Polity Principality of Zeta (Crnojevići)

This article is about the specific polity Principality of Zeta (Crnojevići) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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The Principality of Zeta (under the rule of the Crnojevići dynasty) was formed after the withdrawal of the Serbian Despotate from the region.

Establishment

  • January 1457: The Principality of Zeta (Crnojevići) was formed after the withdrawal of the Serbian despotate from the area between 1451 and 1456. The Crnojevići family, led by Stefan I Crnojević, gained control of the territory and established their own principality.

Chronology

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1. Wars of Mehmed II

Wars during the rule of Mehmed II in the Ottoman Sultanate.

  • January 1480: In 1479 the Principality of Zeta fell under Turkish rule.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • December 1478: Territorial change based on available maps.
  • January 1482: The statehood of Zeta was restored as early as 1481.

Disestablishment

  • January 1497: Zeta fell under the rule of the Ottoman Empire for the second time.