Mrnjava

[2] Mrnjava is the eponymous founder of the notable Mrnjavčević family; his son Vukašin Mrnjavčević became the co-ruler of the Serbian Empire (1365–1371) as king during the fall of the Serbian Empire.

chamberlain) who served the king and queen, Stephen Uroš I and Helen of Anjou, at the court at Trebinje (in the royal province of Travunia).

Mavro Orbini wrote that the family hailed from Hum, and that the poor Mrnjava and his two sons, who later lived in Blagaj,[6] quickly rose to prominence under Stephen Uroš IV Dušan who sent for them to come to his court.

[2] The family most likely supported Dušan's Bosnian campaign (1350[7]), in which he saw to reconquer Hum.

This hypothesis was supported Pavel Jozef Šafárik, but no third son is acknowledged in modern historiography:[1]