in Serbia’s medieval history. If the earlier <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maritsa" title="Battle of Maritsa">Battle of Maritsa</a> was the beginning of the end of the Serbian Empire, then the Battle of Kosovo less than 20 years later was the death knell. The majority of the Serbian army was obliterated in battle, although it started well for the Serbs; Vuk Brankovic, who led the Serbian right-wing, routed the left wing of the Ottomans being led by another son of Murad, Yakub, after the Serbian heavy cavalry began the battle by hitting the Ottoman left hard and damaging their centre, pushing them back and gaining the initial advantage. Murad's other son, Bayezid, commanded the Ottoman right, which was made up of four Turkish, two Serbian, and one Bulgarian divisions. He held off the forces of Vlatko Vukovic and the Serbian/Bosnian component of the Serbian left. Bayezid, with his reserves fresh and ready for battle, counterattacked Lazar's Serbs, who had been pushing hard against the Ottoman centre. His troops broke through to the wounded Lazar himself, captured him and other Serbian nobles, and took them before the face of Murad, who by this point was dying after being stabbed by a Serbian false deserter, <a href="/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Obili%C4%87" title="Miloš Obilić">Milos Obilic</a>. Before Murad's death, he watched the beheading of Lazar and the other nobles. While the Serbs then retreated, the Ottoman army also withdrew, due to their heavy casualties, and Bayezid returned to Adrianople to consolidate his hold on his new throne. The battle was a loss for the Serbian prince and his vassals;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994408-411_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994408-411-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although they had destroyed most of the opposing force, few Serbian troops remained, while the Turks had many more troops in the east. Consequently, the Serbian principalities that were not already Ottoman vassals soon began to submit in the following years.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994408_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994408-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The majority of the Serbian army was obliterated in battle;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994408_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994408-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but both Lazar and Murad lost their lives in it, and the remnants of their armies eventually retreated from the battlefield. Furthermore, in response to Turkish pressure,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> some Serbian noblemen wed their daughters, including the daughter of Prince Lazar, to Bayezid.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the wake of these marriages, <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87" title="Stefan Lazarević">Stefan Lazarević</a> became a loyal ally of Bayezid, going on to contribute significant forces to many of Bayezid's future military engagements, including the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nicopolis" title="Battle of Nicopolis">Battle of Nicopolis</a>. Eventually, the <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Despotate" title="Serbian Despotate">Serbian Despotate</a> would, on numerous occasions, attempt to defeat the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottomans</a> in conjunction with the <a href="/wiki/Hungarians" title="Hungarians">Hungarians</a> until its final defeat in 1459 and again in 1540. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Administration"><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:Central_balkans_1373_1395.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Central_balkans_1373_1395.png/300px-Central_balkans_1373_1395.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Central_balkans_1373_1395.png/450px-Central_balkans_1373_1395.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Central_balkans_1373_1395.png/600px-Central_balkans_1373_1395.png 2x" data-file-width="2600" data-file-height="2637" /></a><figcaption>Lordships in the Central Balkans that emerged after the dissolution of the Serbian Empire (1373–1395)</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#ffdead;" colspan="5">Provinces </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ffdead;">Map </th> <th style="background:#ffdead;">Name (Territory) </th> <th style="background:#ffdead;">Ruler(s) </th> <th style="background:#ffdead;">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Moravian_Serbia.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Moravian_Serbia.png/100px-Moravian_Serbia.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Moravian_Serbia.png/150px-Moravian_Serbia.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Moravian_Serbia.png/200px-Moravian_Serbia.png 2x" data-file-width="1653" data-file-height="1686" /></a></span></td> <td style="background:#efdecd;"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Moravian_Serbia" title="Moravian Serbia">Moravian Serbia</a></b></i><br />(Central Serbia)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lazar_Hrebeljanovi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Lazar Hrebeljanović">Lazar Hrebeljanović</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87" title="Stefan Lazarević">Stefan Lazarević</a></td> <td>Ottoman vassal 1390- </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Principality_of_Zeta.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Principality_of_Zeta.png/100px-Principality_of_Zeta.png" decoding="async" width="100" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Kingdom_of_Prilep.png/150px-Kingdom_of_Prilep.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Kingdom_of_Prilep.png/200px-Kingdom_of_Prilep.png 2x" data-file-width="786" data-file-height="1005" /></a></span></td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Prilep" title="Lordship of Prilep">Prilep Lordship</a></b></i><br />(Western <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marko_Mrnjav%C4%8Devi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Marko Mrnjavčević">Marko Mrnjavčević</a></td> <td>Becomes Ottoman vassal after Maritsa. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Principality_of_Velbazhd.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Principality_of_Velbazhd.png/100px-Principality_of_Velbazhd.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Principality_of_Velbazhd.png/150px-Principality_of_Velbazhd.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Principality_of_Velbazhd.png/200px-Principality_of_Velbazhd.png 2x" data-file-width="1352" data-file-height="1281" /></a></span></td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Domain_of_the_Dejanovi%C4%87_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Domain of the Dejanović family">Domain of the Dejanović family</a></b></i><br />(Eastern <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jovan_Draga%C5%A1" title="Jovan Dragaš">Jovan Dragaš</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Dejanovi%C4%87" title="Konstantin Dejanović">Konstantin Dejanović</a></td> <td>Becomes Ottoman vassal after Maritsa. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Realm_of_Brankovic.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Realm_of_Brankovic.png/100px-Realm_of_Brankovic.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Realm_of_Brankovic.png/150px-Realm_of_Brankovic.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Realm_of_Brankovic.png/200px-Realm_of_Brankovic.png 2x" data-file-width="1180" data-file-height="954" /></a></span></td> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Brankovi%C4%87_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Branković District">Branković District</a></b></i><br />(Lower <a href="/wiki/Sand%C5%BEak" title="Sandžak">Raška</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Skopje" title="Skopje">Upper Vardar</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vuk_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Vuk Branković">Vuk Branković</a><br /><a href="/wiki/%C4%90ura%C4%91_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Đurađ Branković">Đurađ Branković</a></td> <td>Ottoman vassal 1392-1396 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><small>Minor / Brief / :</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Realm_of_Vojislav_Vojinovi%C4%87_and_Nikola_Altomanovi%C4%87.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Realm_of_Vojislav_Vojinovi%C4%87_and_Nikola_Altomanovi%C4%87.png/100px-Realm_of_Vojislav_Vojinovi%C4%87_and_Nikola_Altomanovi%C4%87.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Realm_of_Vojislav_Vojinovi%C4%87_and_Nikola_Altomanovi%C4%87.png/150px-Realm_of_Vojislav_Vojinovi%C4%87_and_Nikola_Altomanovi%C4%87.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Realm_of_Vojislav_Vojinovi%C4%87_and_Nikola_Altomanovi%C4%87.png/200px-Realm_of_Vojislav_Vojinovi%C4%87_and_Nikola_Altomanovi%C4%87.png 2x" data-file-width="622" data-file-height="798" /></a></span></td> <td><i><b>Altomanović District</b></i><br />(Herzegovina, Raška, <a href="/wiki/North_Kosovo" title="North Kosovo">North Kosovo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zlatibor" title="Zlatibor">Zlatibor</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nikola_Altomanovi%C4%87" title="Nikola Altomanović">Nikola Altomanović</a></td> <td>District conquered by neighbouring nobles by 1373. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Serbian_epic_poems" class="mw-redirect" title="Serbian epic poems">Serbian epic poems</a> speak of the fall of the Serbian Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-Novaković1872_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Novaković1872-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup 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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 style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1282–1325</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Empire" title="Serbian Empire">Empire</a></li><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Fall</a></li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1346–1371</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Prilep" title="Lordship of Prilep">Lordship of Prilep</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1371–1395</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a href="/wiki/Moravian_Serbia" title="Moravian Serbia">Prince Lazar's Serbia</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1371–1402</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:1em"> <a 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 href="/wiki/Serbian_Despotate" title="Serbian Despotate">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;"> 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id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠuica2000-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠuica2000_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFŠuica2000">Šuica 2000</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMihaljčić1975168-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMihaljčić1975168_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMihaljčić1975168_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMihaljčić1975">Mihaljčić 1975</a>, p. 168.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994379-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994379_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994379_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFine1994">Fine 1994</a>, p. 379.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠuica200035–36-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠuica200035–36_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFŠuica2000">Šuica 2000</a>, pp. 35–36.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠuica200042-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠuica200042_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFŠuica2000">Šuica 2000</a>, p. 42.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994380-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994380_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFine1994">Fine 1994</a>, p. 380.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMihaljčić1975137-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMihaljčić1975137_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMihaljčić1975">Mihaljčić 1975</a>, p. 137.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994377-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994377_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994377_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFine1994">Fine 1994</a>, p. 377.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994379-382-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994379-382_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFine1994">Fine 1994</a>, p. 379-382.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆorović2001Маричка_погибија-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆorović2001Маричка_погибија_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFĆorović2001">Ćorović 2001</a>, Маричка погибија.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPopović198818-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPopović198818_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPopović1988">Popović 1988</a>, p. 18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rastko-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Rastko_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rastko.org.rs/istorija/zfajfric-kotromanici.html#_Toc486040907">Dr. Željko Fajfric: Kotromanići</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055941/http://rastko.org.rs/istorija/zfajfric-kotromanici.html#_Toc486040907">Archived</a> 2013-10-23 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mile-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Mile_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aneks8komisija.com.ba/main.php?id_struct=50&lang=4&action=view&id=1341">Mile declared as national monument</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080203041749/http://www.aneks8komisija.com.ba/main.php?id_struct=50&lang=4&action=view&id=1341">Archived</a> 2008-02-03 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. 2003.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Anđelić-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Anđelić_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Anđelić Pavao, Krunidbena i grobna crkva bosanskih vladara u Milima (Arnautovićima) kod Visokog. 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Službeni list SRJ. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-86-355-0452-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-86-355-0452-0"><bdi>978-86-355-0452-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE+%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B0+%D1%81%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3+%D1%81%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%9A%D0%B5%D0%B3+%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0.+%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0+%D1%81%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85+%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%85+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0&rft.pub=Slu%C5%BEbeni+list+SRJ&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-86-355-0452-0&rft.aulast=%C5%A0uica&rft.aufirst=Marko&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFall+of+the+Serbian+Empire" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFРаде_Михаљчић1975" class="citation book cs1">Раде Михаљчић (1975). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=N1VpAAAAMAAJ"><i>Крај Српског царства</i></a>. 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Beogradski izdavačko-grafički zavod. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788613003465" title="Special:BookSources/9788613003465"><bdi>9788613003465</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kraj+srpskog+carstva&rft.pub=Beogradski+izdava%C4%8Dko-grafi%C4%8Dki+zavod&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=9788613003465&rft.au=Rade+Mihalj%C4%8Di%C4%87&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DV3FpAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFall+of+the+Serbian+Empire" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Ferjančić, B. (1975) Vladarska ideologija u srpskoj diplomatici posle propasti Carstva, 1371. in: Božić I., Đurić B. [ed.] O knezu Lazaru, naučni skup, Kruševac, 1971, Beograd: Filozofski fakultet, 139-150</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNikola_B._PopovićNikola_KusovacDesanka_MiloševićVelimir_Vesović1991" class="citation book cs1">Nikola B. Popović; Nikola Kusovac; Desanka Milošević; Velimir Vesović (1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5EfjAAAAMAAJ"><i>Ilustrovana istorija Srba: Propast srpskog carstva 1371-1389</i></a>. Litera. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788674670125" title="Special:BookSources/9788674670125"><bdi>9788674670125</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ilustrovana+istorija+Srba%3A+Propast+srpskog+carstva+1371-1389&rft.pub=Litera&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=9788674670125&rft.au=Nikola+B.+Popovi%C4%87&rft.au=Nikola+Kusovac&rft.au=Desanka+Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87&rft.au=Velimir+Vesovi%C4%87&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D5EfjAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFall+of+the+Serbian+Empire" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&oldid=1239048957">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire&oldid=1239048957</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Serbian_Empire" title="Category:Serbian Empire">Serbian Empire</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Ottoman_Serbia" title="Category:Ottoman Serbia">Ottoman Serbia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Medieval_history_of_Serbia" title="Category:Medieval history of Serbia">Medieval history of Serbia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:14th_century_in_Serbia" title="Category:14th century in Serbia">14th century in Serbia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:15th_century_in_Serbia" title="Category:15th century in Serbia">15th century in Serbia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Dissolutions_of_empires" title="Category:Dissolutions of empires">Dissolutions of empires</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Webarchive_template_wayback_links" title="Category:Webarchive template wayback links">Webarchive template wayback links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_matches_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description matches Wikidata">Short description matches Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_French-language_sources_(fr)" title="Category:CS1 French-language sources (fr)">CS1 French-language sources (fr)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_Serbian-language_sources_(sr)" title="Category:CS1 Serbian-language sources (sr)">CS1 Serbian-language sources (sr)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_uses_Serbian-language_script_(sr)" title="Category:CS1 uses Serbian-language script (sr)">CS1 uses Serbian-language script (sr)</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 7 August 2024, at 02:33<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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