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Jakšići (other)
Jakšići may refer to: * Jakšić family (pl. ''Jakšići''), Serbian nobility from the 15th and 16th century * Jakšići, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, a village near Vrbovsko, Croatia * Jakšići, a former name of Jakšić, Požega-Slavonia County, a village near Požega, Croatia * Jakšići, a hamlet of Cerova (Krupanj), a village in Serbia * Jakšići, a hamlet of Panjak, Užice, a village near Užice, Serbia * Jakšići, a hamlet of Glogovo, Croatia, Glogovo, a village near Gračac, Zadar County, Croatia * Donji Jakšići and Gornji Jakšići, hamlets of Sokolac, Šipovo near Šipovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina See also * Jakšić (surname) * Jakšiči {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakšić Family
The House of Jakšić ( sr-cyr, Јакшић, Јакшићи / ''Jakšići''; ) was a prominent Serbian noble family from the 15th and 16th century, in the Serbian Despotate and the Kingdom of Hungary. The eponymous founder, Jakša, was a ''Voivode'' (Duke) in the service of Serbian Despot Đurađ Branković, and after the fall of Serbia to the Ottomans (1459) his descendants joined the ranks of the Hungarian army, and gained prominence in wars against the Ottoman Empire. Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus granted them possessions in various counties, from Nădlac, to Syrmia and Valkó. The male line of the family died out in 1543. History Jakša Jakša Brežičić was a ''voivode'' in the Serbian Despotate, under '' Despot'' Đurađ Branković. Jakša was mentioned in 1452 as Đurađ's envoy in the Republic of Ragusa. As an Ottoman vassal, Đurađ was forced to send an army to participate in the siege of Constantinople in 1453. Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror did not tell Đurađ h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |