Jelena Jakšić
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| name = Jelena Jakšić
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| title = Despotissa of Serbia
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| spouses = Jovan Branković
Ivaniš Berislavić
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| house = Jakšić noble family (by birth)
Branković dynasty (by marriage)
Berislavić noble family (by marriage)
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| birth_date = {{circa|1475}}
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Jelena Jakšić ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Јелена Јакшић}}; {{circa|1475}} – after 1536) was the titular despotissa of Serbia, first by marriage with Jovan Branković, who was the titular despot of Serbia from 1493 to 1502, and then by marriage with Ivaniš Berislavić, who held the same title, from 1503 to 1514. Jelena's son (from the second marriage) Stjepan Berislavić also held the title (Despot of Serbia), from 1520 to 1535.{{sfn|Spremić|2004|p=445-446}}{{sfn|Ćirković|2004|p=101, 116, 139}}
Life
File:Jaksic Coat of arms.png]]
Jelena was daughter of Stefan Jakšić (d. 1489), of the Jakšić noble family. Her father was one of the most notable Serbian nobles in the Kingdom of Hungary.{{sfn|Krstić|2017|p=145-148}} In 1486, Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus (d. 1490) granted the title Despot of Serbia to Đorđe Branković, elder son of Stefan Branković (d. 1476), former Despot of Serbia (1458-1459). Soon after that, Jelena was married to Đorđe's younger brother Jovan Branković. In 1493, Jovan was also granted the title, as it was customary in the Kingdom of Hungary that various senior posts should be held jointly by two incumbents. When her husband became titular despot, she became despotissa. They lived at the castle Kupinik in the Syrmia County, and had several daughters.{{sfn|Spremić|2004|p=445-446}}{{sfn|Ćirković|2004|p=116}}{{sfn|Bataković|2005|p=98}}
In 1496, her brother in law Đorđe decided to relinquish all of his titles and possessions in favor his brother Jovan, Jelena's husband. In the same time, Đorđe took monastic vows, adopting the name Maksim ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Максим}}).{{sfn|Bataković|2005|p=101}} Jovan remained the sole despot until 1502, when he died, without male hairs, and his widow Jelena was left with several minor daughters, trying to secure their inheritance.{{sfn|Spremić|2004|p=446}}
File:Saints Maksim, Angelina, Jovan and Stefan Branković, by Andreja Raičević.jpg, and his mother, father and brother]]
In 1503–1504, Hungarian king Vladislaus II (d. 1516) decided to remarry Jelena to Ivaniš Berislavić (d. 1514), a prominent noble from the Požega County, granting him the title Despot of Serbia, and also transferring to him Branković family estates.{{sfn|Jireček|1918|p=256}}{{sfn|Krstić|2017|p=152}} Jelena and Ivaniš had two sons and two daughters. Ivaniš died in 1514, while their sons were still minors, and Jelena took charge of family affairs, until 1520, when Hungarian king Louis II (d. 1526) appointed her elder son Stjepan Berislavić as new titular Despot of Serbia.{{sfn|Jireček|1918|p=257}} She died sometime after 1536.{{sfn|Magina|2018|p=159-188}}
Family
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From her first marriage, with Jovan Branković (d. 1502), Jelena had several daughters:{{sfn|Spremić|2004|p=446}}
- Marija, married to Ferdinand Frankopan, of the House of Frankopan
- Jelena, married to Peter IV Rareş, Prince of Moldavia
- Ana, married to {{ill|Fiodor Sanguszko|uk|Федір Санґушко}}, Marshal of Volhynia{{sfn|Wasilewski|1963|p=117-124}}
- Marija Magdalena, married to {{ill|Iwan Wiśniowiecki|uk|Іван Вишневецький}}, and later to {{ill|Aleksander Fedorowicz Czartoryski|uk|Олександр Федорович Чорторийський}}, both a Ruthenian nobles from Volhynia{{sfn|Wasilewski|1963|p=117-124}}
From her second marriage, with Ivaniš Berislavić (d. 1514), Jelena also had several children:
- Stjepan Berislavić (d. 1535), titular Despot of Serbia
- Nikola Berislavić (d. after 1527)
- two daughters (names unknown)
Some researchers have suggested, after taking into account the dates of Jelena's marriages and also the dates of marriages of her daughters, that some of her daughters who are usually considered to be from her first marriage, might in fact be from her second marriage.{{sfn|Zabolotnaia|2010|p=115-122}}
References
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Sources
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- {{Cite book|last=Ćirković|first=Sima|author-link=Sima Ćirković|year=2004|title=The Serbs|location=Malden|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|isbn=9781405142915|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Wc-DWRzoeIC}}
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