Milten Draživojević ( sr-cyr, Милтен Драживојевић; 1332–43) was a Bosnian ''

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'' (county lord) in the land of Hum, who is mentioned as serving the

Banate of Bosnia The Banate of Bosnia ( / Бановина Босна), or Bosnian Banate (''Bosanska banovina'' / Босанска бановина), was a medieval state located in what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although Hungarian kings viewed Bosnia as ...

between 1332 and 1335 and thereafter the

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. He was known for robbing the

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. Milten was the son of Dražen Bogopenec (fl. 1306), known from sources as a robber. The family (later known as Bogopanković) was prominent in the early 14th century, although information is scarce. Milten is mentioned for the first time in 1332, as a follower of Bosnian Ban Stephen II. Hum was a border province between Serbia and Bosnia, and became part of Bosnia in the 1320s. In May 1335, Milten and his relative Vidomir looted Ragusan Manuçe de Mençi in Onogošt (

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). On 24 May 1335, Milten and his son

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"from Zagorje" (''de Sacorie'') are mentioned as Bosnian subjects. The next year, on 5 July 1336, ''vojvoda'' Ružir and ''župan'' Milten are mentioned as Serbian subjects. In autumn that year, King

Stefan Dušan Stephen (honorific), Stefan Uroš IV Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош IV Душан), also known as Dušan the Mighty ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Силни; – 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Emperor of th ...

advocated reconciliation between Serbian feudals and the

, in which these two restless feudals are prominent. His son Sanko, a Bosnian magnate, is the eponymous founder of the

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