Branković dynasty
Branković dynasty
| Branković Бранковић | |
|---|---|
| Parent house | Nemanjić dynasty (maternally) |
| Country |  Serbian Empire Serbian Despotate Kingdom of Hungary |
| Founded | before 1323 |
| Founder | Branko Mladenović (noble family), Vuk Branković (royal family) |
| Final ruler | Jovan Branković |
| Titles | Despot of Serbia (1427–1502; royal) Grand Prince of Rascia Prince of Albania Prince of Zeta and the Zetan Maritime Lord of the Serbs and Pomorije and Podunavije |
| Style(s) | "Majesty" "Royal Highness" "Serene Highness" |
| Deposition | 1502 |
The Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранковић, pl. Brankovići / Бранковићи, pronounced [brǎːnkɔv̞itɕ]) 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 continue to claim the throne of Serbia , 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:
Vuk Branković
Đurađ Branković (1427–1456)
Lazar Branković (1456–1458)
Stefan Branković (1458–1459)
Jelena Branković, the last Queen of Bosnia
| Branković Бранковић | |
|---|---|
| Parent house | Nemanjić dynasty (maternally) |
| Country | Serbian EmpireSerbian DespotateKingdom of Hungary |
| Founded | before 1323 |
| Founder | Branko Mladenović (noble family), Vuk Branković (royal family) |
| Final ruler | Jovan Branković |
| Titles | Despot of Serbia (1427–1502; royal) Grand Prince of Rascia Prince of Albania Prince of Zeta and the Zetan Maritime Lord of the Serbs and Pomorije and Podunavije |
| Style(s) | "Majesty" "Royal Highness" "Serene Highness" |
| Deposition | 1502 |
History
Family tree
Predecessors
Unknown Nikola, Serb župan in Northern Albania[1] Vojvoda Mladen, ruled Trebinje and Dračevica
- Ratislava, daughter of Vojvoda Mladen, marriedAltoman Vojinović
Brankovići
Branko Mladenović, son of Vojvoda Mladen, ruled Ohrid Nikola Radonja, the eldest son of Branko Mladenović who governed an estate in Serres region, married Jelena Mrnjavčević and later became a monk on Hilandar Vuk Branković, Knez of Rascia-Kosovo, married Marija Lazarević
- Đurađ Vuković Branković, Duke ofRascia(1427-1456) andAlbania
Todor Grgur, married Jelisaveta N
- Vuk Grgurević, a Hungarian general, married Varvara Frangepan (illegitimate)
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
- Jelisaveta, married Alessio Span, Lord of Drivasto and Polog
- Jovan Branković, Despot of Rascia, married Jelena Jakšić
- Marija, married Ferdinand Frangepan
- Jelena, married Peter IV Rares, Lord of Siebenbuergen and the Moldau
- Hanna
- Maria Magdalena
- Marija, marriedBonifacio III, Mongrave of Montferrat
- (uncertain)Milica Despina, marriedNeagoe Basarab, prince ofWallachia
Lazar II, Despot of Rascia 24 December 1456 - 20 June 1458), married Jelena Palaiologina
- Jelena, marriedStjepan Tomašević
- Jerina, married Giovanni Castriota (Gjon Kastrioti II, son ofScanderbeg), Duke of San Pietro Italy
- Milica
Jelena Mara, married Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Katarina, married Ulrich II, Count of Celje
- Grgur
- Lazar
Grgur Branković, Lord of Polog under Vukašin Mrnjavčević Teodora, married Gjergj Thopia, Prince of Durazzo