Lazar Branković
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Lazar Branković was Despot of Serbia from 1456 to 1458. He was the third son of Despot Đurađ Branković and his wife, Eirene Kantakouzene. He died without sons, and was succeeded by his elder brother,
Lazar Branković from a charter held in Esphigmenou Monastery, Mount Athos
Stefan Branković
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Stefan Branković, also known in historiography as Stefan the Blind, was briefly the despot of the Serbian Despotate in 1458–1459. He was the last ruling member of the Branković dynasty.
Lazar Branković
…He was the third son of Despot Đurađ Branković and his wife, Eirene Kantakouzene. He died without sons, and was succeeded by his elder brother, Despot Stefan Branković. Both Grgur and Stefan, his older brothers, were blinded by orders of Ottoman sultan Murad II in 1441. Lazar apparently became the heir to their father…
from the Esphigmenou charter (1429)