Michael Angelović

[1] According to Laonikos Chalkokondyles, his brother was captured by the horsemen of Sultan Murad II, while traveling with his Serbian mother from Novo Brdo to Smederevo.

[2] His brother was abducted as part of the devşirme practice, and became Mahmud, later rising to the highest ranks of the Ottoman Empire, becoming beylerbey (governor-general) of Rumelia in 1451 and Grand Vizier in 1455.

In the negotiations between Despot Lazar and Mehmed II in January 1457, the two sides were represented by the brothers Michael and Mahmud.

[8] Stefan Branković became Despot of Serbia in his own right and ruled alongside Helena Palaiologina for the next twelve months.

By 1464, he had returned to Serbia, evident in the ktetor inscription of the monastery of Nova Pavlica,[9] the endowment of the 14th-century Musić noble family.

[10] Later, Michael and Mahmud's Byzantine-Serbian descent and blood relations were important for the future establishment of Islamic rule in the Balkans and Anatolia.