Ivaniš Berislavić
| Ivaniš Ivaniš Berislavić Ivan Berislavić |
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| Serbian Despot | |||||
| Despot of Serbia | |||||
| Reign | 1504–1514 | ||||
| Predecessor | Jovan Branković | ||||
| Successor | Stjepan Berislavić | ||||
| Spouse | Jelena Jakšić | ||||
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| House | Berislavići Grabarski | ||||
| Religion | Catholic | ||||
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| Ivaniš Berislavić |
Ivaniš Berislavić (Latin: Joannes Berizlo) was the Despot of the Kingdom of Serbia (regni Rascie despotus) from 1504 to 1514.
Ivaniš Berislavić was a member of the House of Berislavić, a Croatian noble family from Slavonia, subordinate to the Kingdom of Hungary.
After the death of despot Jovan Branković (1502), Vladislaus II of Hungary made Ivaniš Berislavić the interim despot of Serbia. With no male successor to the Branković dynasty, the position was given to the Berislavić family which had already been intertwined with the Branković dynasty with the marriage of Ivan's cousin Franjo Berislavić and Barbara Frankopan, who had been the widow of Vuk Branković II. In addition, their estates shared borders, and despot Đorđe Branković as well as Jovan had been supporters of Mathias Corvinus just like the Berislavićs.
Nevertheless, the decision was apparently not welcomed in Serbia, where the local chroniclers would not mention Ivaniš Berislavić by name, likely because they had expected the privilege to pass to the Serbian House of Jakšić, who were also in service of the Hungarian king.
The official act of making Ivaniš the despot was confirmed by January 1504 in Buda, when his marriage with Jovan's widow Jelena (née Jakšić) was arranged, and he received the title of despot of Serbia. The marriage itself was postponed until May 1504 because of Jelena's illness.
Ivaniš was put as protector of the Orthodox Church in Hungary, and in the charters he signed as "In God's Grace, the Despot of Serbia".
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