- Duchy of Saint Sava
-
војводство Светог Саве
Duchy of Saint SavaOttoman vassal (1435-1444)
Aragonese vassal (1444-1466)
Ottoman vassal (1469-1483)
of present-day Herzegovina← 
1435–1483 →
Coat of arms
War in Zeta (1441-1444). Duchy of Stephen Vukcic Kosaca annexed Upper Zeta. Conquered the city of Bar, with the fortress (now Old Bar) in Lower Zeta.
Historical era Medieval - Start of rule 1435 - Disestablished 1483 History of Herzegovina Hum and Travunia (9th–14th century) Duchy of Saint Sava (1448–1483) Sanjak of Herzegovina (1462–1851) Pashaluk of Herzegovina (1833–1851) Herzegovinian rebellion (1875) History of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
This article is part of a seriesEarly History Prehistory and Roman era Slavic peoples Monarchy Bosnian Kingdom Ottoman era Austro-Hungarian condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina Yugoslavia Kingdom of Yugoslavia World War II Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(Socialist Republic of
Bosnia and Herzegovina)Contemporary War in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina Portal
Duchy of Saint Sava (Latin: Ducatus Sancti Sabae,[1] Serbian Cyrillic: војводство Светог Саве[2][3][4][5][6]) was a late medieval monarchy amid the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans. It was ruled by Stefan and his son Vladislav, of the Kosača family.
The first ruler was titled "Voivode of Saint Sava" (after the first Serbian Patriarch, Saint Sava), his rank in German - Herzog (Duke), would later give the name to the present-day region of Herzegovina, thus it has also been named the "Duchy of Herzegovina" in modern sources, as the Ottomans used Hersek Sancağı ("Sanjak of the lands of the Herzog").[7]
Contents
History
See also: History of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Medieval SerbiaIn a document sent to Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III on January 20, 1448, Stephen Vukčić Kosača styled himself "Duke of Saint Sava (Vojvoda Svetog Save), lord of Hum and Primorje (Gospodar Humski i Primorski), Grand Duke (Herzog), and forced Bosnia to recognize him as such.[8][9]
On 15 February 1444, Stephen signed a treaty with Alfonso V, King of Aragon and Naples, becoming his vassal in exchange for the king's help against Stjepan's enemies, namely King Stephen Thomas of Bosnia, Duke Ivaniš Pavlović and Venice. In the same treaty Stjepan promised to pay regular tribute to Alfonso instead to Ottoman sultan as he had done until then.[10]
Stjepan Vukčić died in 1466, and was succeeded by his eldest son Vladislav Hercegović. In 1482 he was overpowered by Ottoman forces led by Stjepan Vukčić's youngest son, Hersekli Ahmed Pasha, who converted to Islam prior to that. In the Ottoman Empire, Herzegovina was organized as a province (sanjak) within the state (pashaluk) of Bosnia. The name of the country was changed to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1853, as a result of a twist of political events. It was part of the Ottoman Empire for a bit less than four centuries.
Stjepan founded the Serbian Orthodox Zagrađe Monastery near his realm's seat in Herceg Novi, modern-day Montenegro, and the Savina Monastery, also near Herceg Novi.
Rulers
- Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, 1435–1466
- Vladislav Hercegović, 1466–1483
See also
References
- ^ Caroli Du Fresne domini Du Cange Illyricum vetus & novum, siue, Historia..., p. 126
- ^ Vasa Čubrilović, Vojne krajine u jugoslovenskim zemljama u novom veku do Karlovačkog mira 1699: zbornik radova sa naučnog skupa održanog 24. i 25. aprila 1986
- ^ Nebojša Damnjanović, Vladimir Merenik, The first Serbian uprising and the restoration of the Serbian state, p. 21
- ^ Mavro Orbini, Franjo Šanjek, Kraljevstvo Slavena, p. 441
- ^ http://www.srpskenovinecg.com/broj003/4651-vasko-kostic
- ^ Епархија Захумско-Херцеговачка и Приморска
- ^ p. 44
- ^ page 756
- ^ "Duke+of+Saint+Sava" The Danube-Aegean waterway project: a paper
- ^ Momčilo Spremić, Balkanski vazali kralja Alfonsa Aragonskog, Prekinut uspon, Beograd 2005,355-358
- Vojne krajine u jugoslovenskim zemljama u novom veku do Karlovačkog mira 1699
- Zdenko Zlatar, The poetics of Slavdom: the mythopoeic foundations of Yugoslavia. p. 555
External links
Categories:- 1483 disestablishments
- States and territories established in 1448
- History of Herzegovina
- Former countries in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Former Slavic countries
- Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Saint Sava
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
