Principality of Serbia

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Кнежевина Србија
Kneževina Srbija
Principality of Serbia

1817 (1804-1817 War of liberation) – 1882


Flag	Coat of arms

Principality of Serbia after Berlin Congress in 1878

Capital

Kragujevac¹

Government

Principality

History

- Recognized by Porte

1817²

- Statehood Day

February 15, 1835³

- Internationally recognized

July 13, 1878⁴

- Raised to Kingdom

1882

¹ Moved to Belgrade in 1838
² De jure in the 1830 Hatt-i Sharif.
³ Outbreak of Serbian revolution/ First Constitution adopted
⁴ De facto independent since 1867, de jure by the Treaty of Berlin

The Serbian Principality (Serbian: Кнежевина Србија, Kneževina Srbija) was a state in the Balkans that came into existence as a result of the Serbian revolution which lasted between 1804 and 1817. Its creation was negotiated first through an unwritten agreement between the leader of the Second Serbian Uprising Miloš Obrenović and Ottoman official Marashli Pasha (1817), which formally ended the Serbian revolution. It was followed by the series of legal documents published by the Porte in 1828, 1829 and finally, 1830- the Hatt-i Sharif.

1 History
2 Rulers
3 See also
4 External links
5 Maps

[edit] History

Despite serious and extremely brutal oppression and revenge by the Ottoman authorities (that was especially evident between the revolutions), first Karađorđe and then Miloš Obrenović, the revolutionary leaders, have succeeded in their goal to liberate Serbia after centuries of Turkish rule. Turkish authorities have acknowledged this state in 1830 by the charter known as the Hatisherif, and Miloš became a hereditary prince of the Serbian Principality.

At first, the principality included only territory of former Pashaluk of Belgrade, but was in 1831-1833 expanded to east, south and west. In 1867 the Ottoman army was expelled from the Principality, de facto securing its independence.^[1] Serbia was further expanded to south-east in 1878, when it won full international recognition at the Treaty of Berlin. The Principality would last until 1882 when it was raised to the level of Kingdom of Serbia.

[edit] Rulers

The Principality was reigned by the Obrenović dynasty, except for a period when it was reigned by Prince Aleksandar of the Karađorđević dynasty. Princes Miloš and Mihailo Obrenović each had reigned twice.

List of princes of the principality: