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Name: Kingdom of Prilep

Type: Polity

Start: 1371 AD

End: 1395 AD

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Was an independent principality in Serbia originated with the dissolution of Serbia after the Battle of Maritsa.

Establishment


  • September 1371: The Lordship of Prilep was established by Vukašin Mrnjavčević, a Serbian nobleman and co-ruler of the Serbian Empire. In 1371, after Vukašin's death in the Battle of Maritsa, the territory came under the control of his son, Marko Mrnjavčević, who ruled as the King of Prilep.
  • 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 Battle of Maritsa, Serbia fragmented into several successor states.
  • November 1371: Immediately after the battle of Chernomen, the armies of Murad I embarked on another campaign overrunning Northern Thrace and forcing Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria to pull back north of the Balkan Mountains.
  • November 1371: In 1371, the Ottoman Beylik, led by Murad I, captured Bitola in the southwest after a bloody siege.
  • Chronology


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    1. Dissolution of Serbia


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


    2. Bulgarian-Ottoman Wars


    Were a series of wars between the Ottomans and the Bulgarians that resulted in the Ottoman conquest of the Second Bulgarian Empire.

    2.1.Battle of Chernomen and its consequences

    Was a battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Serbian Empire that lead to the loss of southern Serbia to the Ottomans.


    3. Conquests of Murad I


    Expansion during the rule of Murad I in the Ottoman Beylik.

  • January 1374: Murad completed his triumph on the banks of the Maritza by launching a well-organized campaign to extend his rule over the remaining Balkan territories, south of the Danube. The left wing of the Ottoman expansion under Evrenos Bey crossed the Rhodope Mountains and seized almost all of Macedonia, a conquest that culminated in the capture of Serres in 1373 .

  • 4. Conquests of Bayezid I


    Expansion during the rule of Bayezid I in the Ottoman Sultanate.

  • January 1396: The Kingdom of Prilep of late King Marko was conquered by Ottoman Turks.

  • 5. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1372: The region between Pogradec, Ohrid, and Debar became semi-independent as the Principality of Gropaj.

  • January 1390: The Principality of Kastrioti was founded in 1389 by the Albanian nobleman Gjon Kastrioti I.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1396: The Kingdom of Prilep of late King Marko was conquered by Ottoman Turks.
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