Battle of Dubravnica

Battle of Dubravnica
Part of the Serbian–Ottoman wars
Hills around Petrus fortress, above Dubravnica
Date 1380/1381 Location Dubravnica near Paraćin, Serbia Result Serbian victory
Belligerents
Moravian Serbia	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Vitomir Crep Vukoslavić	Shahin Pasha
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

Map of Moravian Serbia under Prince Lazar

The Battle of Dubravnica was fought in the summer of 1380 or December 1381, on the Dubravnica River near Paraćin in today's central Serbia, between the Serbian forces of Prince Lazar of Serbia led by commanders Vitomir and Crep and the invading Ottoman Turks of Sultan Murad I. The battle was the first historical mention of any Turkish movements into Prince Lazar's territory. The Serbian army emerged victorious, although details of the battle itself are scarce.

"In the summer of 1380, Crep and Vitomir kills (defeats) the Turks on Dubravica"

— Lazar's chronicles

See also

• Battle of Pločnik
• Battle of Bileća
• Battle of Kosovo

References

Sources

• Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405142915.
• Marko Šuica, „Nemirno doba srpskog srednjeg veka“, Beograd, 2000. ISBN 86-355-0452-6
• „Istorija srpskog naroda II“, Beograd, 1982.
• Ljubomir Stojanovic, "Start srpski rodoslovi i letopisi: Zbornik za istoriju, jezik, i knjilemost srpskog naroda", XVI (1927): 214.

External links

• Battle of Kosovo Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, about the battle and surrounding facts