Serbian Empire
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Key facts
- Status
- Empire
- Capital
- Prizren , Skopje , Serres
- Common languages
- Serbian (official) Greek Albanian Bulgarian Common Romanian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodox Christianity ( Serbian Orthodoxy ) ( official )
- Demonyms
- Serbian , Serb
- Government
- Absolute monarchy
- 1346 1355
- Stefan Dušan
- 1355 1371
- Stefan Uroš V
- Historical era
- Middle Ages
- Coronation of stefan du an
- 16 April 1346
- Enaction of the du an s code
- 31 May 1349
- Empire collapses
- 4 December 1371
- Currency
- Serbian perper
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical country
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Prizren
- Currency
- Serbian perper
- Form of government
- monarchy
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1371-00-00
- Commons category
- Serbian Empire
- topic's main category
- Category:Serbian Empire
- inception
- 1346-04-16
- language used
- Greek
- native label
- Српско царство
- official religion
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- position held by head of the organization
- Emperor of the Serbs
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Encyclopedic overview
The Serbian Empire (Serbian: Српско царство / Srpsko carstvo, pronounced [sr̩̂pskoː tsâːrstʋo]) was a medieval Serbian state that emerged from the Kingdom of Serbia. It was established in 1346 by Dušan the Mighty, who significantly expanded the state.
During Dušan's rule, Serbia was one of the most powerful European states and the most powerful in Southeast Europe. It was an Eastern Orthodox multi-ethnic and multi-lingual empire that stretched from the Danube in the north to the Gulf of Corinth in the south, with its capital in Skopje. Dušan also promoted the Serbian Archbishopric to the Serbian Patriarchate. In the Serbian Empire, the region of Kosovo was the most prosperous and densely populated area, serving as a key political, religious, and cultural center.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Serbian Empire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.