The Ottoman Empire recognizes Serbia as a principality under Turkish control, with Miloš Obrenović as hereditary prince, in 1830.

The sultan also grants the Serbian Orthodox Church autonomy and reaffirms Russia's right to protect Serbia.

Poor administration, corruption, and a bloody rivalry between the Karadordjevic and Obrenovic clans ma Serbian political life from its beginning.

After the sultan begins allowing foreign governments to send diplomats to Serbia in the 1830s, foreign intervention further complicates the situation.

Despite these obstacles and his autocratic manner, however, Milos Obrenovic stimulates trade, opens schools, and guides development of peasant lands.

He abdicates in 1838 when Turkey imposes a constitution to limit his powers.