Stefan Branković [SEP] noble family
Stefan Branković
Stefan Branković (; c. 1417 – 9 October 1476), also known in historiography as Stefan the Blind (Стефан Слепи), was briefly the despot (ruler) of the Serbian Despotate between 1458 and 1459, member of the Branković dynasty.
Family.
Stefan and his relations are named in "Dell'Imperadori Constantinopolitani" (also known as the "Massarelli manuscript" after the work was found in papers of Angelo Massarelli, the general secretary of the Council of Trent), a manuscript held in the Vatican
1427 to 1459, and their descendants continued to claim the throne of Serbia well into the 16th century, having entered the ranks of the Hungarian aristocracy.
Members of the family intermarried with other noble houses from neighbouring countries including Austrian and Hungarian nobility, and provided at least one wife to Ottoman Sultan.
Some of the family members were:
- Vuk Branković
- Đurađ Branković (1427–1456)
- Lazar Branković (1456–1458)
- Stefan Branković (1458–1459)
- Jelena Branković, the last Queen of