Serbian Despotate
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Key facts
- 1459
- Stefan Tomašević
- Capital
- Beograd Smederevo Bar
- Common languages
- Old Serbian
- Religion
- Serbian Orthodox
- Demonyms
- Serbian , Serb
- Government
- Monarchy
- 1402 1427
- Stefan Lazarević
- 1427 1456
- Đurađ Branković
- 1456 1458
- Lazar Branković
- 1458 1459
- Stefan Branković
- Historical era
- Middle Ages
- Establishment
- 22 February 1402
- Reconquest by the ottoman empire
- 20 June 1459
- Currency
- Serbian dinar
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- sovereign state
- Religion
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Belgrade
- Official language
- Serbian
- Currency
- Serbian perper
- Form of government
- despotism
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- Commons category
- Serbian Despotate
- topic's main category
- Category:Serbian Despotate
- inception
- 1402-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1537-00-00
- replaced by
- Principality of Serbia
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofSerbia Montenegro Kosovo
The Serbian Despotate (Serbian: Српска деспотовина / Srpska despotovina) was a medieval Serbian state in the first half of the 15th century. Although the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 is mistakenly considered the end of medieval Serbia, the Despotate, a successor of the Serbian Empire and Moravian Serbia, lasted for another 70 years, experiencing a cultural, economic, and political renaissance, especially during the reign of Despot Stefan Lazarević. After the death of Despot Đurađ Branković in 1456, the Despotate continued to exist for another three years before it finally fell under Ottoman rule in 1459.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Serbian Despotate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.