List of wars involving Serbia in the Middle Ages
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Early Middle Ages | |||
Bulgarian-Serbian War (839–42) | Principality of Serbia | Bulgarian Empire | Victory |
Bulgarian-Serbian War (853) | Principality of Serbia | Bulgarian Empire | Victory |
Siege of Bari (870–871) | Frankish Empire Byzantine Empire Principality of Serbia [1] [2] | Emirate of Bari | Victory |
Rebellion against the Prince Petar Gojniković (895-896) | Principality of Serbia | Bran Mutimirović | Victory
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Invasion of Principality of Serbia from the Bulgarian Empire by the pretender to the Serbian throne Klonimir (897-898) | Principality of Serbia | Klonimir | Victory
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Bulgar invasion and usurpation of the Serbian throne (917) | Principality of Serbia | Bulgarian Empire | Defeat
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Byzantine attempt of usurpation of the Serbian throne with contender Zaharija Pribislavljević (920) | Principality of Serbia | Byzantine Empire | VIctory
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Invasion of the Principality of Serbia by Zaharija Pribislavljević (921) | Principality of Serbia | Bulgarian Empire | Defeat
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Invasion of the Principality of Serbia by the Bulgarian Empire (923) | Principality of Serbia | Bulgarian Empire | Victory
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Invasion and annexation of the Principality of Serbia by the Bulgarian Empire (924) | Principality of Serbia | Bulgarian Empire | Defeat
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Liberation of the Principality of Serbia from the Bulgar rule (931) | Česlav of Serbia | Bulgarian Empire | Victory
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Magyar-Serb conflict (c. 960) | Principality of Serbia | Magyar tribes | Inconclusive
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Bulgarian-Serbian War (998) | Duklja | Bulgarian Empire | Defeat |
Serb Uprising (1038–42) | Duklja [11] | Byzantine Empire | Victory
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Intervention of Mihailo I of Duklja in Uprising of Georgi Voyteh (1072-1073) | Duklja Bulgarian rebels | Byzantine Empire | Defeat
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Bodin's conquest of Bosna and Rascia (1081) | Duklja | Byzantine Empire | Victory |
Invasion of Duklja by John Doukas (1089) | Duklja | Byzantine Empire | Defeat
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First attack of the Grand Prince Vukan against Byzantium (1090) | Grand Principality of Serbia | Byzantine Empire | Victory
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Invasion of the Grand Principality of Serbia by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1092) | Grand Principality of Serbia | Byzantine Empire | Victory
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Second attack of the Grand Prince Vukan against Byzantium (1094) | Grand Principality of Serbia | Byzantine Empire | Victory
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Retaliatory attack of John Komnenos on the Grand Prince Vukan (1094) | Grand Principality of Serbia | Byzantine Empire | Victory
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Third attack of the Grand Prince Vukan against Byzantium (1106) | Grand Principality of Serbia | Byzantine Empire | Victory
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Serbian uprising During Byzantine–Hungarian War (1127–29) | Kingdom of Hungary | Byzantine Empire | Defeat
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Serbian Uprising of 1149 | Grand Principality of Serbia | Byzantine Empire | Defeat
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Byzantine–Hungarian War (1164–1167) | Byzantine Empire | Kingdom of Hungary | Victory
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Uprising of Stefan Nemanja against Byzantine vassals (1166) | Stefan Nemanja | Tihomir of Serbia | Victory |
Tihomir's invasion of the Grand Principality of Serbia (1167) | Grand Principality of Serbia | Tihomir of Serbia | Victory
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Invasion of the Grand Principality of Serbia by Manuel I Komnenos (1172) | Grand Principality of Serbia | Byzantine Empire | Defeat
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Byzantine campaign in the Middle East (1176) | Byzantine Empire | Sultanate of Rum | Defeat
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Intervention of the Grand Principality of Serbia in Byzantine–Hungarian War (1183-1185) | Kingdom of Hungary | Byzantine Empire | Victory
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War of Serbian Independence against the Byzantine Empire (1183-1191) | Grand Principality of Serbia | Byzantine Empire | Victory
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Attack of the Hungarian King Bela III on the Grand Principality of Serbia (1192-1193) [30] | Grand Principality of Serbia | Kingdom of Hungary | Victory
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Attack of Andrew II of Hungary on Hum (1198) [31] | Grand Principality of Serbia | Kingdom of Hungary | Inconclusive
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Civil war between Stefan the First-Crowned and Vukan Nemanjić (1202-1204) | Stefan the First-Crowned | Vukan Nemanjić | Inconclusive
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Invasion of the Bulgarian Empire by the Grand Principality of Serbia (1207-1208) | Stefan the First-Crowned | Bulgarian Empire | Victory
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Invasion of Zeta by the Despotate of Epirus (1214) | Grand Principality of Serbia | Despotate of Epirus | Victory
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Joint Bulgarian-Latin invasion of The Grand Principality of Serbia (1214) | Grand Principality of Serbia | Bulgarian Empire | Victory
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Kingdom of Serbia (1217–1346) | |||
Invasion of the Kingdom of Serbia by Hungarian Crusaders (1237) [40] | Kingdom of Serbia | Kingdom of Hungary | Victory
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Mongol invasion of the Balkans (1241–1242) | Kingdom of Serbia Bulgarian Empire | Golden Horde (Mongols) | Defeat
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War between the Kingdom of Serbia and Dubrovnik (1254) | Kingdom of Serbia | Dubrovnik Radoslav, Lord of Hum Bulgarian Empire | Inconclusive
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Joint invasion of Empire of Nicaea by Epirote and Serbian forces (1257) [44] | Despotate of Epirus Kingdom of Serbia | Empire of Nicaea | Victory
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Involvement of Serbian contingent in Nicaean expedition against Epirus (1259) [45] | Empire of Nicaea
| Despotate of Epirus | Victory
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War between the Kingdom of Serbia and Dubrovnik (1265-1268) | Kingdom of Serbia | Dubrovnik | Inconclusive
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Mačva War [48] | Kingdom of Hungary | Kingdom of Serbia | Defeat
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Rebellion of Stefan Dragutin against the King of Serbia, Stefan Uroš I (1276) | King of Serbia, Stefan Uroš I | Stefan Dragutin | Defeat
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Invasion of Macedonia by Stefan Milutin and Stefan Dragutin(1282) | Kingdom of Serbia | Byzantine Empire | Victory
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Nogai intervention in Serbian-Byzantine conflict (1292-1293) | Kingdom of Serbia | Byzantine Empire | Victory |
Renewed invasion of Byzantium by the King Stefan Milutin and Stefan Dragutin (1283) | Kingdom of Serbia | Byzantine Empire | Victory
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Invasion of Western Macedonia and Albania by Stefan Milutin (1284) | Kingdom of Serbia | Byzantine Empire | Victory |
Invasion of Braničevo by joint forces of Hungary and Stefan Dragutin (1285) | Kingdom of Hungary | Bulgarian Empire | Defeat
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Invasion of Braničevo by Stefan Milutin and Stefan Dragutin (1291) | Kingdom of Serbia | Bulgarian Empire | Victory |
War between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Prince of Vidin, Shishman (1292) | Kingdom of Serbia | Bulgarian Empire | Victory
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Invasion of the Kingdom of Serbia by general Michael Doukas Glabas (1298) | Kingdom of Serbia | Byzantine Empire | Victory
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Attack on Kotor by the Republic of Ragusa (1301) | Kingdom of Serbia | Republic of Ragusa Republic of Venice | Victory |
Invasion of Hum by Paul I Šubić of Bribir (1304-1306) | Kingdom of Serbia | Paul I Šubić of Bribir | Victory
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Attacks of the Grand Catalan Company on Mount Athos (1307-1310) | Hilandar | Grand Catalan Company | Victory
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War between Stefan Dragutin and Charles Robert (1307-1314) | Realm of Stefan Dragutin | Kingdom of Hungary | Inconclusive
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Serbian intervention in the war between Byzantines and Turcopoles (1312) | Byzantine Empire | Turcopoles | Victory
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Serbian military expedition in Asia Minor in aid of the Byzantine Empire (1313) | Kingdom of Serbia | Beylik of Aydin | Victory
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War between Mladen II Šubić and brothers Stefan Milutin and Stefan Dragutin (1312-1313) [73] | Kingdom of Serbia | Mladen II Šubić | Inconclusive
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War between Mladen II Šubić and the Kingdom of Serbia (1318-1319) | Kingdom of Serbia | Mladen II Šubić | Victory |
Revolt of the Albanian nobility against the Kingdom of Serbia (1319) | Kingdom of Serbia | Albanian nobility
| Victory
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War between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Hungary (1319) | Kingdom of Serbia | Kingdom of Hungary | Defeat
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War between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Syrmia (1321-1324) | Kingdom of Serbia | Kingdom of Syrmia | Victory
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War of Hum (1326–1329) | Kingdom of Serbia | Banate of Bosnia | Defeat |
Bulgarian-Serbian War (1330) | Kingdom of Serbia | Bulgarian Empire | Victory |
Serbian Empire (1346–1371) | |||
Byzantine-Serbian War (1343–1347) [81] | Serbian Empire | Byzantine Empire | Victory |
Ottoman-Serbian Wars (1352–1499) | Serbian Empire | Ottoman Empire | Defeat |
Ivan Crnojević was the lord of Zeta and Serbian leader from 1465 to 1490. Having formed an alliance with the Republic of Venice, he led the Serb resistance against the expanding Ottoman Empire He was successful at first but lost his realm in 1479. He resumed power in 1481 in Žabljak and soon founded Cetinje as the new capital of his state.
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Dragoslav or Jovan Dragoslav was a Serbian nobleman with the titles of kaznac, and then veliki kaznac, serving King Stefan Milutin. The kaznac was a financial-taxation office, translated into Latin camerarius (chamberlain). In the hierarchy of the Serbian court, kaznac ranked higher than stavilac and čelnik, and lower than tepčija and vojvoda, the supreme title. He was part of the generation of Serbian nobility that were empowered in the early 14th century.
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Grigorije of Gornjak, also known as Grigorije the Younger and Grigorije the Silent, was Serbian Orthodox monk who was canonized as saint. He studied at Mount Sinai with his teachers were Gregory of Sinai and Romylos of Vidin. Together with a group of Serbian, Bulgarian and Greek monks, Grigorije returned to Moravian Serbia between 1375 and 1379. They established a strong hesychastic colony led by Grigorije. Their patron was Prince Lazar who built the Gornjak monastery for their colony. He endowed it to Grigorije and his fellow monks by written chapter, confirmed by the Serbian patriarch on 17 May 1379. Grigorije spent the rest of his life at the monastery.
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