| Emperor of the Serbs | |
|---|---|
Imperial | |
 Divellion (Emperor's personal banner) | |
.jpg) Coronation of Emperor Dušan, in The Slavonic Epic (1926) | |
| Details | |
| First monarch | Stefan Dušan |
| Last monarch | Stefan Uroš V |
| Formation | 16 April 1346 |
| Abolition | 2/4 December 1371 |
| Appointer | Hereditary |
Between 1345 and 1371, the Serbian monarch was self-titled emperor (tsar). The full title was initially Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks,[a] later Emperor of the Serbs, Greeks and Bulgarians[b] in Serbian and basileus and autokrator of Serbia and Romania ["the land of the Romans"][c] in Greek. This title was soon enlarged into "Emperor and Autocrat of the Serbs and Greeks, the Bulgarians and Albanians".[1][2][3] The Serbian Empire was ruled by only two monarchs; Stefan Dušan (r. 1346–1355) and Stefan Uroš V (r. 1355–1371). Two other claimants of the title ruled in Thessaly, Central Greece.
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- ^ Hupchick 1995, p. 141
- ^ Darby & Clissold 1968, p. 98
- ^ White 2000, p. 246