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Serbian noble dynasty
The House of Branković (
Serbian Cyrillic : Бранковић ,
pl. Brankovići / Бранковићи, pronounced
[brǎːnkɔv̞itɕ] ) is a
Serbian medieval
noble family and
dynasty . According to genealogies created in the first half of the 15th century, the family descends via female lineage, through marriage with the
Nemanjić dynasty . The family rose to prominence during the
fall of the Serbian Empire . The original family domains were centered in the Kosovo region. 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 the Despotate Serbia, some having entered the ranks of the Hungarian aristocracy, while other descendants of the dynasty continue to go by a courtesy title.
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. By the 17th century, Branković blood had entered into the
House of Habsburg , providing more descendants into the ruling houses of Europe. One such descendant was
Maria of Yugoslavia , the wife of
Alexander I of Yugoslavia . With the ascension of her son
Peter II of Yugoslavia in 1934, Branković, Lazarević, and Nemanjić blood returned to the Serbian throne.
Some of the family members were:
Family tree
Predecessors
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 , Prince of
Raška and
Kosovo , married Marija
Lazarević
Đurađ Branković , Prince and
Despot of Serbia (1427-1456)
Todor (died young)
Grgur Branković , married Jelisaveta N
Stefan Branković ,
Despot of Serbia (20 June 1458 - 8 April 1459), exiled from Serbia 1459, a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church, married
Angelina Arianiti
Đorđe Branković , titular Despot of Serbia, later took monastic vows under the name Maksim, and became Metropolitan of Belgrade and Srem, died in 1516.
(uncertain) Jelisaveta, married Alessio
Spani , Lord of Drivasto and Polog
Jovan Branković , Despot of Serbia, married
Jelena Jakšić
Marija , married
Bonifacio III , Mongrave of Montferrat
(uncertain)
Milica Despina , married
Neagoe Basarab , prince of
Wallachia
Lazar Branković , Despot of Serbia (24 December 1456 - 20 June 1458), married Jelena
Palaiologina
Jelena
Mara , married
Murad II , Sultan of the
Ottoman Empire
Katarina Branković , married
Ulrich II , Count of
Celje
Grgur
Lazar
Grgur Branković , Lord of Polog under
Vukašin Mrnjavčević
Teodora, married
Gjergj Topia , Prince of Durazzo
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