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Medieval battles of Srebrenica (1411–1459)

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Medieval battles of Srebrenica
Date1411, 1444, 1445, 1446, 1449
Location
Srebrenica, Kingdom of Bosnia
Result See article
Combatants
In 1411:
Kingdom of Bosnia		 In 1411:
Kingdom of Hungary
Serbian Despotate
In 1444:
Kingdom of Bosnia		 In 1444:
Ottoman Empire
Serbian Despotate
In 1445:
Kingdom of Bosnia		 In 1445:
Ottoman Empire
Serbian Despotate
In 1446:
Kingdom of Bosnia		 In 1446:
Ottoman Empire
Serbian Despotate
In 1449:
Kingdom of Bosnia		 In 1449:
Ottoman Empire
Serbian Despotate
Commanders and leaders

In 1411:
Tvrtko II Kotromanić
Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić

From 1444-1449:
Stjepan Tomaš

Support in 1445:
Ivaniš Pavlović

In 1411:
Sigismund of Luxembourg
Stefan Lazarević
János Maróthy

From 1444-1449:
Mehmed II
Đurađ Branković

The Medieval battles of Srebrenica were a series of battles between the Kingdom of Bosnia, Kingdom of Hungary, The Ottoman Empire and the Serbian Despotate for mineral rich, notably silver, city of Srebrenica in Eastern Bosnia.[1][2][3]

Importance

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The city of Srebrenica was located between the historical region of Usora and Podrinje, it was famous for its large number of silver mines from which the city got its name, from the Bosnian word for silver–srebro.

Sequence of events

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Until 1404 the city of Srebrenica was in the hands of the Grand Duke of Bosnia, Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić. He ruled until 1410 when the city fell to the rule of Sigismund of Luxembourg, during the Hungarian Wars against Bosnia in 1411. Sigismund awarded Serbian noble Stefan Lazarević for his campaigns against Tvrtko II Kotromanić and gave the city to his domain. The city was reconquered by King Stjepan Tomaš in 1444. For the short period of time in May 1445 all of Lower Podrinje fell to Đurađ Branković, but with the help of Bosnian Duke, Ivaniš Pavlović, he withdrew out of Podrinje. In 1448 the Ottomans launched a large counter-offensive into Bosnia penetrating the realm of Stjepan Tomaš. Stjepan Vukčić Kosača had joined the Turks against Tomaš but with Hungarian support they were driven out. In 1449 Stjepan Tomaš reconquered the city from Branković.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Историја средњовековне босанске државе".
  2. ^ a b "Poviest Bosne do Propasti kraljevstva".
  3. ^ Bošnjak, Slavoljub (1851). Zemljopis i poviestnica Bosne (in Croatian).
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