Dubravnica

Dubravnica (Serbian: Дубравница, from dubrava, "oak forest"), was a medieval župa (county) stretching roughly from Stalać to Ćuprija, mentioned in the late 14th century.

The župa stretched from Stalać to the Bagrdan gorge north of Ćuprija, and further along the banks of Velika Morava and 10 kilometers to the east.^[1] It was thus situated on the right banks of Velika Morava, between Ćuprija and Stalać, securing roads from Bulgaria into the Serbian interior.^[2] It was established as a result of internal colonisation,^[1] the valley of Velika Morava being intensively populated especially in the 1360s.^[2] It became part of the Petrus krajište (military frontier administrative unit) following the administrative reorganization and dissolvement of the župa of Pomoravlje, having constituted its northern parts (while its southern parts likely became a krajište based in Lipovac Fortress [sr] and Bolvan).^[1]

The vlastelin-krajišnik (military governor) of Petrus, Crep Vukoslavić, and the unnamed vlastelin-krajišnik of Lipovac, stopped an Ottoman invasion in the winter of 1380/1381 at the field of Dubravnica near Petrus, in the Battle of Dubravnica.^[3]