Serbian Despotate

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Serbian Despotate Српска Деспотовина Srpska Despotovina
1402–1442 1444–1459
Coat of arms
The Serbian Despotate in 1422
Capital	Beograd Smederevo Bar
Common languages	Old Serbian
Religion	Serbian Orthodox
Demonym(s)	Serbian, Serb
Government	Monarchy
Despot
• 1402–1427	Stefan Lazarević
• 1427–1456	Đurađ Branković
• 1456–1458	Lazar Branković
• 1458–1459	Stefan Branković
• 1459	Stefan Tomašević
Establishment
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Establishment	22 February 1402
• Conquest by the Ottoman Empire	1439
• Reestablishment	1444
• Reconquest by the Ottoman Empire	20 June 1459
Currency	Serbian dinar
ISO 3166 code	RS
Preceded by Succeeded by Moravian Serbia District of Branković Zeta under the Balšići Sanjak of Smederevo Banate of Belgrade Zeta under the Crnojevići
Today part of	Serbia Montenegro

The Serbian Despotate (Serbian: Српска деспотовина / Srpska despotovina) was a medieval Serbian state in the first half of the 15th century. Although the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 is mistakenly considered the end of medieval Serbia, the Despotate, a successor of the Serbian Empire and Moravian Serbia, lasted for another sixty years, experiencing a cultural, economic, and political renaissance, especially during the reign of Despot Stefan Lazarević. After the death of Despot Đurađ Branković in 1456, the Despotate continued to exist for another three years before it finally fell under Ottoman rule in 1459.

After 1459, political traditions of the Serbian Despotate continued to exist in exile, in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, with several titular despots of Serbia, who were appointed by kings of Hungary. The last titular Despot of Serbia was Pavle Bakić, who fell in the Battle of Gorjani in 1537.^[1]