Moravian Serbia

Principality of Moravian Serbia Кнежевина Моравска Србија (Serbian) Kneževina Moravska Srbija
1371–1402
Top: Banner of arms Bottom: Military banner in the Ottoman wars Coat of arms of the Lazarević dynasty
Moravian Serbia in the second half of the 14th century
Status	Vassal state of the Ottoman Empire (1389–1402)
Capital	Kruševac
Common languages	Serbian
Religion	Serbian Orthodox
Demonym(s)	Serbian, Serb
Government	Monarchy
Prince (Knyaz)
• 1371–1389	Lazar Hrebeljanović
• 1389–1402	Stefan Lazarević
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	1371
• Promotion to despotate	1402
Currency	Serbian Perper
Preceded by Succeeded by Serbian Empire Serbian Despotate
Today part of	Serbia Kosovo[a]
^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as a sovereign state by 104 UN member states (with another 10 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 89 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own territory.

Moravian Serbia (Serbian: Моравска Србија, romanized: Moravska Srbija), the Principality of Moravian Serbia (Serbian: Кнежевина Моравска Србија, romanized: Kneževina Moravska Srbija) or the Realm of Prince Lazar are the names used in historiography for the largest and most powerful Serbian principality to emerge from the ruins of the Serbian Empire (1371).^[1] Moravian Serbia was named after Morava, the main river of the region.^[a][3] The independent principality in the region of Morava was established in 1371, and attained its largest extent in 1379 through the military and political activities of its first ruler, prince Lazar Hrebeljanović. In 1402 it was raised to the Serbian Despotate, which would exist until 1459.^[4]

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