Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Kingdom of Serbia
1217–1346
1217–1346. Stefan the First-Crowned (Nemanja's son) was crowned king in 1217, establishing the Serbian kingdom.
- Existed
- 1217–1346
- Shown on the map
- 1188–1351, 1880–1884 (2 periods)
- Peak area
- 102k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
1217–1346. Stefan the First-Crowned (Nemanja's son) was crowned king in 1217, establishing the Serbian kingdom. The kingdom flourished under Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321), a great patron of church-building who expanded into Macedonia, and Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–1331), victor at Velbužd (1330) over Bulgaria. It was elevated to an empire under Dečanski's son Dušan.
Common questions
- What was the Kingdom of Serbia?
- 1217–1346. Stefan the First-Crowned (Nemanja's son) was crowned king in 1217, establishing the Serbian kingdom.
- When did the Kingdom of Serbia exist?
- The Kingdom of Serbia existed 1217–1346. On this map it is drawn 1188–1351, 1880–1884.
- How large was the Kingdom of Serbia?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Kingdom of Serbia covered about 102,000 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 — Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Serbia_(medieval)
This entry was last updated .
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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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