Serbian Empire

Serbian Empire
Српско царство (Serbian)
Srpsko carstvo (Serbian)
1346–1371
Flag of Serbia
Top: Flag (mid-14th century)
Bottom: Personal banner (divellion) of emperor Dušan
StatusEmpire
CapitalPrizren
Skopje
Serres[1]
Common languages
Religion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity (Serbian Orthodoxy) (official)
Demonym(s)Serbian, Serb
GovernmentAbsolute monarchy
Emperor (Tsar) 
• 1346–1355
Stefan Dušan
• 1355–1371
Stefan Uroš V
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Coronation of Stefan Dušan
16 April 1346
31 May 1349
1369
4 December 1371
Area
• Total
250,000 km2 (97,000 sq mi)
CurrencySerbian perper
ISO 3166 codeRS
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Serbia
Moravian Serbia
District of Branković
Zeta under the Balšići
Lordship of Prilep
Dejanović domain
Vojinović domain
Despotate of Epirus
Thessaly

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 the most powerful state in Southeast Europe and one of the most powerful European states.[2] 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.[3] He also promoted the Serbian Archbishopric to the Serbian Patriarchate. His son and successor, Uroš the Weak, lost most of the territory conquered by Dušan, hence his epithet.

The Serbian Empire effectively ended with the death of Uroš V in 1371 and the break-up of the Serbian state. Some successors of Stefan V claimed the title of Emperor in parts of Serbia until 1402, but the territory in Greece was never recovered.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Gregory, Timothy E.; Ševčenko, Nancy Patterson (1991). "Serres". In Kazhdan, Alexander (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1881–1882. ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
  2. ^ David Nicolle; (1988) Hungary and the Fall of Eastern Europe 1000–1568 (Men-at-Arms) pp. 35, 37; Osprey Publishing, ISBN 0850458331
  3. ^ Positive Peace in Kosovo: A Dream Unfulfilled by Elisabeth Schleicher, p. 49. 2012
  4. ^ Dvornik 1962, pp. 111–114.
  5. ^ Fine 1994, pp. 286–382.
  6. ^ Ćirković 2004, pp. 63–80.

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