However, decades after Dušan's death in 1355 his Empire disintegrated as did Bulgaria after the death of Ivan Alexander in 1371 and both states were subsequently destroyed by the Ottoman Turks.
Aínda así, despois da morte de Dušan en 1355, o seu imperio desintegrouse, ao igual que Bulgaria despois da morte de Iván Alexandre en 1371, e ambos estados foron destruídos posteriormente polos turcos otománs.