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Grgur Branković

1415 – 1459

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Grgur Branković (1415 – 16 October 1459) was a 15th-century Serbian nobleman. Grgur was the eldest son of Serbian Despot Đurađ Branković and Eirene Kantakouzene. In 1439, after the Ottomans captured Smederevo, the capital of the Serbian Despotate, they appointed Grgur as governor of his father's captured estates. Because he plotted against the Ottomans, they dismissed him and put him in prison in April 1441. In May 1441 the Ottomans blinded Grgur and his brother Stefan. In 1458, during the struggle for the throne of the Serbian Despotate, Grgur resurfaced claiming it for himself or his son. In 1459 he retreated to Hilandar Monastery, where he took monastic vows and the name German (Germanus). Grgur died in Hilandar on October 16, 1459.

Name
Grgur Branković
Locality
Karyes, Peninsula of Mount Athos, Greece
Born
1 ianuarie 1415
Died
16 octombrie 1459
Age
44 years
Location
Hilandar Monastery ↗
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Cemetery
Hilandar Monastery
Locality
Karyes, Peninsula of Mount Athos
Country
Greece
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Hilandar Monastery

Karyes, Peninsula of Mount Athos, Greece

Karyes, Peninsula of Mount Athos

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