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Byzantine–Serbian War (1090–1095)

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105: 116: 414:, which provoked another intervention by Alexios, who now marched towards Serbia with a sizeable army. Vukan once more sued for peace. Alexios, still pressured by the mounting issues and eager to plug one of many leaks, made simple terms which Vukan accepted. The emperor marched back to Constantinople with 20 hostages, including Vukan's two sons. 422:
The second treaty would conclude hostilities between Serbia and the Byzantine Empire for 11 years. Following this treaty it also became commonplace for there to be Serbian royal family members that were 'court hostages' in Constantinople to ensure peaceable relations between the Serbs and Byzantines.
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Vukan claimed in this letter that the conflict was provoked by agents on the Byzantine side of the border, and that he was now ready to be a loyal neighbor to Alexios. Alexios, despite not having achieved any goal presented when he set out, quickly accepted Vukan's offering as a new threat as a force
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Almost immediately after Alexios diverted his attention to the Cumans, Vukan returned to raiding Byzantine territory, capturing many settlements including the cities of Vranje, Skopje, and Tetovo. Alexios, preoccupied with the Cumans, sent his nephew and governor of
378:. The destruction of an ecclesiastical seat provoked the emperor Alexios to raise an army and visit the Serbian border himself, probably in 1094. Understanding that his gains were now under threat, Vukan decided to send a letter to Skopje. 177: 370:. Not much is said about Vukan's early campaign; however many historians speak of it as brutal. In 1093 he destroyed the village of Lipljan, at the time the seat of an 170: 708: 703: 304:
succeeded him in the 1040s, who expanded his rule towards inner Serbian regions, became a king and ruled until 1081. He was succeeded by his own son, king
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Much of the actual fighting took place in the Kosovo region, between the Serbian-held settlement of
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states. The succession of medieval Serbian states went through several periods of warfare.
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The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century
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Byzantium's Balkan Frontier: A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900-1204
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region, taking advantage of a Turkish incursion into Byzantine territory near
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Cessation of hostilities between Serbia and Byzantium until 1106
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Forging unity: The South Slavs between East and West 550–1150
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In 1106, hostilities would resume between Vukan and Alexios.
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broke an earlier alliance with the emperor and crossed the
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Index

Byzantine-Serbian Wars
Raška
Macedonia

Grand Principality of Serbia

Byzantine Empire
Theme of Dyrrhachion
Vukan Vojislavljević
Alexios I Komnenos
John Komnenos
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Byzantine–Serbian wars
Bar (1042)
War of 1090–1095
Zvečan (1094)
Uprising of 1149
Tara (1150)
Haram
Pantina (1166)
Syrgiannes' invasion (1334)
Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347
Serres (1345)
Byzantine Empire
medieval Serbian
Duklja
Byzantine Empire
Stefan Vojislav

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