Principality of Serbia

Principality of Serbia Княжество Сербіа Књажество Србија
1815–1882
Flag (1835–1882) Coat of arms (1835–1882)
Anthem: Востани Сербије Vostani Serbije (English: "Arise, Serbia")
The Principality of Serbia in 1878
Capital	Belgrade (1841–1882) Kragujevac (1818–1841) Gornja Crnuća (1815–1818)
Common languages	Serbian
Religion	Serbian Orthodoxy (official)
Demonym(s)	Serbian, Serb
Government	Absolute monarchy (1815–1838) Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy (1838–1882)
Prince (Knez)
• 1817–1839 (first)	Miloš Obrenović I
• 1868–1882 (last)	Milan Obrenović IV
Prime Minister
• 1815–1816 (first)	Petar Nikolajević
• 1880–1882 (last)	Milan Piroćanac
Legislature	None (rule by decree) (1815–1838) National Assembly (1838–1882)
History
• Recognition by the Sublime Porte	1815
• Statehood Day	15 February 1835
• de facto independence	19 April 1867
• de jure internationally recognized	13 July 1878
• Proclaimed Kingdom	1882
Area
1815[1]	24,440 km2 (9,440 sq mi)
1834[1]	37,511 km2 (14,483 sq mi)
Population
• 1815[1]	322,500–342,000
• 1834[1]	702,000
• 1874[1]	1,353,000
ISO 3166 code	RS
Preceded by Succeeded by Sanjak of Smederevo Revolutionary Serbia Kingdom of Serbia
Today part of	Serbia

The Principality of Serbia (Serbian: Књажество Србија, romanized: Knjažestvo Srbija) was an autonomous, later sovereign state in the Balkans that came into existence as a result of the Serbian Revolution, which lasted between 1804 and 1817.^[2] Its creation was negotiated first through an unwritten agreement between Miloš Obrenović, leader of the Second Serbian Uprising, and Ottoman official Marashli Pasha. It was followed by the series of legal documents published by the Sublime Porte in 1828, 1829 and finally, 1830—the Hatt-i Sharif. Its de facto independence ensued in 1867, following the evacuation of the remaining Ottoman troops from the Belgrade Fortress and the country; its independence was recognized internationally in 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin. In 1882 the country was elevated to the status of kingdom.