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The '''Principality of Zeta''' ({{lang-sr|Кнежевина Зета}}) (in modern-day [[Montenegro]]) is the historiographical name for a [[Middle Ages|medieval]] state centered around [[Lake Shkodra]], ruled by the [[Balshaj noble family|families of Balshaj]], [[Lazarević]], [[Branković]] and [[Crnojević noble family|Crnojević]] in succession from the second half of the 14th century until Ottoman conquest in 1498. The Serbian crown land of [[Zeta (crown land)|Zeta]] had become virtually self-governed during the [[fall of the Serbian Empire]], when the [[Balshaj noble family]] wrestled the region by eliminating opponents in the area after 1360.{{sfn|Ćirković|2004|p=77}}
The '''Principality of Zeta''' ({{lang-sr|Кнежевина Зета}}) (in modern-day [[Montenegro]]) is the historiographical name for a [[Middle Ages|medieval]] state centered around [[Lake Skadar]], ruled by the [[Balšić noble family|families of Balšić]], [[Lazarević]], [[Branković]] and [[Crnojević noble family|Crnojević]] in succession from the second half of the 14th century until Ottoman conquest in 1498. The Serbian crown land of [[Zeta (crown land)|Zeta]] had become virtually self-governed during the [[fall of the Serbian Empire]], when the [[Balšić noble family|Balšić family]] wrestled the region by eliminating opponents in the area after 1360.{{sfn|Ćirković|2004|p=77}}


==Zeta under the Balshaj==
==Zeta under the Balšići==
{{main|Zeta under the Balshaj}}
{{main|Zeta under the Balšići}}
* [[Balsha I]] (1356–1362)
* [[Balša I]] (1356–1362)
* [[Đurađ I]] (1362–1378)
* [[Đurađ I]] (1362–1378)
* [[Balsha II]] (1378–1385)
* [[Balša II]] (1378–1385)
* [[Đurađ II]] (1385–1403)
* [[Đurađ II]] (1385–1403)
* [[Balsha III]] (1403–1421)
* [[Balša III]] (1403–1421)


==Zeta under the Serbian Despotate==
==Zeta under the Serbian Despotate==

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The Principality of Zeta (Serbian: Кнежевина Зета) (in modern-day Montenegro) is the historiographical name for a medieval state centered around Lake Skadar, ruled by the families of Balšić, Lazarević, Branković and Crnojević in succession from the second half of the 14th century until Ottoman conquest in 1498. The Serbian crown land of Zeta had become virtually self-governed during the fall of the Serbian Empire, when the Balšić family wrestled the region by eliminating opponents in the area after 1360.[1]

Zeta under the Balšići

Zeta under the Serbian Despotate

Zeta under the Crnojevići

See also

References

  1. ^ Ćirković 2004, p. 77.

Sources

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