Despot Lazar Branković and Hungary: some new Data on his Activities during the Ottoman Siege of Belgrade (1456)

Krstić, Aleksandar (2025) Despot Lazar Branković and Hungary: some new Data on his Activities during the Ottoman Siege of Belgrade (1456). In: The Eternal Cycle: neighbours, allies and/or rivals – Serbo/Hungarian relations in the Middle Ages (895–1541). Collection of Works (46). Institute of History, Belgrade, pp. 143-164. ISBN 978-86-7743-158-7

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Abstract

The paper deals with the role that Despot Lazar Branković played in Serbian-Hungarian relations from 1439 until his death in January 1458. That period was marked by cooperation between Serbia and Hungary in opposing the Ottomans, but also by the fierce conflicts that the Brankovićs had with the Hunyadi and Szilágyi families. Particular attention was paid to a hitherto unknown letter of Despot Lazar sent from Sremska Mitrovica to Cardinal Juan de Carvajal, the papal legate in Hungary, on 27 June 1456. That letter provides an opportunity to perceive some of his activities during the Ottoman sieges of Smederevo and Belgrade, when the youngest son and coruler of Despot Đurađ Branković stayed on the Sava border and coordinated military efforts with the Hungarian defenders of Belgrade

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