| Branković
Бранковић
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| Parent house | Nemanjić dynasty (maternally) |
| Country |  Serbian Empire District of Branković Serbian Despotate Kingdom of Hungary |
| Founded | before 1323 (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 Zeta and the Zetan Maritime Lord of the Serbs and Pomorije and Podunavije Prince Branković (after 1502) |
| Style(s) | "Majesty" "Royal Highness" "Serene Highness" |
| Deposition | 1502 |
The House of Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранковић, pl. Brankovići / Бранковићи, pronounced [brǎːnkɔv̞itɕ]) is a Serbian medieval noble family and dynasty.[1] 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.[2]
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:
Đurađ Branković, Prince and Despot of Serbia (1427–1456)
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.
Jovan Branković, Despot of Serbia, married Jelena Jakšić
Lazar Branković, Despot of Serbia (24 December 1456 - 20 June 1458), married Jelena Palaiologina
Stjepan Tomašević, King of Bosnia (1461–1463) and Despot of Serbia (1459),Брат војводе Младена, Радоњиног деде био је жупан Никола
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