Branković dynasty

Branković
Country Serbia Serbian Despotate
 Kingdom of Hungary
Parent house Nemanjić dynasty (maternally)
Titles Despot of Serbia (1427–1502; royal)
Founded before 1323 (1323)
Founder Branko Mladenović (noble family), Vuk Branković (royal family)
Final ruler Jovan Branković
Dissolution 1502 (1502)
Ethnicity Serb

Branković (Serbian pronunciation: [brǎːnkɔv̞itɕ], Serbian: Бранковићи/Brankovići) was a Serbian medieval noble family and dynasty. According to genealogies created in the first half of the 15th century, the family descend via female line through marriage from the Nemanjić dynasty. The family rose to prominence during the fall of the Serbian Empire. The original family domains were centred on Kosovo. Later family members extended their rule over all remaining unconquered regions of Serbia making them the last sovereign rulers of medieval Serbian state. The dynasty ruled the Serbian Despotate from 1427 to 1459, and their descendants continued to claim the throne of Serbia well into the 16th century, having entered the ranks of the Hungarian aristocracy.

Members of the family intermarried with other noble houses from neighbouring countries including Austrian and Hungarian nobility, and provided at least one wife to Ottoman Sultan.

Some of the family members were:

Family tree

Predecessors

Brankovići

        • Vuk Grgurević, a Hungarian general, married Varvara Frangepan (illegitimate)
        • Đorđe, titular Despot of Serbia (Rascia), later took monastic vows under the name Maksim and became Metropolitan of Belgrade and Srem, died in 1516.
        • Jelisaveta, married Alessio Span, Lord of Drivasto and Polog
        • Marija, married Ferdinand Frangepan
        • Jelena, married Peter IV Rares, Lord of Siebenbuergen and the Moldau
        • Hanna
        • Maria Magdalena

References

  1. Vizantološki institut (Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti) (1975). Zbornik radova. Naučno delo. p. 165. Брат војводе Младена, Радоњиног деде био је жупан Никола

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