Battle of Dubravnica

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. Vitomir and Crep were the regional lords, and one of their fortresses, Petrus, was in the vicinity of the battle.

Battle of Dubravnica
Part of the Serbian-Turkish Wars and Ottoman wars in Europe
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	Murad I
Strength
1,300	20,000
Casualties and losses
Light	Almost the whole army

Map of Moravian Serbia under Prince Lazar

The Battle of Dubravnica was the first historical mention of any Ottoman movements into Prince Lazar's territory. The Serbian army emerged victorious, although details of the battle itself are scarce. After this battle the Turks didn't venture into Serbia until 1386, when their armies were routed near Pločnik.

"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