Editing Vuk Branković (section)

==Origins==
Branković was born in 1345<ref>{{cite journal|author=Spremić, Momčilo|year=1996|title=Vuk Branković i Kosovska bitka|journal=Glas SANU 9|page=85}}</ref> and belonged to a Serb noble family that held a prominent role in the 14th century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Agoston |first1=Gabor |last2=Masters |first2=Bruce Alan |title=Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire |date=2010 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=9781438110257 |page=93 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjzYdCxumFcC&pg=PA93}}</ref> Vuk was a son of [[Branko Mladenović]] (died before 1365),{{sfn|Ćirković|2004|p=79}} who received the high court title of ''[[sevastokrator]]'' from Emperor [[Stefan Dušan]] (r. 1331–1355) and served as governor of [[Ohrid]] (present-day North Macedonia).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Buckton |first1=David |title=Byzantium: Treasures of Byzantine Art and Culture from British Collections |date=1994 |publisher=Trustees of the British Museum |isbn=9780714105772 |page=210 |quote=Sebastocrator Branko Mladenović, son of Prince Mladen, was a magnate at the court of the Serbian Tsar Stefan Dušan (1331-55) and, after 1334, governor of the city of Ohrid. He died before 1365. Two generations of Brankovićs..}}</ref> Vuk's grandfather was Mladen (died after 1326), who was ''[[župan]]'' (count) in [[Trebinje]] under King [[Stefan Milutin]] (1282–1321) and ''vojvoda'' (duke) under King [[Stefan Dečanski]] (1321–1331).<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Schmidt |editor1-first=Oliver Jens |title=Herrschaft und Politik in Südosteuropa von 1300 bis 1800 |date=2021 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=9783110744392 |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cI49EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA103 |language=German}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Memoirs of the Section of Philological Sciences, Literature and Arts of the Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania |date=1984 |publisher=Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România |language=Romanian |quote=Cît priveşte pe Branko Mladenović, el este fiul acelui Mladen care apare în timpul regelui Uroš, in anul 1326, ca voievod (...), și tatăl lui Vuk Branković, despotul sirb, cum rezultă dintr - un document din anul 1392..}}</ref> Later chronicles alleged that the Branković were descended from [[Vukan Nemanjić]], son of [[Stefan Nemanja]].