Principality of Serbia

Serbia, 1815–1882. Draft, not yet reviewed

The Principality of Serbia was an autonomous, later sovereign state in the Balkans that came into existence as a result of the Serbian Revolution. Ottoman authorities acknowledged the state by the 1830 Hatt-i Sharif, and Miloš Obrenović became the hereditary prince of Serbia. Its de facto independence ensued in 1867, following the evacuation of the remaining Ottoman troops from the Belgrade Fortress and the country, and its independence was recognized internationally in 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin. In 1882 the country was elevated to the status of kingdom.

Seat of power: Belgrade

No rulers documented for this era yet.

Culture

• The Principality was ruled by the Obrenović dynasty, except for a period under Prince Aleksandar of the Karađorđević dynasty.
• The elite of Serbia was divided into two camps, the liberals and the conservatives.
• In the first decades of the principality, the population was about 85% Serb and 15% non-Serb. It has been estimated that up to 150,000 Albanians who lived in the territories of the Principality of Serbia were expelled between 1830 and the wars of the 1870s.

Picture

The Second Serbian Uprising was the second phase of the Serbian Revolution against the Ottoman Empire.

Image: Muzej rudničko-takovskog kraja u Gornjem Milanovcu, CC BY-SA 4.0, file

Sources

• Principality of Serbia (Wikipedia)
• Principality of Serbia (Wikidata)
• About the picture (Wikipedia)

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