Despot Lazar Branković
Despot Lazar Branković was a son of despot Đurađ Branković and despoina Jerina (Irina), born Cantacuzenus. He was in exile with his parents in 1439-1444, in Hungary, Italy, Ragusa, Zeta. He married Helen, the daughter of Thomas Paleologus, despot of Morea in 1446. At that occasion he was cr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Bulgarian |
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Institute for Byzantine Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0584-9888/2013/0584-98881302899S.pdf |
| Summary: | Despot Lazar Branković was a son of despot Đurađ Branković and despoina
Jerina (Irina), born Cantacuzenus. He was in exile with his parents in
1439-1444, in Hungary, Italy, Ragusa, Zeta. He married Helen, the daughter of
Thomas Paleologus, despot of Morea in 1446. At that occasion he was crowned
with the crown of despots, because his older brothers, Grgur and Stephen, had
been blinded. Thus he became the heir to the Serbian throne and his father’s
co-ruler. When despot Đurađ died, on December 24th, 1456, he became a Serbian
ruler. In the extremely difficult political conditions, he maneuvered between
Turkey and Hungary. He entered a hard dispute with his mother, who was
supporting the blind Grgur in his attempts to seize the power. He was
poisoned by the nobility, which blamed him for alleged matricide. |
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| ISSN: | 0584-9888 2406-0917 |