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Đurađ Branković

Despot Đurađ Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђурађ Бранковић, Hungarian: Brankovics György; ruled 1427 - 1456) was a Serbian monarch who built Smederevo, the new Serbian capital after the Battle of Kosovo. He was an ally of John Hunyadi in the fights against Turks.

After he was appointed as a successor for his uncle, despot Stefan Lazarević Djurdj's rule was marked by new conflicts and finally the fall of Kosovo and Metohia to the Turks. The campaign of the Cristian army led by the Hungarian nobleman John Hunyadi ended in 1448 in heavy defeat in a clash with Murad II's forces, in Kosovo Polje. This Battle was recognised as II Battle on Kosovo. This was the last concertive attempt in the Middle Ages to rout the Turks out of this part of Europe.

Đurađ Branković - Links

• Order of despot Djuradj Brankovic to st. Paul's Monastery, Mount Athos
• despot Djuradj's Heritage, Smederevo
• The Esphigmen Charter of despot Djuradj Brankovic issued to the monastery of Esphigmen on Mount Athos in 1429
• Serbian Genealogical Society; Containing Coats of Arms of also the Brankovic dynasty.

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