Zeta under the Crnojevići
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Zeta 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
Ivan Crnojević, an 1885 illustration
Oktoih from Cetinje
Sanjak of Scutari
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The Sanjak of Scutari or Sanjak of Shkodra was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire. It was established after the Ottoman Empire acquired Shkodra after the siege of Shkodra in 1478–9. It was part
Zeta under the Crnojevići
…Stefan II, an Ottoman vassal. This marked the beginning of the end of the Crnojević family as rulers of Zeta. Zeta was administratively part of the Sanjak of Scutari from 1499 to 1514. During this period, while Brda and North-West of Montenegro were nominally independent, the part of Zeta under Mount Lovćen remained…
The Sanjak of Skutari in 1829, located in the lower-left corner.
The Sanjak of Shkodra (1907)