House of Branković

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The House of Branković was a late medieval Serbian noble and ruling family that governed the remnants of the Serbian Despotate under growing Ottoman pressure after the fall of the Nemanjić dynasty.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Branković dynasty 5
House of Branković canonical 2
Branković family 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Serbian noble family ⓘ
medieval ruling dynasty ⓘ
capital Smederevo ⓘ
coatOfArms Branković family coat of arms ⓘ
conflict Ottoman expansion in the Balkans ⓘ
country Serbian Despotate ⓘ
culturalRole patronage of Serbian Orthodox monasteries ⓘ
dynasticAlliance marital ties with Bosnian nobility ⓘ
marital ties with Byzantine imperial families ⓘ
dynasticMarriage Mara Branković–Murad II marriage ⓘ
linked to: Mara Branković
ethnicGroup Serbs ⓘ
floruit 15th century ⓘ
founder Vuk Branković ⓘ
governanceType hereditary lordship ⓘ
governedUnder Hungarian suzerainty ⓘ
Ottoman suzerainty ⓘ
historicalContext ruled remnants of the Serbian Despotate after the fall of the Nemanjić dynasty ⓘ
language Serbian ⓘ
lastRuler Jovan Branković ⓘ
nobleTitle Despot of Serbia ⓘ
notableMember Grgur Branković ⓘ
Jovan Branković ⓘ
Lazar Branković ⓘ
Mara Branković ⓘ
Sava Branković ⓘ
Stefan Branković ⓘ
Vuk Branković ⓘ
Đurađ Branković ⓘ
notableRuler Đurađ Branković ⓘ
politicalOrientation balancing between Ottoman and Hungarian interests ⓘ
politicalRole buffer state between Ottomans and Hungary ⓘ
politicalStatus vassal of the Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
vassal of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
predecessor Nemanjić dynasty ⓘ
region Serbia ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
seat Smederevo Fortress ⓘ
successorState Ottoman Sanjaks in former Serbian Despotate lands ⓘ
territory parts of Kosovo ⓘ
parts of Syrmia ⓘ
parts of central Serbia ⓘ
timePeriod late Middle Ages ⓘ
titleHeldByMembers Despot of Rascia ⓘ
linked to: Despot of Serbia
usedScript Cyrillic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nemanjić dynasty → successor → House of Branković ⓘ
Serbian Despotate → rulerDynasty → Branković dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Branković
Fall of the Serbian Despotate 1459 → relatedTo → Branković dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Branković
Vuk Branković → nobleFamily → Branković family ⓘ
linked to: House of Branković
Lazarević dynasty → successor → Branković dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Branković
Mara Branković → nobleFamily → Branković dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Branković
Despot of Serbia → associatedWithDynasty → House of Lazarević ⓘ
linked to: House of Branković
Despot of Serbia → associatedWithDynasty → House of Branković ⓘ
Đurađ Branković → nobleFamily → Branković dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Branković