Revolutionary Serbia, or Karađorđe's Serbia, was the state established by the Serbian revolutionaries in Ottoman Serbia (Sanjak of Smederevo) after the start of the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1804. The Sublime Porte first officially recognized the state as autonomous in January 1807, however, the Serbian revolutionaries rejected the treaty and continued fighting the Ottomans until 1813. Although the first uprising was crushed, it was followed by the Second Serbian Uprising in 1815, which resulted in the creation of the Principality of Serbia, as it gained semi-independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1817.
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Revolutionary Serbia in the context of House of Karađorđević
The House of Karađorđević or Karađorđević dynasty (Serbian: Династија Карађорђевић, Dinastija Karađorđević, IPA: [karadʑǒːrdʑevitɕ]; pl. Карађорђевићи, Karađorđevići) is the former ruling Serbian and deposed Yugoslav royal family.
The family was founded by Karađorđe Petrović (1768–1817), the Veliki Vožd (Serbian Cyrillic: Велики Вожд, lit. 'Grand Leader') of Serbia during the First Serbian uprising of 1804–1813. In the course of the 19th century the relatively short-lived dynasty was supported by the Russian Empire and was opposed to the Austrian-supported House of Obrenović. The two houses subsequently vied for the throne for several generations.
Revolutionary Serbia in the context of Serbian Revolution
The Serbian Revolution (Serbian: Српска револуција, romanized: Srpska revolucija) was a national uprising and constitutional change in Serbia that took place between 1804 and 1835, during which this territory evolved from an Ottoman province into a rebel 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 1817, 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 (1817–1835) 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.
Revolutionary Serbia in the context of Osman Pazvantoğlu
Osman Pazvantoğlu (Ottoman Turkish: عثمان; 1758 – January 27, 1807 in Vidin) was an Ottoman mercenary, the de facto Vizier of the Sanjak of Vidin after 1794 as a rebel against Ottoman rule, amnestied and recognized in 1799 as pasha by the sultan, continuing rebellion the next year. Initially serving as a mercenary in Wallachia, he wrested the Sanjak of Vidin and ruled in defiance of the Ottoman sultan, and fought other Ottoman pashas and made incursions into the Sanjak of Smederevo, Wallachia, and Revolutionary Serbia during the Serbs' rebellion.
Revolutionary Serbia in the context of Serbian Army (revolutionary)
The Serbian Army was the military force of Revolutionary Serbia, active during the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13) fighting against the Ottoman Empire. Established at first as a peasant army against the oppressive Dahije who had wrested the Pashalik of Belgrade from the Sultan, it became a resistance movement to the Ottomans which managed to create an independent state, restoring Serbian statehood in the Central Balkans after centuries of Ottoman rule. Distinguished community leaders, the Serbian Free Corps veterans and hajduks mustered a militia which transformed into an army with decisive victories and relations with Austria and Russia.