Branko Rastislalić ( sr-cyr, Бранко Растислалић) was the ''"Lord of

Podunavlje Podunavlje is the name of the Danube river basin parts located in Croatia (Slavonia, Syrmia, and Baranya) and Serbia (Vojvodina, Belgrade and Eastern Serbia). Podunavlje is located on the southern edge of Pannonian Basin. In its wider meaning, ...

"'' and ''

Domestikos ''Domestikos'' (; , from the ), in English sometimes heDomestic, was a civil, ecclesiastic and military office in the Late Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire. Military usage The ''domestikoi'' trace their ancestry to the '' protectores domest ...

'' under

Dušan the Mighty Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Душан) is a Slavic given name primarily used in the former Yugoslavia and the former Czechoslovakia. The name is derived from the Slavic noun ''duša'' "soul". Occurrence In Serbia, it was the 29th most popular name fo ...

of the

Serbian Empire The Serbian Empire ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српско царство, Srpsko carstvo, separator=" / ", ) was a medieval Serbian state that emerged from the Kingdom of Serbia. It was established in 1346 by Dušan the Mighty, who significantly expande ...

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

. (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 ( sr-cyrl, Вук; 1317–1359), sometimes also called ''Hran'' in sources, was a 14th century magnate and a powerful nobleman in service to the Serbian king Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55). Vuk is considered to be a progenitor of Bosnian noble f ...

during a hunt. Branko's relatives later avenged his death in 1359, when they murdered Vuk.Arheološko društvo Jugoslavije, 1968, ''Arheološki pregled''
Volumes 10-11
page 96 He was succeeded by his son Radič Branković, Lord of Braničevo.

References

Sources

Oblasni gospodari u 14. veku
page 2 (Serbian) 14th-century Serbian nobility Rastislalić noble family 1352 deaths Year of birth unknown Medieval Serbian magnates {{Serbia-bio-stub