List of wars involving Serbia in the Middle Ages

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List of wars involving Serbia in the Middle Ages

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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

Duchy of Croatia

Victory
  • From the Duchy of Croatia, Bran Mutimirović attacks the realm of Petar Gojniković, but suffers defeat and gets captured and blinded [3]
Invasion of Principality of Serbia from the Bulgarian Empire by the pretender to the Serbian throne Klonimir (897-898) Principality of Serbia Klonimir

Bulgarian Empire

Victory
  • Rebellion sponsored by Simeon I of Bulgaria was defeated, resulting in the death of Klonimir and a truce between the Principality of Serbia and the Bulgarian Empire [4]
Bulgar invasion and usurpation of the Serbian throne (917) Principality of Serbia Bulgarian Empire

Pavle Branovic

Defeat
  • Simeon I decided to deal with prince Petar Gojniković before advancing further against the Byzantines. An army was dispatched under the command of Theodore Sigritsa and Marmais. The two persuaded Petar Gojniković to meet them, seized him and sent him to Preslav, where he died in prison [5]
  • Pavle Branovic becomes the new Prince of Serbia [6]
  • Part of Bulgarian–Serbian wars of 917–924
Byzantine attempt of usurpation of the Serbian throne with contender Zaharija Pribislavljević (920) Principality of Serbia Byzantine Empire

Zaharija Pribislavljević

VIctory
  • Zaharija, the exiled son of Pribislav (the eldest of Mutimir's sons), was sent by Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 920–944) to seize the throne. Prince Pavle of Serbia defeated and captured him, handing him over to Symeon, who held him for future use.
  • Part of Bulgarian–Serbian wars of 917–924
Invasion of the Principality of Serbia by Zaharija Pribislavljević (921) Principality of Serbia Bulgarian Empire

Zaharija Pribislavljević

Defeat
  • In 921 Simeon I sent a Bulgarian army headed by Zaharija against the Serbian Principality. The Bulgarian intervention was successful, Pavle was deposed and once again a Bulgarian candidate was placed on the Serbian throne [7]
  • Zaharija becomes the new Prince of Serbia
  • Part of Bulgarian–Serbian wars of 917–924
Invasion of the Principality of Serbia by the Bulgarian Empire (923) Principality of Serbia Bulgarian Empire Victory
  • Zaharija, soon after taking the throne, switched to the Byzantine side, which prompted the retaliatory invasion by Simeon I which resulted in the Bulgarian defeat [8]
  • Part of Bulgarian–Serbian wars of 917–924
Invasion and annexation of the Principality of Serbia by the Bulgarian Empire (924) Principality of Serbia Bulgarian Empire Defeat
  • After the previous defeat, a large Bulgarian force was dispatched, accompanied by a new candidate to the Serbian throne, Časlav, The Bulgarians ravaged the countryside and forced Zaharija to flee to the Kingdom of Croatia
  • Annexation of Serbia into Bulgarian empire [9]
  • End of Bulgarian–Serbian wars of 917–924
Liberation of the Principality of Serbia from the Bulgar rule (931) Česlav of Serbia Bulgarian Empire Victory
  • Česlav takes possession of the Serbian Principality and submits to the overlordship of Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos [10]
Magyar-Serb conflict (c. 960) Principality of Serbia Magyar tribes Inconclusive
  • Victory at Drina
  • Defeat at Syrmia
Bulgarian-Serbian War (998) Duklja Bulgarian Empire Defeat
Serb Uprising (1038–42) Duklja [11] Byzantine Empire Victory
Intervention of Mihailo I of Duklja in Uprising of Georgi Voyteh (1072-1073) Duklja

Bulgarian rebels

Byzantine Empire Defeat
  • Bulgarian rebels chose the son of Serbian Prince of Duklja Mihailo, Constantine Bodin as their leader, as he was a descendant of the Bulgarian Emperor Samuil, in the autumn of 1072 Constantine Bodin arrived at Prizren where he was proclaimed Emperor of the Bulgarians under the name Peter III
  • The Serbian Prince sent 300 soldiers led by Vojvoda Petrilo
  • An army under Damianos Dalassenos was immediately sent from Constantinople to help the strategos of the Theme of Bulgaria, Nikephoros Karantenos. In the battle that followed the Byzantine army was completely defeated. Dalassenos and other Byzantine commanders were captured and Skopie was taken by the rebels
  • Despite initial successes, rebels were defeated in December of 1072, Constantin Bodin was captured by the Byzantines, which lead to the suppression of the uprising in 1073 by doux Nikephoros Bryennios [12]
Bodin's conquest of Bosna and Rascia (1081) Duklja Byzantine Empire Victory
  • King Bodin campaigned in Bosnia and Serbia, then under Byzantine rule, and installed his relative Stephen as knez in Bosnia and his nephews Vukan and Marko as župans in Serbia
Invasion of Duklja by John Doukas (1089) Duklja Byzantine Empire Defeat
  • King Bodin was captured by the governor of the Theme of Dyrrhachium, John Doukas, but managed to escape in 1091 [13]
First attack of the Grand Prince Vukan against Byzantium (1090) Grand Principality of Serbia Byzantine Empire Victory
Invasion of the Grand Principality of Serbia by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1092) Grand Principality of Serbia Byzantine Empire Victory
  • Alexios I Komnenos sent out an army led by the governor of Durazzo but they suffered defeat
  • In 1093 Alexius mobilized a larger army under his own leadership and marched on Raska. Vukan immediately sent envoys to the emperor seeking peace and offering homage which Alexius quickly accepted [15]
  • Part of Byzantine–Serbian War (1090–1095)
Second attack of the Grand Prince Vukan against Byzantium (1094) Grand Principality of Serbia Byzantine Empire Victory
Retaliatory attack of John Komnenos on the Grand Prince Vukan (1094) Grand Principality of Serbia Byzantine Empire Victory
Third attack of the Grand Prince Vukan against Byzantium (1106) Grand Principality of Serbia Byzantine Empire Victory
Serbian uprising During Byzantine–Hungarian War (1127–29) Kingdom of Hungary

Grand Principality of Serbia

Byzantine Empire Defeat
  • As allied Hungarian troops advanced on the Byzantine territory, Serbs had success in their rebellion, capturing the city of Ras
  • Hungarian defeat and subsequent peace spelled doom for the Serbian uprising, John II Komnenos suppressed the revolt [19]
Serbian Uprising of 1149 Grand Principality of Serbia

Kingdom of Hungary

Byzantine Empire Defeat
Byzantine–Hungarian War (1164–1167) Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Hungary Victory
  • Serbian troops participated in the Battle of Sirmium [21]
Uprising of Stefan Nemanja against Byzantine vassals (1166) Stefan Nemanja Tihomir of Serbia

Byzantine Empire

Victory
  • Stefan Nemanja took advantage of the Hungarian wars to expand his territories, and even seized the maritime city of Kotor [22]
  • Stefan Nemanja becomes the new Grand Prince of Serbia
Tihomir's invasion of the Grand Principality of Serbia (1167) Grand Principality of Serbia Tihomir of Serbia

Byzantine Empire

Victory
  • While exiled in Byzantium, Tihomir of Serbia asked for military aid, which he got in a form of a mercenary army, however, he was defeated and killed in the battle of Pantina [23]
Invasion of the Grand Principality of Serbia by Manuel I Komnenos (1172) Grand Principality of Serbia Byzantine Empire Defeat
  • After short resistance, Stefan Nemanja surrenders to vastly superior Byzantian army [24]
Byzantine campaign in the Middle East (1176) Byzantine Empire Sultanate of Rum Defeat
  • Byzantine army, that included Serbian troops send because of vasal obligations, was defeated by Suljuks [25]
Intervention of the Grand Principality of Serbia in Byzantine–Hungarian War (1183-1185) Kingdom of Hungary

Grand Principality of Serbia

Byzantine Empire Victory
  • Stefan Nemanja joins the Hungarian offensive against Byzantium. scoring a victory and containing to wage war independently after Béla III finished the campaign [26]
War of Serbian Independence against the Byzantine Empire (1183-1191) Grand Principality of Serbia Byzantine Empire Victory
  • Independence of the Grand Principality of Serbia [27]
  • Borders of Serbia expended significantly in the direction of Metohija, Niš, Skopje, and Adriatic [28]
  • Byzantine counteroffensive in 1191 and victory at the Battle of Morava reversed some of Serbian gains, but it was not able to subdue the Grand Principality of Serbia and recover the majority of lost territory [29]
  • Peace deal between Serbia and Byzantium
Attack of the Hungarian King Bela III on the Grand Principality of Serbia (1192-1193) [30] Grand Principality of Serbia

Byzantine Empire

Kingdom of Hungary Victory
  • Hungarian invasion of the Grand Principality of Serbia prompted intervention of Isaac II Angelos against the invaders
  • Retreat of the Hungarian army
  • Stefan Nemanja preserves his throne and state
Attack of Andrew II of Hungary on Hum (1198) [31] Grand Principality of Serbia Kingdom of Hungary Inconclusive
  • Duke Andrew II of Hungary invades Hum, then part of the Grand Principality of Serbia, occupies a part of it temporarily, but then loses it [32]
  • Hum remains a part of the Grand Principality of Serbia
Civil war between Stefan the First-Crowned and Vukan Nemanjić (1202-1204) Stefan the First-Crowned

Bulgarian Empire

Vukan Nemanjić

Kingdom of Hungary

Inconclusive
Invasion of the Bulgarian Empire by the Grand Principality of Serbia (1207-1208) Stefan the First-Crowned Bulgarian Empire Victory
  • Grand Principality of Serbia successfully invades western part of the Bulgarian Empire and expands its territory [36]
  • Strez established himself in Prosek, a stronghold from which he began expanding into neighboring Macedonia [37]
Invasion of Zeta by the Despotate of Epirus (1214) Grand Principality of Serbia Despotate of Epirus Victory
Joint Bulgarian-Latin invasion of The Grand Principality of Serbia (1214) Grand Principality of Serbia Bulgarian Empire

Latin Empire

Victory
  • In 1214 the Bulgarian-Latin alliance planned a two-pronged attack on the Grand Principality of Serbia. Troops of Henry of Flanders and Boril of Bulgaria were to advance upon Serbia from the east while Strez invaded from the south
  • Serbians try unsuccessful diplomatic action to stop Strez's advance, but he dies shortly after it, leading to the collapse of his forces
  • The joint invasion of Serbia fails after the death of Strez [39]
Kingdom of Serbia (1217–1346)
Invasion of the Kingdom of Serbia by Hungarian Crusaders (1237) [40] Kingdom of Serbia Kingdom of Hungary Victory
Mongol invasion of the Balkans (1241–1242) Kingdom of Serbia Bulgarian Empire

Kingdom of Hungary

Golden Horde (Mongols)Defeat
  • Defeat of the military alliance led by the Kingdom of Hungary
  • Bulgaria enters into vassal relations with the Mongols
  • Mongols pass through Serbia burning and looting
War between the Kingdom of Serbia and Dubrovnik (1254) Kingdom of Serbia Dubrovnik Radoslav, Lord of Hum Bulgarian Empire Inconclusive
Joint invasion of Empire of Nicaea by Epirote and Serbian forces (1257) [44] Despotate of Epirus Kingdom of Serbia Empire of Nicaea Victory
Involvement of Serbian contingent in Nicaean expedition against Epirus (1259) [45] Empire of Nicaea
  • Serbian contingent
Despotate of Epirus

Principality of Achaea

Kingdom of Sicily

Victory
  • Nicaean forces, which included Serbian cavalry units, scored a decisive victory
  • It is more probable that rather than a royal army, it may instead have been "some disaffected Serbian nobleman [...] with his own followers" who joined the Nicaeans on his own account, due to the alliance of Uroš I with anti-Nicaean forces [46]
War between the Kingdom of Serbia and Dubrovnik (1265-1268) Kingdom of Serbia Dubrovnik Inconclusive
  • Peace treaty established the Serbian tribute, which Dubrovnik had to pay annually in order to preserve free trade rights in Serbia [47]
Mačva War [48] Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Serbia Defeat
Rebellion of Stefan Dragutin against the King of Serbia, Stefan Uroš I (1276) King of Serbia, Stefan Uroš I Stefan Dragutin

Kingdom of Hungary

Defeat
  • Stefan Dragutin, with the help of the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats his father, Stefan Uroš I, in the battle of Gacko and becomes the new King of Serbia [49]
Invasion of Macedonia by Stefan Milutin and Stefan Dragutin(1282) Kingdom of Serbia Byzantine Empire Victory
  • King of Serbia, Stefan Milutin, joins the campaign of Charles I of Anjou against Byzantium
  • The Kingdom of Serbia expends its territory and captures the city of Skopje [50]
Nogai intervention in Serbian-Byzantine conflict (1292-1293) Kingdom of Serbia Byzantine Empire

Golden Horde

Victory
  • Byzantine-Nogai army penetrates Serbia as far as Prizren and Lipljan
  • In the battle at river Drim, Nogai detachment is decisively defeated
  • The joint invasion has no effect on Serbian military operations as they continued immediately after it [51]
Renewed invasion of Byzantium by the King Stefan Milutin and Stefan Dragutin (1283) Kingdom of Serbia Byzantine Empire Victory
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
  • The combined efforts of Hungary and Dragutin in 1285 were unsuccessful in ousting Darman and Kudelin, who quickly struck back by devastating Dragutin’s territories [55]
  • Darman and Kudelin used Cuman and Tatar units, while Stefan Dragutin looked for help from Stefan Milutin in defeating them [56]
  • Darman and Kudelin occupy a large portion of Dragutin's land [57]
Invasion of Braničevo by Stefan Milutin and Stefan Dragutin (1291) Kingdom of Serbia Bulgarian Empire Victory
  • Joint forces of Stefan Milutin and Stefan Dragutin defeat Darman and Kudelin and occupy Braničevo [58]
War between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Prince of Vidin, Shishman (1292) Kingdom of Serbia Bulgarian Empire Victory
  • Shishman of Vidin, an ally of Darman and Kudelin, invades Serbia with his army, which consisted mainly of Tatar solders
  • Sishman's army penetrates deep into Serbian territory, but suffers a decisive defeat at Ždrelo (near Peć)
  • Kingdom of Serbia conducts a successful counteroffensive and captures Vidin [59]
Invasion of the Kingdom of Serbia by general Michael Doukas Glabas (1298) Kingdom of Serbia Byzantine Empire Victory
  • Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos sends an army to retake Macedonia under megas konostaulos Michael Doukas Glabas [60]
  • Even with his extensive military background and the command of a relatively powerful army, Glabas struggled to gain any ground since the Serbs employed guerrilla tactics and avoided direct confrontations, resulting in the failure of the campaign [61]
Attack on Kotor by the Republic of Ragusa (1301) Kingdom of Serbia Republic of Ragusa Republic of Venice

Ban of Croatia Zadar

Victory
  • Armada of Catholic allies attacks Kotor but suffers defeat [62]
  • Part of a greater conflict between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Republic of Ragusa which ended in a peace treaty favorable to Serbia [63]
Invasion of Hum by Paul I Šubić of Bribir (1304-1306) Kingdom of Serbia Paul I Šubić of Bribir Victory
Attacks of the Grand Catalan Company on Mount Athos (1307-1310) Hilandar Grand Catalan Company Victory
  • Repeated raids by the marauding Catalan Company are repulsed by monks of Hilandar monastery with support from the King Stefan Milutin [69]
War between Stefan Dragutin and Charles Robert (1307-1314) Realm of Stefan Dragutin Kingdom of Hungary Inconclusive
  • Frequent raids of territory of Ugrin Csák, an ally of Charles Robert, by Stefan Dragutin
  • Ugrin Csák defeats the army of Stefan Dragutin, but the raids into his territory continue
  • Stefan Dragutin makes peace with Charles Robert in Sremska Mitrovica in February of 1314 [70]
Serbian intervention in the war between Byzantines and Turcopoles (1312) Byzantine Empire Turcopoles Victory
  • Stefan Milutin sent a detachment of 2000 cavalrymen to aid Byzantium
  • Turcopoles are annihilated in the following battle [71]
Serbian military expedition in Asia Minor in aid of the Byzantine Empire (1313) Kingdom of Serbia Beylik of Aydin Victory
  • Originally meant to be a campaign led directly by the King Stefan Milutin, however, he got preoccupied with the war against Mladen II Šubić in the west
  • Veliki vojvoda Novak Grebostrek takes command of the campaign and leads it against Aydinids, scoring victories
  • Despite not changing the dire situation of Byzantine Empire, this expedition is celebrated by both Greek and Serbian sources [72]
War between Mladen II Šubić and brothers Stefan Milutin and Stefan Dragutin (1312-1313) [73] Kingdom of Serbia

Realm of Stefan Dragutin

Mladen II Šubić Inconclusive
  • In 1312, Mladen II renewed the invasion of Hum, which prompted a response from King Stefan Milutin, who called Stefan Dragutin to help his campaign
  • It is not clear what are the results of this war
War between Mladen II Šubić and the Kingdom of Serbia (1318-1319) Kingdom of Serbia Mladen II Šubić Victory
  • Mladen II Šubić attacks Hum for the third time, and achieves significant success
  • However, the tide changes, and Mladen's brother, Grgur Šubić, gets captured along with other Croatian nobles
  • Defeat of the Mladen's campaign [74]
Revolt of the Albanian nobility against the Kingdom of Serbia (1319) Kingdom of Serbia Albanian nobility Victory
War between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Hungary (1319) Kingdom of Serbia Kingdom of Hungary Defeat
  • After the death of Stefan Dragutin, the Kingdom of Serbia occupies most of his realm, which the Kingdom of Hungary considered to be theirs [77]
  • Provoked by this action, Charles Robert, with the support of the Pope John XXII, tries to assemble a Catholic coalition against Stefan Milutin, but this diplomatic action fails
  • Warfare between the two kingdoms results in Hungarian victory in Mačva, but, Serbia managed to keep Braničevo and prevent further advances into its territory [78]
War between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Syrmia (1321-1324) Kingdom of Serbia Kingdom of Syrmia Victory
  • War between Stefan Dečanski and Stefan Vladislav II over the rule of Kingdom of Serbia
  • Vladislav II, supported by Hungarians, and Bosnians, consolidated control over Syrmia and prepared for battle with Dečanski [79]
  • Vladislav was defeated in battle in late 1324, and fled to Hungary [80]
War of Hum (13261329) Kingdom of Serbia Banate of Bosnia Defeat
Bulgarian-Serbian War (1330) Kingdom of Serbia Bulgarian Empire Victory
Serbian Empire (1346–1371)
Byzantine-Serbian War (13431347) [81] Serbian Empire Byzantine Empire Victory
Ottoman-Serbian Wars (13521499) Serbian Empire Ottoman Empire Defeat

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