Kingdom of Serbia (1718–1739)
Kingdom of Serbia | |||||||||
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| 1718–1739 | |||||||||
Kingdom of Serbia (1718–1739) | |||||||||
| Status | Crownland of the Habsburg monarchy | ||||||||
| Capital | Belgrade | ||||||||
| Common languages | Serbian, German | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic, Serbian Orthodox | ||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1718–1720 | Johann O'Dwyer | ||||||||
• 1738–1739 | George de Wallis | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||
| 21 July 1718 | |||||||||
| 1737–39 | |||||||||
| 18 September 1739 | |||||||||
| Currency | Kreuzer | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Serbia | ||||||||
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The Kingdom of Serbia (Serbian: Краљевина Србија, romanized: Kraljevina Srbija, German: Königreich Serbien, Latin: Regnum Serviae) was a province (crownland) of the Habsburg monarchy from 1718 to 1739. It was formed from the territories to the south of the rivers Sava and Danube, corresponding approximately to the Sanjak of Smederevo, an Ottoman province that was conquered by the Habsburgs in 1717, during the Habsburg-Ottoman war (1716–1718). The Kingdom existed until the next Habsburg-Ottoman War (1737-1739), when it was returned to the Ottoman rule in 1739.
During the Habsburg rule, Serbian majority did benefit from self-government, including an autonomous militia, and economic integration with the Habsburg monarchy - reforms that contributed to the growth of the Serb middle class and continued by the Ottomans "in the interest of law and order". Serbia's population increased rapidly from 270,000 to 400,000, but the decline of Habsburg power in the region provoked the second of the Great Migrations of the Serbs (1737–1739).