The Paskačić family (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (, ), also known as the Serbian script, (, ), is a standardized variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language. It originated in medieval Serbia and was significantly reformed in the 19th cen ...

: Паскачић, Paskačići / Паскачићи) was a Serbian noble family that served 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 ...

, of

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 ...

(r. 1331-1355) and

Uroš the Weak __NOTOC__ Uroš ( sr-Cyrl, Урош) is a South Slavic masculine given name used primarily by Slovenes and Serbs. This noun has been interpreted as "lords", because it usually appears in conjunction with ''velmõžie'' () "magnates", as in the phra ...

(r. 1355-1371), then the

Mrnjavčević family The House of Mrnjavčević ( sr-Cyrl, Мрњавчевић, Mrnjavčevići / Мрњавчевићи, ) was a medieval Serbian noble house during the Serbian Empire, its fall, and the subsequent years when it held a region of present-day Mac ...

' as Lords of Prilep (1371–1395) during the ''

Fall of the Serbian Empire The fall of the Serbian Empire was a decades-long process in the late 14th century. Following the death of the childless Emperor of the Serbs, Emperor Stefan Uroš V in 1371, the Serbian Empire was left without an heir and the magnates, ''velika� ...

''.

History

The eponymous founder was ''kefalija''

Paskač Paskač (; 1365) was a Serbian nobleman that served the Serbian Empire, with the title of '' knez''. Together with his son, ''sevastokrator'' Vlatko, he founded the Psača Monastery, in which the ''ktetor'' fresco of his family (of three generat ...

, and the family base was in Slavište (modern

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) and they held the modern border region between Serbia and the latter. Paskač had a son,

Vlatko Paskačić Vlatko Paskačić () was a 14th-century Serbian feudal lord (''sebastokrator'') of Slavište region around Kriva Palanka under the Mrnjavčevići (1366-1395), in modern North Macedonia. His father was Paskač, a noble during the time of Stefa ...

, (hence, the family is also known as Vlatković (

: Влатковић, Vlatkovići / Влатковићи)) who received the title of ''

sevastokrator ''Sebastokrator'' (, ; ; ), was a senior court title in the late Byzantine Empire. It was also used by other rulers whose states bordered the Empire or were within its sphere of influence (Bulgarian Empire, Serbian Empire). The word is a compound ...

'' in 1365, when

Vukašin Mrnjavčević 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 ...

was declared co-ruler as ''King of Serbs and Greeks''.

Family

*''knez''

, married Ozra **''sevastokrator''

Vlatko Vlatko () is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. Notable people with the name include: * Vlatko Andonovski (born 1976), football manager * Vlatko Blažević (born 1994), Croatian football player *Vlatko Čančar (born 1997), Slovenia ...

, married Vladislava *** Stefan ***''kesar'' Uglješa (fl. 1371 - after 1427) ****Stefan (d. ca. 1400) ***son (possibly

Uroš __NOTOC__ Uroš ( sr-Cyrl, Урош) is a South Slavic masculine given name used primarily by Slovenes and Serbs. This noun has been interpreted as "lords", because it usually appears in conjunction with ''velmõžie'' () "magnates", as in the phra ...

)

References

Sources

* Grupa autora, „Rodoslovne tablice i grbovi srpskih dinastija i vlastele (prema tablicama Alekse Ivića)“ (drugo znatno dopunjeno i prošireno izdanje), Beograd, 1991. * Fajfric
''Sveta loza Stefana Nemanje''
chapter X * The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest, John Van Antwerp Fine, 1987 * М. Шуица, ''Немирно доба српског Средњег века, Властела српских обласних господара'', Београд 2000. {{DEFAULTSORT:Paskacic Noble Family Serbian noble families Medieval Macedonia Serbian Empire