List of former capitals of Serbia

This is a list of the historical capitals of Serbian statehood:

Capital Timeline Notes
Ras ?–960 capital of the Serbian Principality under the Vlastimirović dynasty.
Ras fl. 969–976 capital of the Byzantine Catepanate of Ras.
Sirmium ca. 1018–1071 capital of the Byzantine Theme of Sirmium.
Stari Ras ca. 1050–1148 capital of the Principality of Duklja under the Vojislavljević dynasty.
Stari Ras ca. 1083–1166 capital of the Serbian Grand Principality under the Vukanović dynasty.
Bele Crkve 1166–1168[citation needed] First capital of the Serbian Grand Principality under Stefan Nemanja.
Niš ca. 1183–1191 capital of the Serbian Grand Principality under Stefan Nemanja.
Deževo, Debrc and Belgrade 1276–1282 capitals of Stefan Dragutin's Kingdom in Syrmia.
Skopje 1282–1321 capital of King Stefan Milutin.
Prizren 1300–1345 first capital of King Stefan Dušan.
Skoplje 1345–1371 first capital of Serbian Empire of Stefan Dušan and later Stefan Uroš V.
Serres 1345–1355 second capital of Serbian Empire of Stefan Dušan.
Kruševac 1371–1402 capital of Moravian Serbia under Lazar Hrebeljanović.
Vučitrn 1371–1402 capital of District of Branković under Vuk Branković.
Prilep 1371–1395 capital of Lordship of Prilep under Marko Mrnjavčević.
Belgrade 1404–1430 capital of Serbian Despotate under Stefan Lazarević.
Smederevo 1430–1459 capital of Serbian Despotate under the Branković dynasty.
Belgrade 1718–1739 capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Serbia (1718–39).
Topola 1805–1813 capital of Revolutionary Serbia under Karadjordje, during the First Serbian Uprising.
Smederevo 1806 temporary capital of serbia under Karadjordje and seat of Praviteljstvujušči Sovjet (government headed by Dositej Obradović).
Gornja Crnuća 1815–1818 capital of Revolutionary Serbia under Miloš Obrenović, during the Second Serbian Uprising
Kragujevac 1818–June 12, 1839 capital of the Principality of Serbia under Miloš Obrenović.
Belgrade June 12, 1839–June 1840 capital of the Principality of Serbia under Mihailo Obrenović III.
Kragujevac June 1840 – 1841 capital of the Principality of Serbia under Mihailo Obrenović III.
Belgrade April 25, 1841 – 1915 capital of the Principality of Serbia and Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918).
Temišvar 1849–1860 capital of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar (1849–1860).
Niš July 1914–October 1915 capital of Serbia during Austro-Hungarian occupation of Belgrade (World War I). From 1878 onwards, it was treated as the "second capital".
Belgrade 1916–present capital of the Kingdom of Serbia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1943), Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1992), Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006), and Serbia (2006–)

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