Principality of Velbazhd
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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: After the Battle of Maritsa, Serbia fragmented into several successor states.
November 1371: The Ottomans succeeded capturing the cities of Drama, Kavála, and Serrai in modern Greece.
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, during the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans, one of Ivan Shishman's voivodes, Shishkin, was killed in battle in the Rhodopes region. This event further facilitated the Ottoman Beylik's control over Kostenets, Ihtiman, and Samokov.
Chronology
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Dissolution of Serbia after the Battle of Maritsa between the Ottoman Empire and Serbia.
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 .
January 1374: In 1373, two years after the devastating Battle of Maritsa, the Principality of Velbazhd became a vassal to the Ottoman 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.
Disestablishment
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 .
January 1374: In 1373, two years after the devastating Battle of Maritsa, the Principality of Velbazhd became a vassal to the Ottoman Empire.
