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Serbian Despotate

Index Serbian Despotate

The Serbian Despotate (Српска деспотовина / Srpska despotovina) was a medieval Serbian state in the first half of the 15th century. [1]

132 relations: Anatolia, Đorđe Branković, Đurađ Branković, Ždrelo, Bakić noble family, Balša III, Bar, Montenegro, Battle of Ankara, Battle of Çamurlu, Battle of Kosovo, Battle of Kruševac, Battle of Leskovac, Battle of Nicopolis, Battle of Rovine, Bayezid I, Belgrade, Berislavići Grabarski, Bogdan (protovestijar), Borač, Knić, Braničevo (region), Branković dynasty, Bulgaria, Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, Danube, Despot (court title), Eyüp, Fall of Constantinople, Francesco II Gattilusio, Golubac, Gračanica Monastery, Grgur Branković, Habsburg Monarchy, Helena Palaiologina, Despotess of Serbia, History of Serbia, Irene Kantakouzene, Isa-Beg Ishaković, Ishak Bey, Ivaniš Berislavić, Jakšić noble family, John Hunyadi, John VIII Palaiologos, Jovan Branković, Kingdom of Hungary, Kingdom of Serbia (medieval), Kotromanić dynasty, Kovin, Kruševac, Kupinovo, Kurvingrad, ..., Ladislaus the Posthumous, Lazar Branković, Lazar of Serbia, Lazarević dynasty, Lepenica (region), Lesbos, Leskovac, List of Byzantine emperors, List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church, List of Serbian monarchs, Mačva, Manuel II Palaiologos, Mara Branković, Medieval Serbian coinage, Medun, Megas logothetes, Mehmed I, Mehmed the Conqueror, Michael Angelović, Milica, Mircea I of Wallachia, Moravian Serbia, Murad I, Murad II, Musa Çelebi, Nekudim, Niš, Nikola Skobaljić, Novo Brdo, Ostrvica Fortress, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Interregnum, Palatine, Paskoje Sorkočević, Pavle Bakić, Peace of Szeged, Podgorica, Protovestiarios, Radič (veliki čelnik), Radič Božić, Radoslav Mihaljević, Süleyman Çelebi, Serbia in the Middle Ages, Serbian Empire, Serbian language, Serbian Orthodox Church, Siege of Novo Brdo (1440–41), Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Smederevo, Smederevo Fortress, Sofia, Srebrenica, Stefan Berislavić, Stefan Branković, Stefan Dragutin, Stefan Dušan, Stefan Lazarević, Stefan Ratković, Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, Suzerainty, Teočak, Thomas Kantakouzenos, Thomas of Bosnia, Timur, Toplica District, Tributary state, Tvrtko II of Bosnia, Ulrich II, Count of Celje, Usora (province), Višegrad, Vitosha, Vlad II Dracul, Voivode, Vuk Branković, Vuk Grgurević, Vuk Lazarević, Wallachia, Walls of Constantinople, Zeta (crown land), Zeta Plain, Zvonik. Expand index (82 more) »

Anatolia

Anatolia (Modern Greek: Ανατολία Anatolía, from Ἀνατολή Anatolḗ,; "east" or "rise"), also known as Asia Minor (Medieval and Modern Greek: Μικρά Ἀσία Mikrá Asía, "small Asia"), Asian Turkey, the Anatolian peninsula, or the Anatolian plateau, is the westernmost protrusion of Asia, which makes up the majority of modern-day Turkey.

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Đorđe Branković

Đorđe Branković (Ђорђе Бранковић; anglicized as George; 1461–1516) was the titular Despot of Serbia, given to him in 1486 by Matthias Corvinus, and ruled a region known as Racszag (after Rascia, being equivalent of modern Vojvodina) under the Kingdom of Hungary.

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Đurađ Branković

Đurađ Branković (Ђурађ Бранковић; Brankovics György; 1377 – 24 December 1456) was the Serbian Despot from 1427 to 1456 and a baron of the Kingdom of Hungary.

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Ždrelo

Ždrelo is a village situated in Petrovac na Mlavi municipality in Serbia.

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Bakić noble family

The Bakić (Бакић,; Bakics család) were a Serbian noble family that initially held estates in Šumadija (south of the Danube) under Ottoman occupation, then crossed the river and gave its service to the Kingdom of Hungary, becoming one of the leading Serbian noble family in the country, fighting the Ottoman Empire.

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Balša III

Balša Stracimirović (last name is sometimes Balšić or Đurđević) or Balša III (1387 – 28 April 1421, Belgrade) was the fifth and last ruler of Zeta from the Balšić noble family, from April 1403 – April 1421.

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Bar, Montenegro

Bar (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Бар) is a coastal town and seaport in southern Montenegro.

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Battle of Ankara

The Battle of Ankara (or Angora) was fought on 20 July 1402 at the Çubuk plain near Ankara between the forces of the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I and Timur (Tamerlane), ruler of the Timurid Empire.

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Battle of Çamurlu

The Battle of Çamurlu was fought on July 5, 1413, between Musa Çelebi and Mehmed Çelebi, both sons of Bayezid I, as the last conflict of the Ottoman civil war known as the Ottoman Interregnum.

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Battle of Kosovo

The Battle of Kosovo took place on 15 June 1389 between an army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and an invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Murad Hüdavendigâr.

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Battle of Kruševac

The Battle of Kruševac was fought on October 2, 1454 between the forces of the Serbian Despotate, allied with the Kingdom of Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.

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Battle of Leskovac

The Battle of Leskovac took place on September 24, 1454.

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Battle of Nicopolis

The Battle of Nicopolis (Битка при Никопол, Bitka pri Nikopol; Niğbolu Savaşı, Nikápolyi csata, Bătălia de la Nicopole) took place on 25 September 1396 and resulted in the rout of an allied crusader army of Hungarian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Wallachian, French, English, Burgundian, German and assorted troops (assisted by the Venetian navy) at the hands of an Ottoman force, raising of the siege of the Danubian fortress of Nicopolis and leading to the end of the Second Bulgarian Empire. It is often referred to as the Crusade of Nicopolis as it was one of the last large-scale Crusades of the Middle Ages, together with the Crusade of Varna in 1443–1444.

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Battle of Rovine

The Battle of Rovine took place on 17 May 1395.

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Bayezid I

Bayezid I (بايزيد اول; I. (nicknamed Yıldırım (Ottoman Turkish: یلدیرم), "Lightning, Thunderbolt"); 1360 – 8 March 1403) was the Ottoman Sultan from 1389 to 1402.

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Belgrade

Belgrade (Beograd / Београд, meaning "White city",; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Serbia.

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Berislavići Grabarski

The Berislavić family of Graberje (Berislavići Grabarski, also known as Berislavići Doborski), was a Croatian noble family from the Požega County of Slavonia, allegedly originating from Ban Borić.

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Bogdan (protovestijar)

Bogdan (1407–26), was a Serbian magnate (velikaš) in the service of Despot Stefan Lazarević (r. 1402–27), with the title of protovestijar (financial manager).

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Borač, Knić

Borač is a village in the municipality of Knić, Serbia.

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Braničevo (region)

Braničevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Браничево) is a geographical region in east-central Serbia.

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Branković dynasty

The Branković (Бранковић, Brankovići / Бранковићи) was a Serbian medieval noble family and dynasty.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria (България, tr.), officially the Republic of Bulgaria (Република България, tr.), is a country in southeastern Europe.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium).

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Constantinople

Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis; Constantinopolis) was the capital city of the Roman/Byzantine Empire (330–1204 and 1261–1453), and also of the brief Latin (1204–1261), and the later Ottoman (1453–1923) empires.

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Danube

The Danube or Donau (known by various names in other languages) is Europe's second longest river, after the Volga.

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Despot (court title)

Despot or despotes (from δεσπότης, despótēs, "lord", "master") was a senior Byzantine court title that was bestowed on the sons or sons-in-law of reigning emperors, and initially denoted the heir-apparent.

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Eyüp

Eyüp or Eyüpsultan is a municipality (belediye) and district of the city of Istanbul, Turkey.

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Fall of Constantinople

The Fall of Constantinople (Ἅλωσις τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, Halōsis tēs Kōnstantinoupoleōs; İstanbul'un Fethi Conquest of Istanbul) was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by an invading Ottoman army on 29 May 1453.

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Francesco II Gattilusio

Francesco II Gattilusio (born Giacomo Gattilusio or Jacopo c. 1365 – 26 October 1403/1404) was the second Gattilusio lord of Lesbos, from 1384 to his death.

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Golubac

Golubac (Голубац) is a village and municipality located in the Braničevo District of the eastern Serbia.

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Gračanica Monastery

Gračanica Monastery (Манастир Грачаница / Manastir Gračanica, Manastiri i Graçanicës) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Kosovo.

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Grgur Branković

Grgur Branković (1415 – 16 October 1459) was a 15th-century Serbian nobleman.

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Habsburg Monarchy

The Habsburg Monarchy (Habsburgermonarchie) or Empire is an unofficial appellation among historians for the countries and provinces that were ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg between 1521 and 1780 and then by the successor branch of Habsburg-Lorraine until 1918.

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Helena Palaiologina, Despotess of Serbia

Helena Palaiologina (Ελένη Παλαιολογίνα, Јелена Палеолог/Jelena Paleolog; 1431 – 7 November 1473) was a Byzantine princess who married Serbian Despot Lazar Branković, who ruled from 1456 until his death in 1458.

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History of Serbia

The history of Serbia covers the historical development of Serbia and of its predecessor states, from the early Stone Age to the present state, as well as that of the Serbian people and of the areas they ruled historically.

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Irene Kantakouzene

Irene Kantakouzene (Ειρήνη Καντακουζηνή, Eiréne Kantakouzené, modern pronunciation Eiríni Kantakouziní, Ирина Кантакузин/Irina Kantakuzin; 1400–May 3, 1457), known simply as Despotess Jerina (деспотица Јерина/despotica Jerina), was the wife of Serbian Despot Đurađ Branković.

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Isa-Beg Ishaković

Isa-Beg Ishaković (İshakoğlu İsa Bey, Иса-Бег Исхаковић; 1439–70) was an Ottoman general and the governor of the Sanjak of Bosnia for most of his career.

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Ishak Bey

Ishak Bey or Ishak-Beg was an Ottoman governor and soldier, the sanjakbey of Üsküb from 1415 to 1439.

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Ivaniš Berislavić

Ivaniš Berislavić (Joannes Berizlo) was the Despot of the Kingdom of Serbia (regni Rascie despotus) from 1504 to 1514.

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Jakšić noble family

The Jakšić (Јакшић,; Jaksics család) were a Serbian noble family that fought against the Ottoman Empire.

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John Hunyadi

John Hunyadi (Hunyadi János, Ioan de Hunedoara; 1406 – 11 August 1456) was a leading Hungarian military and political figure in Central and Southeastern Europe during the 15th century.

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John VIII Palaiologos

John VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Iōannēs Palaiologos; 18 December 1392 – 31 October 1448) was the penultimate reigning Byzantine Emperor, ruling from 1425 to 1448.

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Jovan Branković

Jovan Branković (died 10 December 1502) was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1496 until his death in 1502.

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Kingdom of Hungary

The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed from the Middle Ages into the twentieth century (1000–1946 with the exception of 1918–1920).

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Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)

The Kingdom of Serbia (Краљевина Србија / Kraljevina Srbija), or Serbian Kingdom (Српско краљевство / Srpsko kraljevstvo), was a medieval Serbian state that existed from 1217 to 1346, ruled by the Nemanjić dynasty.

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Kotromanić dynasty

The Kotromanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Котроманић, Kotromanići / Котроманићи) were members of a late medieval Bosnian noble and later royal dynasty.

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Kovin

Kovin is a town and municipality located in the South Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia.

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Kruševac

Kruševac (Крушевац) is a city and the administrative center of the Rasina District in central Serbia.

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Kupinovo

Kupinovo is a village in Serbia.

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Kurvingrad

Kurvingrad (Курвинград, "Whoretown") or Koprijan (Копријан), is the ruined fortress which sits above the village of Doljevac on the South Morava river, 11 km south of the town of Niš.

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Ladislaus the Posthumous

Ladislaus the Posthumous, known also as Ladislas (Utószülött László; Ladislav Pohrobek, 22 February 144023 November 1457) (in Hungarian: V. László), was Duke of Austria, and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia.

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Lazar Branković

Lazar Branković (Лазар Бранковић; c. 1421 – 20 February 1458) was a Serbian despot, prince of Rascia from 1456 to 1458.

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Lazar of Serbia

Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović (Лазар Хребељановић; ca. 1329 – 15 June 1389) was a medieval Serbian ruler who created the largest and most powerful state on the territory of the disintegrated Serbian Empire.

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Lazarević dynasty

The Lazarević (Лазаревић, Lazarevići / Лазаревићи) was a Serbian medieval royal family, which ruled Moravian Serbia and the Serbian Despotate.

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Lepenica (region)

Lepenica is a region in Serbia, roughly between 44° 10' and 44° 15' North, and between 20° 45 and 21° 00' East.

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Lesbos

Lesbos (Λέσβος), or Lezbolar in Turkish sometimes referred to as Mytilene after its capital, is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea.

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Leskovac

Leskovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Лесковац) is a city and the administrative center of the Jablanica District in southern Serbia.

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List of Byzantine emperors

This is a list of the Byzantine emperors from the foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD, which marks the conventional start of the Byzantine Empire (or the Eastern Roman Empire), to its fall to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD.

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List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church

This article lists the heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church, since the establishment of the church as an autocephalous Archbishopric in 1219 to today's Patriarchate.

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List of Serbian monarchs

This is an archontological list of Serbian monarchs, containing monarchs of the medieval principalities, to heads of state of modern Serbia.

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Mačva

Mačva (Мачва) is a geographical and historical region in the northwest of Central Serbia, on a fertile plain between the Sava and Drina rivers.

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Manuel II Palaiologos

Manuel II Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Μανουήλ Β΄ Παλαιολόγος, Manouēl II Palaiologos; 27 June 1350 – 21 July 1425) was Byzantine Emperor from 1391 to 1425.

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Mara Branković

Mara Branković (c. 1416 in Vučitrn – 14 September 1487), also known as Sultana Marija, Mara Hatun, Despina Hatun, or Amerissa, was the daughter of Serbian monarch Đurađ (George) Branković and Eirene Kantakouzene.

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Medieval Serbian coinage

The first mention of a "Serbian dinar" dates back to the reign of Stefan Nemanjić in 1214.

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Medun

Medun (Медун) is a settlement located 13 km northeast of the capital Podgorica, Montenegro.

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Megas logothetes

The megas logothetēs (μέγας λογοθέτης, "Grand Logothete") was an official who served as effective foreign minister, and frequently as the head of the civil administration (mesazōn) of the Byzantine Empire, in the period from to, after which it continued as a honorific dignity.

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Mehmed I

Mehmed I (1379 – 26 May 1421), also known as Mehmed Çelebi (چلبی محمد, "the noble-born") or Kirişci (from Greek Kyritzes, "lord's son"), was the Ottoman Sultan from 1413 to 1421.

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Mehmed the Conqueror

Mehmed II (محمد ثانى, Meḥmed-i sānī; Modern II.; 30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror (Fatih Sultan Mehmet), was an Ottoman Sultan who ruled first for a short time from August 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to May 1481.

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Michael Angelović

Michael Angelović (1451–73) was a Serbian magnate, initially serving the Serbian Despotate with the titles of veliki čelnik and veliki vojvoda, and briefly part of the Serbian three-member regency in 1458.

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Milica

Milica (Serbian Cyrillic: Милица; pronounced Millitsa) is a feminine name popular in Slavic countries.

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Mircea I of Wallachia

Mircea the Elder (Mircea cel Bătrân,, d. 31 January 1418) was Voivode of Wallachia from 1386 until his death.

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Moravian Serbia

Moravian Serbia (Моравска Србија / Moravska Srbija) is the name used in historiography for the largest and most powerful Serbian principality to emerge from the ruins of the Serbian Empire (1371).

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Murad I

Murad I (مراد اول; I. (nicknamed Hüdavendigâr, from Persian: خداوندگار, Khodāvandgār, "the devotee of God" – but meaning "sovereign" in this context); 29 June 1326 – 15 June 1389) was the Ottoman Sultan from 1362 to 1389.

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Murad II

Murad II (June 1404 – 3 February 1451) (Ottoman Turkish: مراد ثانى Murād-ı sānī, Turkish:II. Murat) was the Ottoman Sultan from 1421 to 1444 and 1446 to 1451.

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Musa Çelebi

Musa Çelebi (died July 5, 1413) was an Ottoman prince (şehzade) and a co-ruler of the empire for three years during the Ottoman Interregnum.

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Nekudim

The realm known as Nekudim/Olam HaNekudim (World of "Points/Spotted") is one of the many spiritual worlds (Olamot) described by Kabbalah, as part of the order of development in Creation.

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Niš

Niš (Ниш) is the third-largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District.

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Nikola Skobaljić

Nikola Skobaljić (Никола Скобаљић; died November 16th, 1454) was a mid 15th-century Serbian voivode of Dubočica (region around Leskovac, Southern Serbia), during the rule of despot Đurađ Branković (1427–1456).

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Novo Brdo

Novo Brdo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ново Брдо), or Novobërda or Artana (Novobërdë or Artanë), is a town and municipality located in the Pristina district of eastern Kosovo.

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Ostrvica Fortress

Ostrvica or Ostrovica (Sivrice Hisar) was a small fortified town built on one of the peaks of Rudnik mountain, northwest of the town of Rudnik.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire (دولت عليه عثمانیه,, literally The Exalted Ottoman State; Modern Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu or Osmanlı Devleti), also historically known in Western Europe as the Turkish Empire"The Ottoman Empire-also known in Europe as the Turkish Empire" or simply Turkey, was a state that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries.

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Ottoman Interregnum

The Ottoman Interregnum, or the Ottoman Civil WarDimitris J. Kastritsis, The Sons of Bayezid: Empire Building and Representation in the Ottoman.

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Palatine

A palatine or palatinus (in Latin; plural palatini; cf. derivative spellings below) is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times.

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Paskoje Sorkočević

Paskoje Sorkočević Paschalis (de) Sorgo/Pascoe de Sorgo; 1419–50) was a Ragusan nobleman, consul, judge and merchant, who notably served at the court of the Serbian Despotate under Đurađ Branković (r.

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Pavle Bakić

Pavle Bakić (Павле Бакић, Bakith Pál; ca. 1525 - 20 September 1537) was the last Despot of Serbia, he ruled a large territory under the Hungarian crown until his death in 1537.

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Peace of Szeged

The Treaty of Edirne and the Peace of Szeged were two halves of a peace treaty between Sultan Murad II of the Ottoman Empire and King Vladislaus of the Kingdom of Hungary.

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Podgorica

Podgorica (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Подгорица,, lit. " below Gorica ") is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.

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Protovestiarios

Protovestiarios (πρωτοβεστιάριος, "first vestiarios") was a high Byzantine court position, originally reserved for eunuchs.

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Radič (veliki čelnik)

Radič (Радич; fl. 1413–1441) was a Serbian nobleman that had the title of Grand Čelnik (count palatine), the highest dignitary after the Serbian monarch.

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Radič Božić

Radič Božić (Радич Божић; fl. 1502 - September 1528) was the Despot of Serbia in 1527 until his death in September 1528.

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Radoslav Mihaljević

Radoslav Mihaljević (Радослав Михаљевић; 1426–d. 1436) was a Serbian magnate (velikaš) in the service of Despots Stefan Lazarević (r. 1402–27) and Đurađ Branković (r. 1427–56), with the title of veliki vojvoda.

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Süleyman Çelebi

Süleyman Çelebi (1377 – February 17, 1411) was an Ottoman prince (şehzade) and a co-ruler of the empire for several years during the Ottoman Interregnum.

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Serbia in the Middle Ages

The medieval history of Serbia begins in the 6th century with the Slavic invasion of the Balkans, and lasts until the Ottoman occupation of 1540.

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Serbian Empire

The Serbian Empire (Српско царство/Srpsko carstvo) is a historiographical term for the empire in the Balkan peninsula that emerged from the medieval Serbian Kingdom.

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Serbian language

Serbian (српски / srpski) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs.

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Serbian Orthodox Church

The Serbian Orthodox Church (Српска православна црква / Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian Churches.

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Siege of Novo Brdo (1440–41)

The Siege of Novo Brdo was a military blockade of Novo Brdo, an important fortified mining town in the Serbian Despotate, by the forces of the Ottoman Empire.

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Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 in Nuremberg – 9 December 1437 in Znaim, Moravia) was Prince-elector of Brandenburg from 1378 until 1388 and from 1411 until 1415, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1387, King of Germany from 1411, King of Bohemia from 1419, King of Italy from 1431, and Holy Roman Emperor for four years from 1433 until 1437, the last male member of the House of Luxembourg.

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Smederevo

Smederevo (Смедерево) is a city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia.

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Smederevo Fortress

The Smederevo Fortress (Cмeдepeвcκa твpђaвa/Smederevska tvrđava) is a medieval fortified city in Smederevo, Serbia, which was temporary capital of Serbia in the Middle Ages.

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Sofia

Sofia (Со́фия, tr.) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria.

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Srebrenica

Srebrenica is a town and municipality located in the easternmost part of Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Stefan Berislavić

Stefan Berislavić (Beriszló István, d. 1535) was a Hungarian magnate who served as the Despot of Rascia between 1520 and 1526.

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Stefan Branković

Stefan Branković (Стефан Бранковић; c. 1417 – 9 October 1476), also known in historiography as Stefan the Blind (Стефан Слепи), was briefly the despot (ruler) of the Serbian Despotate between 1458 and 1459, member of the Branković dynasty.

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Stefan Dragutin

Stefan Dragutin (Стефан Драгутин; 1244 – died 12 March 1316) was King of Serbia from 1276 to 1282.

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Stefan Dušan

Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (Стефан Урош IV Душан), known as Dušan the Mighty (Душан Силни/Dušan Silni; 1308 – 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks from 16 April 1346 until his death.

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Stefan Lazarević

Stefan Lazarević (Стефан Лазаревић, 1377–19 July 1427), also known as Stefan the Tall (Стеван Високи), was the ruler of Serbia as prince (1389-1402) and despot (1402-1427).

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Stefan Ratković

Stefan Ratković (Стефан Ратковић; 1456–59) was a Serbian nobleman and the last veliki logotet (Grand Logothete) of the Serbian Despotate.

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Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia

Stephen Tomašević or Stephen II (Stjepan/Stefan Tomašević, Стјепан/Стефан Томашевић; died on 25 May 1463) was the last sovereign from the Bosnian Kotromanić dynasty, reigning as Despot of Serbia briefly in 1459 and as King of Bosnia from 1461 until 1463.

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Stjepan Vukčić Kosača

Stjepan Vukčić Kosača (Cyrillic: Стјепан Вукчић Косача; 1404–1466) was the most powerful and for the most part unruly vassal in the Kingdom of Bosnia.

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Suzerainty

Suzerainty (and) is a back-formation from the late 18th-century word suzerain, meaning upper-sovereign, derived from the French sus (meaning above) + -erain (from souverain, meaning sovereign).

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Teočak

Teočak (Cyrillic: Теочак) is a town and municipality located in Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Thomas Kantakouzenos

Thomas Kantakouzenos (Θωμάς Καντακουζηνός, Thomás Kantakouzenós, modern pronunciation Thomás Kantakouzinós, Тома Кантакузин/Toma Kantakuzin; died 25 July 1463) was a Byzantine aristocrat, a member of the Kantakouzenos family, who became a Serbian magnate and general that served Despot Đurađ Branković.

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Thomas of Bosnia

Stephen Thomas (Stjepan Tomaš/Стјепан Томаш; 1411 – July 1461), a member of the House of Kotromanić, reigned from 1443 until his death as the penultimate King of Bosnia.

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Timur

Timur (تیمور Temūr, Chagatai: Temür; 9 April 1336 – 18 February 1405), historically known as Amir Timur and Tamerlane (تيمور لنگ Temūr(-i) Lang, "Timur the Lame"), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror.

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Toplica District

The Toplica District (Toplički okrug, Топлички округ) is one of nine administrative districts of Southern and Eastern Serbia.

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Tributary state

A tributary state is a term for a pre-modern state in a particular type of subordinate relationship to a more powerful state which involved the sending of a regular token of submission, or tribute, to the superior power.

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Tvrtko II of Bosnia

Stephen Tvrtko II (Stjepan/Stefan Tvrtko, Стефан/Стјепан Твртко; died in November 1443), also known as Tvrtko Tvrtković (Твртко Твртковић), was a member of the House of Kotromanić who reigned as King of Bosnia from 1404 to 1409 and again from 1420 to his death.

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Ulrich II, Count of Celje

Ulrich II, or Ulrich of Celje (Ulrik Celjski, Cillei Ulrik, Ulrich II von Cilli; 14069 November 1456), was the last Princely Count of Celje.

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Usora (province)

Usora (Vozora, Ózora) was a semi-independent banate (Duchy) in medieval Bosnia and also an administrative division in Croatia in the union with Hungary.

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Višegrad

Višegrad (Вишеград) is a town and municipality located in eastern Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Vitosha

Vitosha (Витоша), the ancient Scomius or Scombrus, is a mountain massif, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.

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Vlad II Dracul

Vlad II (Vlad al II-lea), also known as Vlad Dracul (Vlad al II-lea Dracul) or Vlad the Dragon (before 1395 – November 1447), was Voivode of Wallachia from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to 1447.

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Voivode

VoivodeAlso spelled "voievod", "woiwode", "voivod", "voyvode", "vojvoda", or "woiwod" (Old Slavic, literally "war-leader" or "warlord") is an Eastern European title that originally denoted the principal commander of a military force.

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Vuk Branković

Vuk Branković (Вук Бранковић,, 1345 – October 6, 1397) was a Serbian medieval nobleman who, during the Fall of the Serbian Empire, inherited a province that extended over present-day southern and southwestern Serbia, the northern part of present day Macedonia, and northern Montenegro.

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Vuk Grgurević

Vuk Grgurević Branković (Вук Гргуревић Бранковић; ca. 1440 – April 16, 1485), was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1471 until his death in 1485.

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Vuk Lazarević

Vuk Lazarević (Вук Лазаревић) (c. 1380 – July 6, 1410) was a Serbian prince and the younger son of Tsar Lazar.

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Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia (Țara Românească; archaic: Țeara Rumânească, Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: Цѣра Рȣмѫнѣскъ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania.

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Walls of Constantinople

The Walls of Constantinople are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople (today Istanbul in Turkey) since its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great.

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Zeta (crown land)

Zeta (Зета) was a medieval region and province of the Serbian Grand Principality, Kingdom, and Empire.

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Zeta Plain

Zeta Plain is a fertile lowland in Montenegro.

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Zvonik

Zvonik is a Roman Catholic magazine founded by Croat priests from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Subotica.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Despotate

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