Kingdom of Serbia (Crown of Anjou and Jerusalem)

Kingdom of Serbia Kraljevina Srbija
1804–1914
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Anthem:  Bože pravde (""God of Justice")
Capital	Smederevo(Unofficially)
Largest city	Belgrade
Religion	Christianity (State Orthodoxy)
Demonym(s)	Serbian
Government	Absolute Monarchy
• King Milan I (first) • King Alexander II (last) • Prime Minister Petar Nikolajević Moler (first) • Prime Minister Nikola Pašić (Last)
Legislature	General Assembly
History
• Monarchy declared March, 1804 • Decleration of Independence June 10 1804 • First constitution of the Kingdom of Serbia April, 1840 • First Bulgarian War 1865-1870 • 'Yugoslav' War 1912-1913 • Annexation into Yugoslav Bulgaria 2 September 1914

Serb Revolt against the Ottoman Empire

The Serbian Revolution was a national uprising in Serbia, which escalated into a war with the Ottoman Empire, that took place between 1804 and 1815, during which this territory evolved from an Ottoman province into an autonomous territory, a constitutional monarchy, and modern Serbia.

In 1804, the Ottoman Janissary decided to execute all prominent nobles throughout Central Serbia, a move known as the Slaughter of the Knezes. The heads of the murdered Serbian nobles were put on public display in the central square to serve as an example to those who might plot against Ottoman rule. The event triggered the start of the Serbian Revolution aimed at putting an end to the 370 years of Ottoman occupation. The first part of the period, from 1804 to 1815, was marked by a violent struggle for independence from the Ottoman Empire with two armed uprisings taking place, ending with a ceasefire. The later period (1812–1815) witnessed a peaceful consolidation of political power of the increasingly autonomous Serbia, culminating in the recognition of the right to hereditary rule by Serbian princes in 1830 and 1833 and the territorial expansion of the young monarchy.