Bogdan Kirizmić ( sr-cyr, Богдан Киризмић; 1358–71), was a Serbian nobleman, merchant from

Prizren Prizren ( sq-definite, Prizreni, ; sr-cyr, Призрен) is the second List of cities and towns in Kosovo, most populous city and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality of Kosovo and seat of the eponymous municipality and District of Prizren, ...

, ''

protovestijar ''Protovestiarios'' (, ) was a high Byzantine court position, originally reserved for eunuchs. In the late Byzantine period (12th–15th centuries), it denoted the Empire's senior-most financial official, and was also adopted by the medieval Ser ...

'' (financial manager) in the service of King

Vukašin Vukašin () is an old Slavic name of Serbian origin. It is composed from two words: Vuk (wolf) and sin ( son), so it means sin vuka (son of wolf). In some places in Croatia and Bosnia it can be found as a surname. The name Vukašin can be foun ...

(co-ruled Serbia 1365–71, alongside Emperor

Stefan Uroš V Saint Stefan Uroš V ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош V, ; 13362/4 December 1371), known in historiography and folk tradition as Uroš the Weak (), was the Emperor of the Serbs, second Emperor (Tsar#Serbia, Tsar) of the Serbian Empire (1355–13 ...

Life

Kirizmić was from

, the son of Rajko Kirizmić. In 1354, a Bogdan, the son of noblewoman Višeslava was mentioned; this was either Bogdan Kirizmić or ''kaznac''

Bogdan Bogdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in the South Slavic languages and in Polish, Romanian and Moldovan. It is derived from the Slavic words ''Bog'' (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning 'god', and ''dan'' (Cyrillic: ...

(fl. 1363). Kirizmić was first mentioned in Ragusan documents in 1358, as a merchant in Prizren. At the end of July 1361, the emissaries of Emperor Uroš V, Kirizmić and a Marko (possibly

Marko Mrnjavčević Marko Mrnjavčević ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Мрњавчевић, ; – 17 May 1395) was the ''de jure'' Serbian king from 1371 to 1395, while he was the '' de facto'' ruler of territory in western Macedonia centered on the town of Prilep. H ...

), arrived at

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(Dubrovnik). He was the richest merchant in Serbia, and became the ''protovestijar'' of King Vukašin (mentioned with the title on June 10, 1371). Although mentioned in Ragusan documents as the ''protovestijar'' of Vukašin, he would at the same time serve as the ''protovestijar'' of Emperor Uroš V.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirizmic, Bogdan 14th-century Serbian nobility People from the Serbian Empire Economy of Serbia in the Middle Ages People from Prizren 14th-century births 14th-century deaths Protovestiarioi Medieval Serbian magnates