Milica Branković
Milica Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Милица Бранковић, d. 1464) was Serbian princess and the first wife of Leonardo III Tocco, whom she married on 1 May 1463.[1] She was a daughter of despot Lazar Branković of Serbia and Helena Palaiologina.[1] Milica died in childbirth in 1464, while giving birth to Carlo III Tocco. Carlo III Tocco succeeded his father as titular ruler of Epirus (Arta) and Zakynthos. Her siblings were Maria, wife of King Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia and Jerina, wife of Gjon Kastrioti II.
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Babinger 1975, p. 383.
Sources[]
- Fine, John Van Antwerp Jr. (1994) [1987]. The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472082604.
- Babinger, Franz (1978). Hickman, William C. (ed.). Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time. Translated by Manheim, Ralph. Princeton University Press.
- Zečević, Nada (2014). The Tocco of the Greek Realm: Nobility, Power and Migration in Latin Greece (14th-15th centuries). Belgrade: Makart. ISBN 9788691944100.
Categories:
- Deaths in childbirth
- 1464 deaths
- 15th-century Serbian royalty
- Branković dynasty
- Tocco family
- Medieval Serbian princesses
- People of the Serbian Despotate
- Women of the Despotate of Epirus
- Medieval Serbian people of Greek descent