Lordship of Prilep

Realm of King Marko
Област краља Марка (Serbian)
Oblast kralja Marka (Serbian)
1371–1395
Flag of Lordship of Prilep
Flag
Coat of arms of Lordship of Prilep
Coat of arms
Medieval Realm of King Marko
Medieval Realm of King Marko
CapitalPrilep
Religion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
GovernmentKingdom
King 
• 1371–1395
King Marko (only)
Historical eraMedieval
• Marko's inheritance
September 26, 1371 1371
• Subjugation by Bayezid I
1395
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Serbian Empire
Principality of Muzaka
Sanjak of Ohrid
Today part of Albania
 North Macedonia
 Greece
 Kosovo

The Lordship of Prilep (Serbian: Господство Прилепа, romanizedGospodstvo Prilepa), also known as the Realm of King Marko (Serbian: Област краља Марка, romanizedOblast kralja Marka) or the Kingdom of Prilep (Serbian: Прилепско краљевство, romanizedPrilepsko kraljevstvo; Macedonian: Прилепско Кралство, romanizedPrilepsko Kralstvo; Bulgarian: Прилепско кралство, romanizedPrilepsko kralstvo; literally: 'Prilep Kingdom'), was one of the successor-states of the Serbian Empire, covering mainly the southern regions of the former empire, corresponding to western parts of present-day North Macedonia. Its central region of Pelagonia, with the city of Prilep, was held by lord Vukašin Mrnjavčević, who in 1365 became Serbian king and co-ruler of Serbian emperor Stefan Uroš V (1355–1371). After king Vukašin died at the Battle of Maritsa in 1371,[1] the realm was obtained by his son and designated successor (rex iunior) Marko Mrnjavčević, who took the title of Serbian king. At that time, capital cities of the Serbian realm were Skopje and Prizren,[2] but during the following years king Marko lost effective control over those regions, and moved his residence to Prilep. He ruled there until his death in the Battle of Rovine in 1395.[3] By the end of the same year, the Realm of late King Marko was conquered by the Ottoman Empire.

  1. ^ Ostrogorsky 1956, p. 481.
  2. ^ Gavrilović 2001, p. 146.
  3. ^ Ćirković 2004, p. 86.