List of wars involving Serbia


The following is a list of wars involving Serbia in the Middle Ages as well as late modern period and contemporary history.
The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

Middle Ages

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Bulgarian–Serbian wars (medieval)
Serbia
Bulgaria
  • First Bulgarian Empire
  • Second Bulgarian Empire
  • Inconclusive
  • Both states had numerous territorial changes.
  • Bulgarian-Serbian War (839–42)Part of the Bulgarian–Serbian wars (medieval)25px Serbian PrincipalityFirst Bulgarian EmpireSerbian victory
    Bulgarian-Serbian War (853)
    Part of the Bulgarian–Serbian wars (medieval)
    Serbian PrincipalityFirst Bulgarian EmpireSerbian victory
    Bulgarian–Serbian wars of 917–924 Part of the Bulgarian–Serbian warsPrincipality of Serbia
    Byzantine Empire
    Bulgarian EmpireBulgarian victory
    • Serbia is annexed by Bulgaria
    Conquest of BariFrankish Empire

    Supported by:
    Emirate of Bari

    Supported by:
    Frankish victory
  • Fall of the Emirate of Bari
  • Serb Uprising (927) Principality of Serbia
    Supported by:
    Byzantine Empire
    Bulgarian EmpireVictory
    Časlav takes possession of the country after the uprising and submits suzereinity to the Byzantines
    Magyar-Serb conflict
    Part of the Hungarian invasions of Europe
    Serbian PrincipalityMagyar tribesInconclusive
    • Battle of Drina: Serbian victory
    • Battle of Syrmia: Magyar victory
    Serb Uprising Duklja
    Byzantine Empire
    Decisive Doclean Serb victory
    Byzantine-Norman wars
    Indecisive
    Byzantine–Serbian War (1090–1095) Part of the Byzantine–Serbian wars
    Grand Principality of Serbia

    Byzantine Empire
    Serbian military victory
  • Consecutive attacks and plunder of the Byzantine territory and defeats of their armies
  • Peace treaty
  • Several Serbian nobles taken hostage
  • Cessation of hostilities between Serbia and Byzantium until 1106, when Vukan defeated the army of John Komnenos and reached a truce again with Alexios I Komnenos
  • Southern Kosovo temporarily gained by Serbia
  • Battle of Zvečan Part of the Byzantine–Serbian War (1090–1095)
    Grand Principality of Serbia

    Byzantine Empire
    Serbian victory
    Byzantine–Hungarian War (1127–29)
    Hungary
    Serbia

    Byzantine Empire
    Byzantine victory
    Battle of Myriokephalon
    Part of the Byzantine–Seljuq wars

    Byzantine Empire
    Hungary
    Principality of Antioch
    Grand Principality of Serbia

    Sultanate of Rum
    Seljuk victory
    Emeric's Balkan campaign Part of the Fourth Crusade Grand Principality of Serbia
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    Bulgarian Empire
    Kingdom of Hungary
    Valkan's Clique
    Papal States
    Emeric's Victories
    • Emeric gains suzereinity over Serbia and occupies a couple of Bulgarian cities which he in turn gives to his vassal Valkan
    • *Serbo-Hungarian armies are later pushed out of Niš by Bulgarian forces
    Hungarian invasion of Serbia Part of the Crusade against Bogumils Grand Principality of Serbia----
    Banate of Bosnia
    Temporary support:

    Republic of Ragusa
    Kingdom of Hungary
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    Golden Horde
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