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Miloš Obrenović

Prince of Serbia
Years: 1780 - 1860

Miloš Obrenović (Anglicised: Milosh Obrenovich; born Miloš Teodorović) (18 March 1780 [7 March o.s.]

– 26 September 1860) is Prince of Serbia from 1815 to 1839, and again from 1858 to 1860.

He participates in the First Serbian Uprising, led Serbs in the Second Serbian Uprising, and founds the House of Obrenović.

Under his rule, Serbia becomes an autonomous duchy within the Ottoman Empire.

He is credited with starting the process of reestablishing Serbian statehood, as well as shaping the domestic and foreign policies of the modern Serbian state.

Prince Miloš rules autocratically, permanently refusing to share power.

During his rule, he is the richest man in Serbia and one of the richest in the Balkans.