Mihailo Anđelović

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Mihailo Anđelović
Born	Mihailo Anđelović
Title	Governor of Serbia
Religion	Serbian Orthodox Christianity

Mihailo Anđelović (Serbian: Михаило Анђеловић, Greek: Μιχαήλ Ἄγγελος) was a 15th-century Serbian governor of Serbia briefly in 1458.

After the Ottoman conquest of Thessaly in 1394, the ruling Angeloi Philanthropenoi family took refuge in Serbia. A grandson of either Alexios or Manuel, Mihailo Anđelović, served as an official at the court of Đurađ and Lazar Branković.

Mihailo's brother Mahmud was captured in his infancy by Ottoman soldiers as part of the Devşirme system and was brought to Edirne, where he was converted to Islam and became a Janissary (Infantry unit of the Sultan). Mahmud later rose to the highest ranks of the Ottoman Empire, becoming beylerbey (governor-general) of Rumelia (Ottoman Balkans) in 1451 and Grand Vizier in 1455. Thus, in the negotiations between Serb despot Lazar Branković and Mehmed II in 1457, the two sides were represented by the brothers Mihailo and Mahmud Anđelović.

Because Lazar Branković had no sons, a three-member regency was formed after his death. It included Lazar's brother, the blind Stefan Branković, Lazar's widow Helena Palaiologina and Mihailo Anđelović, the 'governor of Rascia'. Mihailo hoped to rise as a Despot of Serbia but after having secretly let a company of Ottoman soldiers into Smederevo, he was imprisoned in March 1458 and Stefan became despot in his own right.

Later, Mihailo and Mahmud Anđelović's Byzantine-Serbian descent and their blood relations with many Eastern Orthodox Christians from the Balkans and Anatolia were important for the future establishment of Islamic rule there. The use of kuls of Christian origin in high positions of the Ottoman court minimized the risks that they had to face in conquering and assimilating large Christian territories and populations.

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Preceded by	Governor of Serbia 1458	Succeeded by

References

v t e Monarchs of Serbia

1st Serbian Principality, 641–969	Unknown Archont Višeslav Radoslav Prosigoj Vlastimir Mutimir Pribislav Petar Pavle Zaharija Časlav annexation, Duklja emerging as seat

2nd Serbian Principality (Duklja), 998–1101	Jovan Vladimir Stefan Vojislav Mihailo I Constantine Bodin Rascia re-emerging as seat (Grand Principality of Serbia)

Serbian Grand Principality, 1101–1217	Vukan Uroš I Uroš II Beloš Desa Tihomir Stefan Nemanja Stefan II Proclamation of Kingdom

Serbian Kingdom, 1217–1346	Stefan II Stefan Radoslav Stefan Vladislav I Stefan Uroš I Stefan Dragutin Stefan Vladislav II at Syrmia Stefan Uroš II Milutin Stefan Konstantin Stefan Uroš III Dečanski Stefan Uroš IV Dušan Proclamation of Empire

Serbian Empire, 1346–1371	Stefan Uroš IV Dušan Stefan Uroš V Fall of the Serbian Empire

Serbian Lordship and Despotate, 1371–1537	Lazar Stefan Lazarević Đurađ Branković Lazar Branković Stefan Branković Stefan Tomašević Ottoman annexation, titular: Vuk Grgurević Đorđe Branković Jovan Branković Ivaniš Berislavić Stevan Berislavić Radič Božić Pavle Bakić Stefan Štiljanović Ottoman annexation

Revolutionary Serbia, 1804–1837	Karađorđe Miloš Obrenović

Principality of Serbia, 1837–1882	Miloš I Milan II Mihailo III Aleksandar Miloš I Mihailo III Milan IV Proclamation of Kingdom

Kingdom of Serbia, 1882–1918	Milan I Alexander Petar I Proclamation of Kingdom of Yugoslavia Proclamation of SFR Yugoslavia

Persondata
Name	Andelovic, Mihailo
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Short description	governor
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