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18-611: Serbian Voivodeship may refer to: Serbian Vojvodina Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Serbian Voivodeship . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serbian_Voivodeship&oldid=829481271 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

36-672: A result of the Serbian Revolution , which lasted between 1804 and 1817. 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

54-519: A standing army to take part to the First and Second Serbo Turkish Wars of 1876-1878 , the first conflict in the nation's modern history, after which the country gained its full independence. It was succeeded by the Royal Serbian Army . In the first decades of the principality, the population was about 85% Serb and 15% non-Serb. Of those, most were Vlachs, and there were some Muslim Albanians, which were

72-534: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Serbian Vojvodina In German , it was known as Serbische Woiwodina . In Serbian is also known as Srpsko Vojvodstvo ( Serbian Cyrillic : Српско Војводство , German: Serbische Woiwodschaft ; "Serbian Voivodeship"), Srpska Vojvodovina (Serbian Cyrillic: Српска Војводовина ; "Serbian Vojvodovina"), and Vojvodovina Srbija (Serbian Cyrillic: Војводовина Србија ; "Vojvodovina of Serbia"). During

90-806: The 1848 Revolution , the Hungarians demanded independence from the Austrian Empire. However, they did not recognize the national rights of other nationalities which lived in the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary at that time. Therefore, the Serbs of Vojvodina took action to separate from the Kingdom of Hungary (which was at that time part of Habsburg Austria). An assembly was convened in Sremski Karlovci lasting from May 13 to 15, 1848, where Serb representatives demanded

108-721: The Belgrade fortress . The only stipulation was that the Ottoman flag continue to fly over the fortress alongside the Serbian one. Serbia's de facto independence dates from this event. A new constitution in 1869 defined Serbia as an independent state. Serbia was further expanded to the southeast in 1878, when its independence from the Ottoman Empire won full international recognition at the Treaty of Berlin . The Principality would last until 1882 when it

126-847: The Romanian nationality. The metropolitan of Sremski Karlovci , Josif Rajačić , was elected for patriarch , while Stevan Šupljikac for the first duke ( voivod ). A National committee was formed as the new government of Serbian Vojvodina . Instead of the old feudal regime, a new regime was formed based on the national boards with the Head Serbian National Board presiding. By 1840 data, Serbs formed relative majority of 49.1% in Vojvodina (compared to absolute majority of 51.1% in 1828). Besides Serbs, these areas were also populated by some other ethnic groups such as Hungarians, Germans, Romanians and Croats. The new Hungarian government responded to

144-680: The Habsburg army and helped in crushing the revolution in Hungary. With the help of Imperial Russia , the forces of reaction smothered the revolution in the summer of 1849, defeating Hungarian national movement in the Habsburg monarchy. After the defeat of the Hungarian revolution, by a decision of the Austrian emperor , in November 1849, an Austrian crownland known as Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar

162-613: The Serb political actions by using force. On June 12, 1848, a war between Serbs and Hungarians began. Austria took the side of the Kingdom of Hungary at first, while Serbs were aided by volunteers from the Principality of Serbia . A consequence of this war was the growth of conservative factions on both sides. In early 1849, when the Austrian army lost battle to the Hungarian hussars , the feudal and clerical circles of Vojvodina formed an alliance with Austria. Serb troops from Vojvodina then joined

180-679: The Serbian Vojvodina was essentially the Austrian Habsburg imperial arms, with the coat of arms of the Serbs ( Serbian cross , with four Cyrillic letters "S", on the chest of a black eagle). The bearer of the Serbian arms was the Austrian black eagle, instead of the Serbian white one, in order to show the fidelity of the newly established Voivodship to the Imperial Court in Vienna. The coat of arms

198-569: The addition of Vojvodina to Serbia and the restoration of the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć . Serbs declared the constitution of the Serbian Vojvodina (Serbian Duchy) which included the regions of Srem (Syrmia), Bačka (Batschka), Banat , and Baranja (Branau). They also formed a political alliance with the Kingdom of Croatia "based on freedom and perfect equality". They also recognized

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216-488: 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 . The Serbian revolutionary leaders—first Karađorđe and then Miloš Obrenović —succeeded in their goal of liberating Serbia from centuries-long Turkish rule. Turkish authorities acknowledged

234-627: The overwhelming majority of the Muslims that lived in Smederevo , Kladovo and Ćuprija . The new state aimed to homogenize its population. As a result, from 1830 to the wars of the 1870s in which Albanians were expelled from the country , it has been estimated that up to 150,000 Albanians that lived in the territories of the Principality of Serbia had been expelled. In 1862 more than 10,000 Muslims were expelled to Ottoman Bulgaria and Ottoman Bosnia. During

252-626: The principality included only the territory of the former Pashaluk of Belgrade , but in 1831–33 it expanded to the east, south, and west. In 1866 Serbia began the campaign of forging the First Balkan Alliance by signing a series of agreements with other Balkan entities in the period 1866–68. On 18 April 1867 the Ottoman government ordered the Ottoman garrison, which since 1826 had been the last representation of Ottoman suzerainty in Serbia, withdrawn from

270-588: The state by the 1830 Hatt-i Sharif , and Miloš Obrenović became a hereditary prince (knjaz) of the Serbian Principality. Serbia was de jure an autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire , its autonomy was constrained by the presence of the Turkish army on its soil and by being forced to pay to Istanbul a yearly tribute of 2.3 million groschen , which represented about 10% of the country's budget. At first,

288-440: Was formed as the successor of Serbian Vojvodina. However, Serbs were not fully satisfied with the new voivodeship, which was more ethnically mixed and included ethnic Romanian eastern parts of Banat, but excluded some areas with Serb majority. The first capital of Serbian Vojvodina was in Sremski Karlovci . It was later moved to Zemun , Veliki Bečkerek (today known as Zrenjanin), and Temišvar (Timișoara). The coat of arms of

306-420: Was raised to the level of the Kingdom of Serbia . The principality was divided into seventeen districts known as Okrug which were then divided into a number of cantons, known as Sres , according to the size of the district. The Principality had a total of sixty-six Sres . The Armed Forces of the Principality of Serbia was the armed forces of the Principality of Serbia. Founded in 1830, it became

324-461: Was simply added to the Serbian national tricolour. Thus the flag differed from the flag of the Principality of Serbia , which had a different arms in the middle of its state flag. Principality 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

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