Battle of Pelister (1340)

Battle of Pelister (1340)
	Part of the Albanian Resistance against the Serbian Empire
Date	1340
Location	Pelister Mountain, North Macedonia
Result	Albanian victory The Serbian Invasion of Albania temporarily halted;
Belligerents
Principality of Muzaka Gropa family	Serbian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Andrea II Muzaka	Stefan Dusan

The Battle of Pelister (Albanian: Beteja pranë malit Pelister, Serbian: Битка код планине Пелистер) was a Battle between the Principality of Muzaka under Andrea II Muzaka and the Serbian Empire under Stefan Dusan.

Background

A few years before the Battle, the Serbs desieged Durazzo (modern Durrës) and captured the city from the Kingdom of Albania (which later recaptured the city).^[1] After the defeat the Serbs got ready to invade Albania which resulted in the Battle near Pelister Mountain.^[1]

Aftermath

After the failed Invasion of 1340, Stefan Dušan invades Albania again in 1343–1345 and captures Kanina and Valona. However, he fails to subdue southern Albania, only managing to obtain nominal submission.^[1]

Later Resistance by Muzaka

After the Invasion of 1343-1345 and the death of Stefan Dusan, the next thing was the Siege of Berat in 1350 which would again become the Captal city of the Principality of Muzaka. After Karl Thopia defeated the Serb in the Battle of Achelous in 1355 he established the Princedom of Albania.^[2] After Andrea II Muzaka expelled newly settelted Serbs from Albania.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Fine, John V. A. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. pp. 290–291. ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5.
^ name="Houtsma-456">M. Th. Houtsma (1987). E. J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936. BRILL. p. 456. ISBN 9004082654. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
^ >Qeriqi, Ahmet (1300s). The stone of the oath. Albania: Ahmet Qeriqi. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-64268-417-9. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

[Fine1994-290-1] Fine, John V. A. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. pp. 290–291. ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5.

[2] ="Houtsma-456">M. Th. Houtsma (1987). E. J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936. BRILL. p. 456. ISBN 9004082654. Retrieved 15 November 2011.

[3] >Qeriqi, Ahmet (1300s). The stone of the oath. Albania: Ahmet Qeriqi. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-64268-417-9. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

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