Bosnian–Serbian War (1350–1351): Difference between revisions

| conflict = Bosnian-Serbian Warwar

| date = 13511350-1351

| place = [[Zahumlje]] and [[Bobovac]]

| result = SerbianBosnian withdrawal from Bosniavictory

| combatant2 = [[File:Flag of Serbiathe 1281Serbian Empire, reconstruction.svg|20px]] [[Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)|Kingdom ofSerbian SerbiaEmpire]]

The '''Bosnian-SerbianBosnian–Serbian War''' was a military conflict fought between the [[Banate of Bosnia|Banate of Bosnia]] and the [[Serbian Empire]] from 1350-13511350–1351 over the region of [[Zachlumia|Hum (Zahumlje)]]. It was fought shortly from the end of 1350 to the first half of 1351 after the Serbian [[Stefan Dušan|Emperor Dušan]] invaded the Banate of Bosnia and besieged the capital [[Bobovac]].<ref name=poviestbosnedopr00klai>{{cite book |author=KlaiKlaić, Vjekoslav |author-link=Vjekoslav Klaić |title=Poviest Bosne do Propasti kraljevstva |date=1882 |page=140 |language=Croatian |url=https://archive.org/details/poviestbosnedopr00klai}}</ref><ref name=zemljopis_i_poviestnica_bosne>{{cite book |author=Bošnjak, Slavoljub |title=Zemljopis i poviestnica Bosne |date=1851 |language=Croatian |url=https://archive.org/details/zemljopis_i_poviestnica_bosne-1851-slavoljub_bosnjak}}</ref>

Following the [[War of Hum]] the Bosnian ruler [[Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia|Ban Stjepan II Kotromanić]] invaded the weakened [[Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)|Serbian Kingdom]] in 1326 and annexed the region of Hum (Zahumlje) and several strategic cities, giving Bosnia sea access to the [[Adriatic Sea|Adriatic]]. The region of Zahumlje was ruled by the Serb dukes [[Branivojević noble family|Branivojevići]], notably Branko Branivojević who had fled the region to his King [[Stefan Dečanski]]. The region of Hum (Zahumlje) was integrated into the Banate of Bosnia and became a part of the title of the Ban of Bosnia (''"Lord of all Bosnian lands, and Soli, and Usora, and Donji Kraji, and the Hum land"''). <ref>{{Cite book |author=Мргић, Јелена |editor=Живковић, Тибор |title=Северна Босна: 13-16. век |publisher=Историјски институт |date=2008 |isbn=9788677430719 |language=Bulgarian}}</ref>

The Serbian Emperor Dušan had created a powerful Empire in the [[Balkans]] and had seekedsought to expand his demain into Bosnia. All the way to 1346 Dušan had requested the return of Hum to Serbia, all of whom were denied by Stjepan II. In 1350 after Stjepan II's ally [[Louis I of Hungary|King Louis I of Hungary]] launched a campaign into [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]] Emperor Dušan launched an invasion into Bosnia, crossing the Drina river with 50,000 [[cavalry]] and 30,000 [[infantry]], numbering a total of 80,000 troops and besieged the Bosnian capital of [[Bobovac]] and occupied the Land of [[Zachlumia|Hum]] all the way to [[Tomislavgrad|Duvno]], burning several villages along the way. <ref name=zemljopis_i_poviestnica_bosne /> Stjepan II had used guerilla warfare against Dušan hiding his men into the Bosnian forests and mountains and blocking off all major roads and bridges. The [[Republic of Venice]] had sent deputies in July of 1351 to create a ceasefire between the two sides, fearing that Emperor Dušan would besiege and occupy [[Pelješac|Stonski Rat (Pelješac)]] which had been gifted by Stjepan II to [[Republic of Ragusa|The Republic of Dubrovnik (Ragusa)]] in 1333. The Venetians and Ragusans allegedly had attempted to marry Stjepan's daughter Elizabeth (who had been living in besieged Bobovac) to Emperor Dušan, other believe he had intented to marry her to his son [[Stefan Uroš V|Uroš V Nemanjić]].<ref name=zemljopis_i_poviestnica_bosne/>. In 1351 due to the duration of the war and further new conflict of Serbia's eastern borders in [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]] on the border with [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantium]] Dušan had withdrawn from Bosnia and Hum and agreed upon peace. As Stjepan II Kotromanić had no male heir his daughter [[Elizabeth of Bosnia|Elizabeth Kotromanić]] would eventually be married to [[Louis I of Hungary|Louis I, King of Hungary and Poland]].<ref name=zemljopis_i_poviestnica_bosne /><ref name=poviestbosnedopr00klai />