House of Brankovic
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House of Branković or Brankovići was a noble Serbia
n medieval dynasty
. The family descent via female line through marriage from the Royal House of Nemanjić
. The families rise to prominence during the time of disintegration of Serbian Empire
under the last ruler of House of Nemanjić
. The original family domains were centred around Kosovo
region, one of the heartlands of medieval Serbian state. Later members of the house extended their rule over all remaining independent regions of Serbia
making them the last souvenir rulers of medieval Serbian state. The dynasty ruling over Despotate of Serbia
from 1427 to 1459.
Members of this house intermarried with other noble houses from neighbouring countries including Austrian and Hungarian nobility, and providing at least one wife to Ottoman
Sultan.
The surname Branković survives today in Serbia
, and bares of this surname can still claim some relation to the noble house with a certain degree of certainty. Especially those living in regions of northern Kosovo.
Some of the family members were:
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n medieval dynasty
Dynasty
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers considered members of the same family. Historians traditionally consider many sovereign states' history within a framework of successive dynasties, e.g., China, Ancient Egypt and the Persian Empire...
. The family descent via female line through marriage from the Royal House of Nemanjić
House of Nemanjic
The Nemanjić was the most important dynasty of Serbia in the Middle Ages, and one of the most important in Southeastern Europe. The royal house produced eleven Serbian monarchs between 1166 and 1371. It's progenitor was Stephen Nemanja, who descended from a cadet line of the Vukanović dynasty...
. The families rise to prominence during the time of disintegration of Serbian Empire
Serbian Empire
The Serbian Empire was a short-lived medieval empire in the Balkans that emerged from the Serbian Kingdom. Stephen Uroš IV Dušan was crowned Emperor of Serbs and Greeks on 16 April, 1346, a title signifying a successorship to the Eastern Roman Empire...
under the last ruler of House of Nemanjić
House of Nemanjic
The Nemanjić was the most important dynasty of Serbia in the Middle Ages, and one of the most important in Southeastern Europe. The royal house produced eleven Serbian monarchs between 1166 and 1371. It's progenitor was Stephen Nemanja, who descended from a cadet line of the Vukanović dynasty...
. The original family domains were centred around Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
region, one of the heartlands of medieval Serbian state. Later members of the house extended their rule over all remaining independent regions of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
making them the last souvenir rulers of medieval Serbian state. The dynasty ruling over Despotate of Serbia
Serbian Despotate
The Serbian Despotate was a Serbian state, the last to be conquered by the Ottoman Empire. Although the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 is generally considered the end of the medieval Serbian state, the Despotate, a successor of the Serbian Empire and Moravian Serbia survived for 70 more years,...
from 1427 to 1459.
Members of this house intermarried with other noble houses from neighbouring countries including Austrian and Hungarian nobility, and providing at least one wife to Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
Sultan.
The surname Branković survives today in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, and bares of this surname can still claim some relation to the noble house with a certain degree of certainty. Especially those living in regions of northern Kosovo.
Some of the family members were:
- Vuk Branković
- Đurađ Branković (1427-1456)
- Lazar Branković (1456-1458)
- Stefan Branković (1458-1459)
- Jelena Branković, the last Queen of Bosnia
Predecessors
- Unknown
- Nikola, Serb županZupanŻupan was a long garment, always lined, worn by almost all males of the noble social class in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, typical male attire from the beginning of the 16th to half of the 18th century, still surviving as a part of the Polishnational dress.- Derivation :The name żupan has...
in Northern AlbaniaAlbaniaAlbania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea... - Vojvoda Mladen, ruled TrebinjeTrebinjeTrebinje is the southernmost municipality and town in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is administratively part of the Republika Srpska entity and is located in southeastern Herzegovina, some from the Adriatic Sea....
and Dračevica
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- Ratislava, married Altoman VojinovićAltoman VojinovićAltoman Vojinović of Zeta in the 14th century.He was born the eldest son of Vojvoda Vojin, who had fought under Stefan Dečanski and Stefan Dušan.He is believed to have died in 1363, but the last mention of him is in 1359....
- Ratislava, married Altoman Vojinović
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Brankovići
- Branko MladenovićBranko MladenovićBranko Mladenović was a 14th-century Serb feudal lord in the Lake Ohrid border region in 1346 between the Serb lands ruled by Stefan Dušan and Albanian lands ruled by Matarango...
, son of Vojvoda Mladen, ruled OhridOhridOhrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the seventh largest city in the country. The city is the seat of Ohrid Municipality. Ohrid is notable for having once had 365 churches, one for each day of the year and has... - Vuk Branković, Knez of Rascia-Kosovo, married Marija Lazarević
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- Đurađ Vuković Branković, Duke of RasciaRasciaRascia was a medieval region that served as the principal province of the Serbian realm. It was an administrative division under the direct rule of the monarch and sometimes as an appanage. The term has been used to refer to various Serbian states throughout the Middle Ages...
(1427-1456) and AlbaniaAlbaniaAlbania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
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- Todor
- Grgur, married Jelisaveta N
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- Vuk GrgurevićVuk GrgurevicVuk Grgurević Branković , also known as Vuk the Fiery Dragon , was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1471 until his death in 1485...
, a Hungarian general, married Varvara Frangepan (illegitimate)
- Vuk Grgurević
- Stefan III "the Blind", Despot of Rascia (20 June 1458 - 8 April 1459), exiled from Serbia 1459, a saint of the Serbian church, married Angelina Araniti
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- Đorđe, Hungarian Despot of Rascia (Raitzen), Archbishop of Belgrade
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- Jelisaveta, married Alessio Span, Lord of Drivasto and Polog
- Jovan BrankovićJovan BrankovićJovan Branković was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1496 until his death in 1502. He held the title of despot given to him by Vladislas II of Hungary, and ruled a region known as Racszag under the Kingdom of Hungary...
, Despot of Rascia, married Jelena Jakšić
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- Marija, married Ferdinand Frangepan
- Jelena, married Peter IV Rares, Lord of Siebenbuergen and the Moldau
- Hanna
- Maria Magdalena
- Marija, married Mongrave Bonifacio III of Montferrat
- Milica, married Neagoe BasarabNeagoe BasarabNeagoe Basarab was the Voivode of Wallachia between 1512 and 1521. Born into the boyar family of the Craioveşti as the son of Pârvu Craiovescu or Basarab Ţepeluş cel Tânăr, Neagoe Basarab, who replaced Vlad cel Tânăr after the latter rejected Craioveşti tutelage, was noted for his abilities and...
, prince of WallachiaWallachiaWallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians...
- Lazar II, Despot of RasciaRasciaRascia was a medieval region that served as the principal province of the Serbian realm. It was an administrative division under the direct rule of the monarch and sometimes as an appanage. The term has been used to refer to various Serbian states throughout the Middle Ages...
24 December 1456 - 20 June 1458), married Jelena Palaiologina
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- Jelena, married Stjepan TomaševićStjepan TomaševicStephen Tomašević was the last King of Bosnia and also the last Despot of Serbia .-Family:He was the son of King Stephen Thomas of Bosnia...
- Jerina, married Giovanni Castriota, Duca di San Pietro
- Milica
- Jelena, married Stjepan Tomašević
- Jelena
- MaraMara BrankovicMara Branković , also known as Mara Hatun, Despina Hatun, or Amerissa, was the daughter of Serbian monarch Đurađ Branković and Eirene Kantakouzene...
, married Murad IIMurad IIMurad II Kodja was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1451 ....
, Sultan of the Ottoman EmpireOttoman EmpireThe Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries... - Katarina, married Ulrich IIUlrich II of CeljeUlrich II , also known as Ulrich Cillei, was the last Princely Count of Celje.Ulrich II. was the son of Count Frederick II of Celje and his wife Elizabeth, a scion of the Croatian House of Frankopan. Little is known of his youth...
, Count of CeljeCeljeCelje is a typical Central European town and the third largest town in Slovenia. It is a regional center of Lower Styria and the administrative seat of the Urban Municipality of Celje . The town of Celje is located under Upper Celje Castle at the confluence of the Savinja, Ložnica, and Voglajna...
- Grgur
- Lazar
- Grgur Branković, Lord of Polog under Vukašin MrnjavčevićVukašin MrnjavcevicVukašin Mrnjavčević was a Serbian ruler in modern-day central and northwestern Macedonia, who ruled from 1365 to 1371. According to 17th-century Ragusan historian Mavro Orbin, his father was a minor noble named Mrnjava from Zachlumia, whose sons Vukašin and Uglješa were born in Livno in western...
- Nikola, married Jelena Mrnjavčević
- Teodora, married Gjergj ThopiaGjergj, Lord of DurrësGjergj Thopia was the Lord of Dyrrhachium from 1387 to 1392. He was the son of Karlo Thopia and Vojisava Balšić. Gjergj married Teodora Branković of the Serbian Branković family....
, Prince of Durazzo
- Grgur Branković, Lord of Polog under Vukašin Mrnjavčević
- Đurađ Vuković Branković, Duke of Rascia
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Sources
- Spremić, M.M. 2004, "La famille serbe des Brankovic - considérations généalogiques et héraldiques", Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta, no. 41, pp. 441-452
- Spremić, M. 2006, "The Branković line in Ohrid", Vardarski zbornik, no. 5, pp. 1-7.
- Tubić, D. 2006, "The Branković family from Srem in historiography", Spomenica Istorijskog arhiva Srem, no. 5, pp. 232-242.
External links
- Holy line of the Brankovics by Željko Fajfrić