Dobravac ( sr-cyr, Добравац; 1280) or Dobravec (Добравец) was a Serbian nobleman serving in the crown land of Hum, with the title of ''

tepčija Tepčija ( sr-cyr, тепчија) was a court title of Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia in the Middle Ages. The functions and position in the court is unclear. It was first mentioned in Croatia in the second half of the 11th century, and later in Serbi ...

''. He is mentioned in a document dated 1280 as serving the countess of Hum (). He had a clerk or assistant, Mojše, who sold two of his bondmaids in Ragusa (Dubrovnik) that year. Although Dobravac's jurisdiction is unknown from the quotation, he was not a '' veliki tepčija'' (serving the king directly); his office was limited to the Hum land, but his type of work was the same as that of the ''veliki tepčija''. The ''tepčija'' had executive authorities; his '' otroci'' ( ''otrok''), were servants, lesser in rank but not slaves.

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The name is an old Serbian name, found in medieval epigraphy.

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* 13th-century Serbian nobility People of the Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) 13th-century births 13th-century deaths Tepčija {{Serbia-noble-stub