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The '''Principality of Zeta''' ([[Montenegrin language|Montenegrin]] and {{lang-sr|Кнежевина Зета|Kneževina Zeta}}) is a historiographical name for a [[Late Middle Ages|late medieval]] [[South Slavs|South Slavic]] principality located in the southern parts of modern [[Montenegro]] and northern parts of modern [[Albania]], around the [[Lake of Skadar]]. It was ruled by the families of [[Balšić noble family|Balšić]], [[Lazarević_dynasty|Lazarević]], [[Branković]] and [[Crnojević noble family|Crnojević]] in succession from the second half of the 14th century until [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] conquest at the very end of the 15th century. Previously, the same region of Zeta [[Zeta (crown land)|was a Serbian crown land]], that had become independent after the [[fall of the Serbian Empire]], when the [[Balšić noble family|Balšić family]] created a regional principality, sometime after 1360.{{sfn|Ćirković|2004|p=77}}
The '''Principality of Zeta''' ([[Montenegrin language|Montenegrin]] and {{lang-sr|Кнежевина Зета|Kneževina Zeta}}) is a historiographical name for a [[Late Middle Ages|late medieval]] [[South Slavs|South Slavic]] principality located in the southern parts of modern [[Montenegro]] and northern parts of modern [[Albania]], around the [[Lake of Skadar]]. It was ruled by the Serbian families of [[Balšić noble family|Balšić]], [[Lazarević_dynasty|Lazarević]], [[Branković]] and [[Crnojević noble family|Crnojević]] in succession from the second half of the 14th century until [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] conquest at the very end of the 15th century. Previously, the same region of Zeta [[Zeta (crown land)|was a Serbian crown land]], that had become independent after the [[fall of the Serbian Empire]], when the [[Balšić noble family|Balšić family]] created a regional principality, sometime after 1360.{{sfn|Ćirković|2004|p=77}}


==Zeta under the Balšići==
==Zeta under the Balšići==

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Principality of Zeta at the end of the 14th century

The Principality of Zeta (Montenegrin and Template:Lang-sr) is a historiographical name for a late medieval South Slavic principality located in the southern parts of modern Montenegro and northern parts of modern Albania, around the Lake of Skadar. It was ruled by the Serbian 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 independent after the fall of the Serbian Empire, when the Balšić family created a regional principality, sometime after 1360.[1]

Zeta under the Balšići

Zeta under the Serbian Despotate

Zeta under the Crnojevići

See also

References

  1. ^ Ćirković 2004, p. 77.

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