Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Stefan Lazarević ya shiga matsayin Ottoman vassal a cikin Yaƙin Karanovasa a 1394, Yaƙin Rovine a 1395, Yaƙin Nicopolis a 1396, da kuma a cikin Yaƙin Angora
a shekara ta 1402. Bayan Angora, ya ziyarci Constantinople, babban birnin Daular Byzantine, inda aka ba shi taken Despot, kuma tun daga wannan lokacin jiharsa ta zama sananne a matsayin Despotate na Serbia a cikin 1402.