Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Grand Principality of Serbia
drawn on the map 1094–1168
The medieval Serbian state centered on Raška (Rascia). Stefan Nemanja (Grand Župan c. 1166–1196) founded the Nemanjić dynasty and unified the Serbian lands, then abdicated to become the monk Simeon at Hilandar on Mount Athos.
- Shown on the map
- 1094–1168
- Peak area
- 29k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
The medieval Serbian state centered on Raška (Rascia). Stefan Nemanja (Grand Župan c. 1166–1196) founded the Nemanjić dynasty and unified the Serbian lands, then abdicated to become the monk Simeon at Hilandar on Mount Athos. His son Saint Sava secured the autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1219, becoming its first archbishop — a foundational event in Serbian identity. (On Duklja/Zeta, the earlier maritime Serbian polity, see entry 58.)
Common questions
- What was the Grand Principality of Serbia?
- The medieval Serbian state centered on Raška (Rascia). Stefan Nemanja (Grand Župan c. 1166–1196) founded the Nemanjić dynasty and unified the Serbian lands, then abdicated to become the monk Simeon at Hilandar on Mount Athos.
- When is the Grand Principality of Serbia shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Grand Principality of Serbia 1094–1168. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the Grand Principality of Serbia?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Grand Principality of Serbia covered about 29,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia, academic works (John Fine on the Balkans, Halperin and Martin on Muscovy, Rady and Veszprémy on Hungary) and, for a few entries, the medieval Livonian Chronicle of Henry itself. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Grand Principality of Serbia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Principality_of_Serbia
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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