Information AboutDjuradj Brankovic |
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After he was appointed as a successor for his uncle, Despot Stefan Lazarević , Branković's rule was marked by new conflicts and the fall of Kosovo And Metohia to the Ottoman Empire . Branković allied himself with the Kingdom Of Hungary , but the Crusading army led by Regent John Hunyadi of Hungary was defeated by Sultan Murad II 's forces at Kosovo Polje in 1448 . The defeat was caused in part by Branković's betrayal of Hunyadi; Branković intercepted the Albanian reinforcements of Skanderbeg and delayed them when they were en route to the battle. This was the last concerted attempt in the Middle Ages to expel the Ottomans from southeastern Europe. Although Hungary was able to successfully defy the Ottomans despite the defeat at Kosovo Polje during Hunyadi's lifetime, the kingdom fell to the Ottomans in the 16th Century . Branković was deemed by contemporaries as the richest Monarch in all of Europe; the French Knight Bertrand De La Broquierre stated the despot's annual income from the gold and silver mines of Novo Brdo (near Gjilan in Kosovo ) amassed to about 200,000 Venetian ducats. Djuradj was the founder of the House Of Branković . See also
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