Branko Mladenović

Branko was a Serbian magnate who served king and emperor Stefan Dušan, and emperor Stefan Uroš V, with the titles of sluga and later sevastokrator. A member of an old and respectable family, possibly descending from the Serbian dynasty itself, Branko began his royal service in the nearest circle of the ruler. After the elevation of the Serbian state to an empire (1346), Branko received the second-highest court title, sevastokrator, usually given to relatives. He governed the Ohrid region. Branko had three sons and a daughter, of whom Vuk Branković would become an important person in the period of the Fall of the Serbian Empire.