List of former capitals of Serbia explained

This is a list of the historical capitals of Serbian statehood:

Capital	style=background:#FFDEAD;	Timeline	style=background:#FFDEAD;	Notes
		?–960	capital of the Serbian Principality under the Vlastimirović dynasty.
	Ras	fl. 969–976	capital of the Byzantine Catepanate of Ras.
		ca. 1018–1071	capital of the Byzantine Theme of Sirmium.
		ca. 1050–1148	capital of the Principality of Duklja under the Vojislavljević dynasty.
		ca. 1083–1166	capital of the Serbian Grand Principality under the Vukanović dynasty.
		1166–1168	First capital of the Serbian Grand Principality under Stefan Nemanja.
		ca. 1183–1191	capital of the Serbian Grand Principality under Stefan Nemanja.
		1276–1282	capitals of Stefan Dragutin's Kingdom in Syrmia.
		1282–1321	capital of King Stefan Milutin.
		1300–1345	first capital of King Stefan Dušan.
		1345–1371	first capital of Serbian Empire of Stefan Dušan and later Stefan Uroš V.
		1345–1355	second capital of Serbian Empire of Stefan Dušan.
		1371–1402	capital of Moravian Serbia under Lazar Hrebeljanović.
		1371–1402	capital of District of Branković under Vuk Branković.
		1371–1395	capital of Lordship of Prilep under Marko Mrnjavčević.
		1404–1430	capital of Serbian Despotate under Stefan Lazarević.
		1430–1459	capital of Serbian Despotate under the Branković dynasty.
		1718–1739	capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Serbia (1718–39).
		1805–1813	capital of Revolutionary Serbia under Karadjordje, during the First Serbian Uprising.
		1806	temporary capital of serbia under Karadjordje and seat of Praviteljstvujušči Sovjet (government headed by Dositej Obradović).
		1815–1818	capital of Revolutionary Serbia under Miloš Obrenović, during the Second Serbian Uprising
		1818–June 12, 1839	capital of the Principality of Serbia under Miloš Obrenović.
		June 12, 1839–June 1840	capital of the Principality of Serbia under Mihailo Obrenović III.
		June 1840 – 1841	capital of the Principality of Serbia under Mihailo Obrenović III.
		April 25, 1841 – 1915	capital of the Principality of Serbia and Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918).
		1849–1860	capital of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar (1849–1860).
		July 1914–October 1915	capital of Serbia during Austro-Hungarian occupation of Belgrade (World War I). From 1878 onwards, it was treated as the "second capital".
		1916–present	capital of the Kingdom of Serbia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1943), Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1992), Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006), and Serbia (2006–)

See also

• Serbia
• History of Serbia