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Name: zeta

Type: Cluster

Start: 1371 AD

End: 1496 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Principality of Zeta
  • Principality of Zeta (Crnojevići)
  • Establishment


  • September 1371: The area of ​​Zeta was established as a political entity under the rule of Balšić, who after the death of Serbian King Vukašin and the death of Thessalian Emperor Uroš became completely independent.
  • September 1371: After the dissolution of the Serbian Empire, the Vojinović family established a personal domain in 1371.
  • September 1371: After the Battle of Maritsa, Serbia fragmented into several successor states.
  • Chronology


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    1. Dissolution of Serbia


    Dissolution of Serbia after the Battle of Maritsa between the Ottoman Empire and Serbia.


    2. Scutari Wars


    Were two wars waged by Venice for the control of Scutari (Albania).

    2.1.First Scutari War

    Was a war between Zeta and the Venetian Republic over Scutari and other former possessions of Zeta captured by Venice.

  • January 1406: The First Scutari War started in 1405 when Balša took advantage of the rebellion of the local population in the Shkodër region against Venice and captured all the area (including Drivast).
  • January 1406: The Venetians captured the three ports of Zeta: Bar, Ulcinj and Budva.
  • October 1409: The one-year peace agreement signed on October 26, 1409, was between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire. The agreement, known as the Treaty of Gallipoli, marked a temporary cessation of hostilities between the two powers with no territorial changes.
  • October 1409: On October 26, 1409, a one-year peace agreement was signed by the Principality of Zeta and the Republic of Venice with no territorial changes for either side. The borders reverted to those at the start of the war.
  • June 1419: In March 1419, Balša III again attempted to reconquer Scutari and the surrounding territories. In May he managed to capture Drivast.

  • 2.2.Second Scutari War

    Was a war by the Republic of Venice against the Lordhip of Zeta and the Serbian Despotate over the control of Scutari (Albania).

  • January 1421: Drivast, a medieval fortress in modern-day Montenegro, was reclaimed by the Republic of Venice in 1420. This marked the end of the rule of the Balšić noble family in the region.

  • 3. Wars of Mehmed II


    Wars during the rule of Mehmed II in the Ottoman Sultanate.

  • January 1480: In 1479 the Principality of Zeta fell under Turkish rule.

  • 4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • June 1385: Recognition of Bosnian Ban Tvrtko's possession of Kotor in the spring of 1385.

  • January 1386: In 1385 the city of Durrës was captured by Balša II.

  • January 1387: Nicholas Zaharia revolted in 1386 and became ruler of Budva.

  • January 1387: Venetian colony in Lezhë (Alessio) from 1386.

  • January 1388: The Dukagjini formed their independent domains when they rebelled against the Balsha family. This event must have happened by 1387.

  • January 1393: In 1392 the Durazzo fell under the Republic of Venice.

  • January 1394: In 1393, the territory of Drisht (Drivasto) was acquired by the Republic of Venice.

  • January 1397: The city of Shkodër (Scutari) came under the control of the Republic of Venice.

  • January 1397: In 1396, due to a favorable political situation, Koja Zaharija captured the castle of Dagnum.

  • January 1406: Venetian Ulcinj (Dulcigno), 1405-1571.

  • January 1421: In 1420, the city of Kotor, a major trading port in the Adriatic Sea, recognized Venetian rule. This decision was made after negotiations between the Venetian Republic and local leaders, including the Doge of Venice, Tommaso Mocenigo, and the Bishop of Kotor, Andrija.

  • January 1421: During the 20-year Hungarian civil war between King Sigismund and the Capetian House of Anjou of the Kingdom of Naples, the losing contender, Ladislaus of Naples, sold his disputed rights on Dalmatia to the Venetian Republic for 100,000 ducats. Acting on the pretext, the Republic took over in the city by the year 1420.

  • April 1421: Following the death of Balsa III in 1421 the Principality of Zeta was assigned (at the will of Balsa III) to his uncle Stefan Lazarević ruler of the Despotate of Serbia.

  • January 1457: The Principality of Zeta (Crnojevići) was formed after the withdrawal of the Serbian despotate from the area between 1451 and 1456. The Crnojevići family, led by Stefan I Crnojević, gained control of the territory and established their own principality.

  • December 1478: Territorial change based on available maps.

  • January 1482: The statehood of Zeta was restored as early as 1481.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1497: Zeta fell under the rule of the Ottoman Empire for the second time.
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