Zeta under the Crnojevići
Zeta | |||||||||||||
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| 1451–1496 | |||||||||||||
Zeta after the war against the Ottomans | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Cetinje | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Old Serbian (Old Slavic) | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Orthodox Christianity | ||||||||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval | ||||||||||||
• Established | 1451 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1496 | ||||||||||||
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Zeta (Serbian Cyrillic: Зета) was one of the Serbian medieval polities that existed between 1371 and 1496, whose territory encompassed parts of present-day Montenegro and northern Albania. The Crnojević noble family ruled the Principality of Zeta from 1451 until 1496.