Serbian Empire

E92786

historical state medieval empire

The Serbian Empire was a powerful medieval Balkan state that reached its zenith in the 14th century under Emperor Stefan Dušan, encompassing large parts of the central and southern Balkans.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Grand Principality of Serbia	1
Medieval Serbia	1
Serbian medieval state	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical state ⓘ medieval empire ⓘ
capital	Prizren ⓘ Skopje ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Serbia ⓘ
currency	perpera ⓘ surface form: perper
declineCause	Ottoman expansion ⓘ internal fragmentation ⓘ
dissolved	1371 ⓘ
dynasty	Nemanjić dynasty ⓘ
established	1346 ⓘ
firstRuler	Stefan Dušan ⓘ
flagBearerDynasty	Nemanjić dynasty ⓘ
foundedBy	Stefan Dušan ⓘ
founder	Stefan Dušan ⓘ
governmentType	empire ⓘ hereditary monarchy ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra	Middle Ages ⓘ
lastRuler	Stefan Dušan ⓘ surface form: Stefan Uroš V
legalCode	Dušan's Code ⓘ
legalSystem	Dušan's Code ⓘ
locatedIn	Balkans ⓘ Balkans ⓘ surface form: Southeast Europe
majorReligion	Christianity ⓘ
neighbor	First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ surface form: Bulgarian Empire Byzantine Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ Ottoman Beylik ⓘ
notableRuler	Stefan Dušan ⓘ Stefan Dušan ⓘ surface form: Stefan Uroš V
officialLanguage	Old Serbian ⓘ
partOfConflict	Byzantine–Serbian wars ⓘ
peakPeriod	14th century ⓘ
predecessor	Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
rulerTitle	Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks ⓘ Tsar ⓘ
stateReligion	Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ
successor	Bosnian Kingdom ⓘ Lordship of Prilep ⓘ Moravian Serbia ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
territoryIncludes	Albania ⓘ Herzegovina ⓘ surface form: Bosnia (parts) Epirus ⓘ Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ surface form: Macedonia Montenegro ⓘ Serbia ⓘ Thessaly NERFINISHED ⓘ Thrace ⓘ surface form: Thrace (parts)
zenithUnder	Stefan Dušan ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duchy of Neopatras → conflictWith → Serbian Empire ⓘ

Palaiologos dynasty → conflictWith → Serbian Empire ⓘ

Late Byzantine period → hasConflictWith → Serbian Empire ⓘ

Serbs → historicalState → Serbian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand Principality of Serbia

Serbs → historicalState → Serbian Empire ⓘ

Saint Prince Lazar → region → Serbian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medieval Serbia

Peć → wasUnderRuleOf → Serbian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Serbian medieval state