When was Serbia at its biggest?

Medieval Serbia reached its peak during the reign of Stefan Dušan (1331-1355), who took advantage of the Byzantine civil war and doubled the size of the state by conquering territories to the south and east at the expense of Byzantium, reaching as far as the Peloponnese, also being crowned Emperor of Serbs and Greeks …

How long did the Serbian empire last?

The Serbian Empire was a medieval empire in the Balkans that emerged from the medieval Serbian kingdom in the fourteenth century. The Serbian Empire existed from 1346 to 1371, and was one of the larger states in Europe. By 1389, following the Battle of Kosovo, Serbia was a province of the Ottoman Empire.

What happened to Serbia after WWI?

After the military victory over Austria-Hungary in the First World War, the Kingdom of Serbia was restored and was joined with other South Slavic lands formerly administered by Austria-Hungary into the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (which was renamed to Yugoslavia in 1929).

When was Serbia first mentioned?

The earliest found mention of the Serbs in the Balkans is from Einhard’s Royal Frankish Annals, written in 822, when prince Ljudevit went from his seat at Sisak to the Serbs (believed to have been somewhere in western Bosnia), with Einhard mentioning “the Serbs, a people that is said to hold a large part of Dalmatia” ( …

Why did the Serbian empire collapse?

Following the death of childless Emperor Stefan Uroš V in 1371, the Empire was left without an heir and the magnates, velikaši, obtained the rule of its provinces and districts (in so called feudal fragmentation), continuing their offices as independent with titles such as gospodin, and despot, given to them during the …

Was Bulgaria a Serbian vassal?

Serbia was conquered twice. Some sources claim that Bulgaria was vassalized once, which is disputed by many historians.