There are several individuals regarded Serbian folk heroes. Most of them were medieval people, enumerated in Serbian epic poetry. The list includes: * Lazar of Serbia (1329–1389), ruler, fell at the

Battle of Kosovo The Battle of Kosovo ( tr, Kosova Savaşı; sr, Косовска битка) took place on 15 June 1389 between an army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and an invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan ...

(1389). *

Miloš Obilić Miloš Obilić ( sr-cyr, Милош Обилић, ) was a legendary Serbian knight who is reputed to have been in the service of Prince Lazar during the Ottoman invasion of Serbia in the late 14th century. He is not mentioned in contemporary sou ...

(d. 1389), knight, killed Ottoman Sultan Murad I at Kosovo (1389). * Prince Marko (1335–1395), prince, active during the

fall of the Serbian Empire The fall of the Serbian Empire was a decades-long process in the late 14th century. Following the death of childless Emperor Stefan Uroš V in 1371, the Empire was left without an heir and the magnates, '' velikaši'', obtained the rule of its pr ...

. * Karađorđe (1768–1817), leader of the Serbian Revolution. Knez Lazar, Đura Jakšić.jpg, Lazar Miloš Obilić, by Aleksandar Dobrić, 1861.jpg,

Marko Kraljević by Mina Karadžić.jpg, Marko Karađorđe, standing.jpg, Karađorđe

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Folk heroes Folk or Folks may refer to: Sociology *Nation *People * Folklore ** Folk art ** Folk dance ** Folk hero ** Folk music *** Folk metal *** Folk punk *** Folk rock ** Folk religion * Folk taxonomy Arts, entertainment, and media * Folk Plus or Fol ...

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