Vuk Branković
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| Vuk Branković | |
| Knez of Rascia | |
 Realm of Vuk Branković in the 14th century |
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| Reign | 14th century |
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| Born | 14th century |
| Birthplace | Kosovo |
| Died | October 6, 1397 |
| Place of death | Kosovo |
| Successor | Đurađ Branković |
| Consort | Marija Lazarevic |
| Issue | Đurađ Branković |
| Royal House | Brankovići |
| Father | Branko Mladenovic |
| Religious beliefs | Serbian Orthodox Christian |
Vuk Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Вук Бранковић) (died October 6, 1397) was a Serbian medieval nobleman, Knez (Prince) of Raška-Kosovo, who ruled from his capital Priština to Prizren in the West and Skopje in the South of Balkans, during the 14th century. He was a member of House of Branković.
The Branković family was very powerful, with ancestors holding the Serbian throne and the family as the right-hand of the Tsar. Vuk himself married Mara, the eldest daughter of Milica of Nemanja and Prince Lazar, ruler of southern Serbs after the end of the Nemanjić dynasty. Vuk was even a general in Prince Lazar's army.
Folk tradition portraits Vuk as a traitor: supposedly, Vuk tarnished the family name when he betrayed Prince Lazar at the Battle of Kosovo, which he survived in 1389. History doesn't consider that this is true.[1]
After Vuk's death, his son Đurađ, Prince of Kosovo, claimed the throne of Serbia and clashed with Prince Stefan Lazarević, his cousin and Prince Lazar's son. They made peace and fought successfully against the Turks in 1413. Đurađ became Prince of all Serbian lands and was officially acknowledged in 1429, after his cousin Stefan Lazarević's sudden death in 1427.
