The Principality of Zeta ( sr, Кнежевина Зета, Kneževina Zeta) is a historiographical name for a

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principality located in the southern parts of modern

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and northern parts of modern

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, around the Lake of Skadar. It was ruled by the families of Balšić, Lazarević, Branković and Crnojević in succession from the second half of the 14th century until Ottoman conquest at the very end of the 15th century. Previously, the same region of Zeta was a Serbian crown land, that had become self-governing after the

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, when the Balšić family created a regional principality, sometime after 1360.

Zeta under the Balšići

* Balša I (1356–1362) * Đurađ I (1362–1378) *

Balša II Balša Balšić ( sr-cyr, Балша Балшић); or Balsha II ( sq, Balsha II) died September 18, 1385), known in historiography as Balša II, was the Lord of Lower Zeta from 1378 to 1385. He managed to expand his borders towards the south; def ...

(1378–1385) * Đurađ II (1385–1403) * Balša III (1403–1421)

Zeta under the Serbian Despotate

* Despot

Stefan Lazarević Stefan Lazarević ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Лазаревић, 1377 – 19 July 1427), also known as Stefan the Tall ( sr, Стефан Високи / ''Stefan Visoki''), was the ruler of Serbia as prince (1389–1402) and despot (1402–1427) ...

(1421–1427) * Despot

Đurađ Branković Đurađ Branković (; sr-cyr, Ђурађ Бранковић; hu, Brankovics György; 1377 – 24 December 1456) was the Serbian Despot from 1427 to 1456. He was one of the last Serbian medieval rulers. He was a participant in the battle of Ank ...

(1427–1451)

Zeta under the Crnojevići

* Stefan I Crnojević (1451–1465) * Ivan Crnojević (1465–1490) *

Đurađ Crnojević Đurađ Crnojević ( sr-cyr, Ђурађ Црноjeвић, cu, Гюргь Цьрноевыкь; d. 1514) was the last Serbian medieval Lord of Zeta between 1490 and 1496, from the Crnojevic dynasty. The son of Ivan Crnojević and Goisava Arian ...

(1490–1496) *

Stefan II Crnojević Stefan Crnojević ( sr, Стефан Црнојевић, 1469–1499), or Stephen II was a nominal ruler of the Principality of Zeta between 1496 and 1499. Conspiring with Ottomans against Đurađ Until 1496, the ruler of Zeta had been Stefan's ...

(1496–1499)

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Zeta under the Balšići

Zeta under the Serbian Despotate

Zeta under the Crnojevići

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