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}, fl. 1340–42) was a Serbian ''
župan
Župan is a noble and administrative title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 21st century. It was (and in Croatia still is) the leader of the administrative unit župa (or zhupa, županij ...
'' (count) that built the White Church in Karan, Užice, as a family funeral church. The church was erected on site of an older temple from the 10th century, mentioned in a charter edited by Byzantine Emperor Basil II
Basil II Porphyrogenitus ( gr, Βασίλειος Πορφυρογέννητος ;) and, most often, the Purple-born ( gr, ὁ πορφυρογέννητος, translit=ho porphyrogennetos).. 958 – 15 December 1025), nicknamed the Bulgar S ...
in 1020. There are fresco portraits of Brajan and his family (his wife, son and three daughters) and of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan
Stefan Uroš IV Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош IV Душан, ), known as Dušan the Mighty ( sr, / ; circa 1308 – 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Tsar (or Emperor) and autocrat of the Serbs, Gre ...
(while he was a king), and his son Uroš V.
See also
*Serbian nobility in the Middle Ages In the medieval Serbian states, the privileged class consisted of nobility and clergy, distinguished from commoners, part of the feudal society. The Serbian nobility (''srpska vlastela'', ''srpsko vlastelinstvo'' or ''srpsko plemstvo'') were roughl ...
References
* * *{{cite book, author1=Младен Лесковац, author2=Александар Форишковић, author3=Чедомир Попов, title=Српски биографски речник, volume=2, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ozYYAQAAIAAJ, year=2004, publisher=Будућност, page=653, isbn=9788683651627, quote=Један је од значајнијих приложника храма Бе- ле цркве каранске, којој је главни ктитор (1340— 1342) био жупан Петар Брајан с породицом. На зидовима те цркве су поред ктитора, чланова његове породице, чланова владарске ... 14th-century Serbian nobility People from Užice People of the Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)