The Principality of Zeta ( sr, Кнежевина Зета, Kneževina Zeta) is a historiographical name for a
late medieval principality located in the southern parts of modern
Montenegro
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and northern parts of modern
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and share ...
, 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
fall of the Serbian Empire, when the
Balšić family created a regional principality, sometime after 1360.
Zeta under the Balšići
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Balša I
Balša ( sr-Cyr, Балша) or Balsha ( sq, Balsha) 1362) was a provincial lord of the Zeta in ca. 1362. He is the eponymous founder of the Balšić noble family.
Life
He was a nobleman and military commander during the rule of Emperor Dušan t ...
(1356–1362)
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Đurađ I (1362–1378)
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Balša II (1378–1385)
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Đurađ II (1385–1403)
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Balša III (1403–1421)
Zeta under the Serbian Despotate
* Despot
Stefan Lazarević (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
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Stefan I Crnojević
Stefan may refer to:
* Stefan (given name)
* Stefan (surname)
* Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname
* Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname
* Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
* Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...
(1451–1465)
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Ivan Crnojević
Ivan Crnojević ( sr-Cyrl, Иван Црнојевић, italics=no, lit=Ivan the Black) was the lord of Zeta and Serbian leader from 1465 to 1490. Having formed an alliance with the Republic of Venice, he led the Serb resistance against the expand ...
(1465–1490)
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Đurađ Crnojević (1490–1496)
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Stefan II Crnojević (1496–1499)
See also
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Zeta (crown land)
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First Scutari War
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Second Scutari War
The Second Scutari War ( sr-cyr, Други скадарски рат) was an armed conflict in 1419–1426 between Zeta (1419–1421) and then the Serbian Despotate (1421–1423) on the one side and the Venetian Republic on the other, over Scuta ...
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History of Montenegro
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Venetian Albania
References
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