Stefan Uroš V

Type Figure Region Serbia Time 1336–1371 Also known as Uroš V

Stefan Uroš V (1336–1371) was the last Serbian emperor of the Dušan Empire, whose weak rule ended with the Battle of Maritsa in 1371 and Serbia's fra…

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1355–1365Skopje · SkopjeHe acceded in 1355 after the sudden death of his father Emperor Dušan, nominally inheriting a vast empire from the Danube to the Peloponnese. His real power was limited; his half-brother Uroš Nemanjić established himself in the west, and regional nobles grew powerful.
1365–1371Central Serbia · SerbiaIn his later reign he controlled only a limited area of central Serbia, with Macedonia, Greece, and other regions held by local lords. In the 1371 Battle of Maritsa, his uncle Vukan and his brother Marko and other nobles led forces against the Ottomans; after their crushing defeat, central royal authority collapsed.
1371Skopje · SkopjeHe died shortly after the Battle of Maritsa without heirs, and the Dušan Empire as a unified political entity came to an end. Thereafter regional lords such as Prince Lazar each ruled independently, until the 1389 Battle of Kosovo.

Sources

Stefan Uroš V https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stefan-Uros-V
The Late Medieval Balkans — John V. A. Fine Jr. (1994)