Principality of Serbia

The Principality of Serbia (Serbian Кнежевина Србија / Knezevina Srbija ) was a territory in the Balkans, which belonged to the Ottoman Empire. Between 1804 and 1815 this part of the country had been granted as a result of the first and second Serbian uprising against Turkish rule of the Ottoman Empire, a limited autonomy under a prince.

History

As a result, the Second Serbian Uprising initially recognized the Ottoman vizier in Belgrade, Maraşlı Ali Paša, later Prince Miloš Obrenović as top Knez to, who was elected in a public meeting on November 6, 1817 in hereditary princes. With a document dated August 1830 recognized Sultan Mahmud II Obrenović as prince of the Serbs and a further deed of November 1833, the autonomy of the principality were clarified. Miloš Obrenović was the first monarch of the Principality of Serbia recognized. Thus the principality was de facto independent.

Initially, the territory of the Principality was relatively small, the area was limited to the Paschaluk Belgrade, which was but expanded in the years 1831-1833 in the east, south and west.

With the Berlin Congress of 1878, the Principality gained its full independence by becoming internationally recognized. On March 6, 1882 it was converted into the Kingdom of Serbia.

Blazon

The Principality of Serbia led the coat of arms of the medieval Serbian kingdom.

It consisted of a French shields with a wicked silver cross on a red field and each with a fire steel in the beam of the cross formed by the four corner squares. The shield was surrounded by a laurel and oak wreath, covered with a hermelinverbrämten purple robe and crowned with a closed prince crown with orb and cross.

The silver cross on a red field, each with a fire steel in the four corners is also referred to as Serbian cross.

Monarch

The principality was ruled by the House Obrenović except 1842-1858. The regents were:

  • Miloš Obrenović (1815-1839) first reign
  • Milan Obrenović II ( 1839), reigned for only 26 days and then died
  • Mihailo Obrenović (1839-1842) first reign
  • Aleksandar Karadjordjević (1842-1858)
  • Miloš Obrenović (1858-1860) second reign
  • Mihailo Obrenović (1860-1868) second reign
  • Milan Obrenović IV (1868-1882)
Serbian Despotate Official language Serbian language Kragujevac Forms of state First Serbian Uprising Mahmud II. Cross#In heraldry Field (heraldry) Globus cruciger Milan I of Serbia
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