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Stefan Milutin's Wars of Serbian Expansion, 1301
Around 1301, Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin launched a series of expansionist wars in the Balkans, seizing Macedonia, parts of Albania, and Byza…
Timeline
- 1301Macedonia · MacedoniaMilutin led his army against Byzantine border fortresses in Macedonia, exploiting the military vacuum caused by the Byzantine succession crisis to seize several towns.
- 1301–1302Prilep · North MacedoniaSerbian forces garrisoned the newly captured Macedonian towns, built fortifications, and installed Serbian nobles to govern, incorporating the conquests into the kingdom's administrative system.
Sources
- The Realm of the Slavs: The Rise and Fall of the Serbian Empire — John V.A. Fine Jr. (1994)
- Serbia: A Modern History — John K. Cox (2002)