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Name: Principality of Zeta (Crnojevići)

Type: Polity

Start: 1457 AD

End: 1496 AD

Nation: zeta

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The Principality of Zeta (under the rule of the Crnojevići dynasty) was formed after the withdrawal of the Serbian Despotate from the region.

Establishment


  • 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.
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    1. 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.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • 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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