13-Moravian Serbia-Duke Lazar States

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MORAVIAN SERBIA-DUKE

LAZAR STATES

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Moving on. Ottomans Turks defeated Mrnjavcevic andknocking on the door of duke Lazar. Who is he?

- Lazar was a member of Raska nobility. Independently beganto act only from 1371., although had long a high position in theimperial court.

- Since the death of Vukasin Mrnjavcevic, in the battle of

Marica river in 1371., only prefect Nikola Altomanovic stayedstrong enough rival to Lazar.

- 1373., together with Bosnian duke Tvrtko, Lazar was able toovercome the prefect Nikola and territorial spread to the west.

- Over time, Lazar overcame the noblemen on their northernborder and expanded the territory of the Sava and Danuberivers. From the town of Krusevac ruled their country.


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- The territory of duke Lazar Hrebeljanovic Moravia Serbia,who called himself the master of all Serbs, also included thethree Morava rivers, basin of the Sava and Danube rivers to

Kosovo area.

- Because Lazar gathered a lot of Serbian lands in anorganized and strong state, and showed decent strength ofNemanjic family, the Serbian church stood at his side and

supported him in efforts to rebuild a strong Serbian state(because the Turks already threatened). Lazar they repaid bymasonry foundations, restoring churches and renewal ofincreasing church land.

- Duke Lazar clashed Turks in the Battle of the Plocnik 1386.,near Prokuplje, which is only briefly halted Turkishadvancement. In his whole strength, Serbia was no match forthe Balkan parts of the Ottoman Empire, not to mention theentire empire.


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- The final confrontation took place in Kosovo Polje, on St.Vitus Day, 28 June in 1389. Details of the battle iscontradictory, and still do not know if it was a winner. That

has enabled people to tell different stories about the battle,and put the legendary characters and events, the ones thatdid not exist or did not happen.

- What are the causes of this battle? Turkish desire for

further conquests of new territory (which is related to theircentarlized military state organization), regional disunity ofSerbian lords (most lords thought it was just Lazar attackedand refused to send their forces to him), Mrnjavcevic

brother failure in the Battle of Marica river in 1371. (theirhigh position in the serbian empire led them astray; theyunderestimated the Turks strenght, and only with his ownarmy were headed to the battle).


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Lazar,the duke

Milica, the duchess


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- Consequences of the battle are multiple: duke Lazar andsultan Murat were killed in the battle; their country fallinginto instability and weakening; almost a whole generation of

serbian feudal lords had disappeared and Serbia had becomea vassal of the Turks (Marko Mrnjavcevic, King ofMacedonia, it became a vassal long time ago); sultanBayazid, son of sultan Murat, had killed his brother Jakub

and had to regulate the situation in the Ottoman empire andstrengthen its own position; Serbia, could not recover andbreak away from the Turks till 19. century, ...

- As an illustration of this period can be used quite solid

films, Banovic Strahinja and the Battle of Kosovo.
http://www.bosnachat.com/banovic-strahinja/http://domacifilmovi.info/videos/boj-na-kosovuhttp://domacifilmovi.info/videos/boj-na-kosovuhttp://www.bosnachat.com/banovic-strahinja/http://www.bosnachat.com/banovic-strahinja/http://www.bosnachat.com/banovic-strahinja/


8/8Lazarica monastery foundation of duke Lazar

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