Branko Rastislalić ( sr-cyr, Бранко Растислалић) was the ''"Lord of
Podunavlje
Podunavlje ( sr-Cyrl, Подунавље) is the name of the Danube river basin parts located in Serbia (Vojvodina, Belgrade and Eastern Serbia) and Croatia (Slavonia, Syrmia, and Baranya). Podunavlje is located on the southern edge of Pannoni ...
"'' and ''
Domestikos ''Domestikos'' (; el, δομέστικος, from the la, domesticus, , of the household), in English sometimes heDomestic, was a civil, ecclesiastic and military office in the late Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire.
Military usage
The ''dom ...
'' under
Dušan the Mighty
Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Душан) is a Slavic given name primarily used in countries of Yugoslavia; and among Slovaks and Czechs. The name is derived from the Slavic noun ''duša'' "soul".
Occurrence
In Serbia, it was the 29th most popular nam ...
of the
Serbian Empire
The Serbian Empire ( sr, / , ) was a medieval Serbian state that emerged from the Kingdom of Serbia. It was established in 1346 by Dušan the Mighty, who significantly expanded the state.
Under Dušan's rule, Serbia was the major power in the ...
from circa 1340; later he became vassal of the Hungarians
until his death in 1352.
Branko issued his own regional coins, the 'Helmet dinars', only one of three existing prior to the fall of the
Serbian Empire
The Serbian Empire ( sr, / , ) was a medieval Serbian state that emerged from the Kingdom of Serbia. It was established in 1346 by Dušan the Mighty, who significantly expanded the state.
Under Dušan's rule, Serbia was the major power in the ...
.
[ (Summary of "Mihajlovic, Vojislav. ''Novac srpskih velikasa iz vremena carstva''. Belgrade (2000)")]
He ruled until his death in 1352,
[ when he was accidentally killed by ]Vuk Kosača
Vuk ( cyrl, Вук; 1317–1359), sometimes also called ''Hran'' in sources, was the 14th century magnate and a powerful nobleman, who was in service to the Serbian king Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55). Vuk is considered to be a progenitor of Bosnian ...
during a hunt. Branko's relatives later avenged his death in 1359, when they murdered Vuk.[Arheološko društvo Jugoslavije, 1968, ''Arheološki pregled'']
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He was succeeded by his son Radič Branković
Radič Branković ( sr-cyr, Радич Бранковић) was a 14th-century Serbian feudal lord of Braničevo under Dušan the Mighty of the Serbian Empire
His family ( House of Rastislalić) had gained possession of Braničevo in the 14th ce ...
, Lord of Braničevo.
References
Oblasni gospodari u 14. veku
page 2 (Serbian)
14th-century Serbian nobility
Rastislalić noble family
1352 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Medieval Serbian magnates
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