- Vuk Branković
Infobox Emperor
name =Vuk Branković
title =Knez of Rascia
caption =Realm of Vuk Branković in the 14th century
reign =14th century
coronation =
predecessor =
successor =Đurađ Branković
heir =
consort =Marija Lazarevic
issue =Đurađ Branković
royal house =Brankovići
royal anthem =
father =Branko Mladenovic
mother =
date of birth =14th century
place of birth =Kosovo
date of death =October 6 ,1397
place of death =Kosovo
place of burial=
religion =Serbian Orthodox Christian Vuk Branković (
Serbian Cyrillic : Вук Бранковић) (diedOctober 6 ,1397 ) was aSerbia n medieval nobleman, Knez (Prince) ofRaška -Kosovo , who ruled from his capitalPriština toPrizren in the West andSkopje in the South ofBalkans , during the 14th century. He was a member ofHouse of Branković .The Branković family was very powerful, with ancestors holding the Serbian throne and the family as the right-hand of the Tsar. Vuk himself married Mara, the eldest daughter of
Milica of Nemanja andPrince Lazar , ruler of southern Serbs after the end of theNemanjić dynasty. Vuk was even a general in Prince Lazar's army.Folk tradition portraits Vuk as a traitor: supposedly, Vuk tarnished the family name when he betrayed
Prince Lazar at theBattle of Kosovo , which he survived in 1389. History doesn't consider that this is true. [ISBN 86-447-0006-5:Dušan Bataković : [http://www.rastko.org.yu/kosovo/istorija/kosovo_chronicles/index.html The Kosovo Chronicles] : [http://www.rastko.org.yu/kosovo/istorija/kosovo_chronicles/kc_part1b.html Part One: History and Ideology] ]After Vuk's death, his son Đurađ, Prince of Kosovo, claimed the throne of
Serbia and clashed with PrinceStefan Lazarević , his cousin andPrince Lazar 's son. They made peace and fought successfully against the Turks in 1413. Đurađ became Prince of all Serbian lands and was officially acknowledged in 1429, after his cousinStefan Lazarević 's sudden death in 1427.References
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