Sanković noble family

Sanković
Country
Estates
Titles
  • vojvoda
  • knez
  • judge
  • župan (count)
Founded fl. 1306
Founder Dražen Bogopenec
Final ruler Radič Sanković
Dissolution 1404

The Sanković was a noble family active in the 14th– and start of the 15th century in Herzegovina, serving the Bosnian monarchs. Their family estates included Nevesinje and Popovo Polje in Herzegovina and Konavle in southern Dalmatia.

Early history

The earliest known ancestor of the Sanković family, Dražen Bogopenec, was first mentioned in 1306. He was from Nevesinje, and was mentioned as having led raids into Hum, stealing from Ragusan subjects.[1] Nevesinje was at the time part of the Kingdom of Serbia. According to Fine, in 1326, the Draživojević (the next generation of Bogopenec[2]), along with other nobility, were sent by Bosnian Ban Stephen II into Hum to oust the Branivojević family, which served Serbia, to annex most of Hum.[3] Serbian Hum fell to Bosnia after the War of Hum (1326–29). Milten Draživojević, the first notable representative of the family, was mentioned in 1332.[4]

Sanko and Sankovići

Sanko, the son of župan Milten, was first mentioned in 1335 and on 22 October 1348, the Republic of Ragusa granted citizenship to Sanko as an aristocrat of the Bosnian Ban. From 11 August 1366 on, Sanko was mentioned as a judge. When Nikola Altomanović waged war on Ragusa, Sanko helped guide the Bosnian army. However, in one of these wars, Sanko was killed, but the date is unknown. Sanko had four sons and a daughter: Beljak, Radič, Budelja, Sančin and Dragana. Sanko's sons knez Beljak and vojvoda Radič Sanković succeeded him. Beljak became the manager of the family's estates.

Immediately after Bosnian king Tvrtko I's death in 1391, Beljak and Radič decided to sell their family's estate of Konavle to Ragusa. A council meeting, however, was convoked as a result by the nobility who objected the sale. Vlatko Vuković and Pavle Radenović revolted against Radič in December 1391 after receiving the council's blessings. They captured Konavle and occupied it, dividing it up for themselves, despite protests from Ragusa. When Vuković died, his nephew, Sandalj Hranić, succeeded him, continually struggling against Radič after being released in late 1398. In 1399, Radič became a member of the Great Council of the Republic of Ragusa. Radič participated in the Bosnian–Ragusan War in 1403–04, leading the attacks on Ragusa in the name of Bosnian king Stjepan Ostoja. However, Hranić sent Sanković back to prison in 1404, blinding him and taking his estates. Sanković died while in prison that same year, marking the end of the Sanković family.

Members

References

  1. ↑ Istorijski časopis 11. Institut. 1961. p. 19.
  2. ↑ "ГЛАСНИК" (PDF) V (5). УДРУЖЕЊЕ АРХИВСКИХ РАДНИКА РЕПУБЛИКЕ СРПСКЕ. 2013: 95. Занимљиво је да су Богопанци, каснији Драживојевићи или Санковићи, почетком тог вијека били у некој зависности од Пурћића, али сада се ситуација у потпуности окренула у корист ових других, те се Познан 1336, као господар Невесиња, помиње као човјек Милтена Драживојевића.
  3. ↑ Fine 1994, pp. 266–267.
  4. ↑ Fajfrić 2000.

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