Paskačić noble family

The Paskačić family (Serbian Cyrillic: Паскачић, pl. Paskačići / Паскачићи) was a Serbian noble family that served the Serbian Empire, of Dušan the Mighty (r. 1331-1355) and Uroš the Weak (r. 1355-1371), then the Mrnjavčević family' as Lords of Prilep (1371–1395) during the Fall of the Serbian Empire.

Paskačić Паскачић
Country	Serbian Empire Lordship of Prilep
Founded	before 1355
Titles	kefalija (Head) sevastokrator
Estate(s)	Slavište župa (from Vranje to Kriva Palanka)
Dissolution	1395

Paskač with his family, monastery Psača near Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia. Dated middle of the 14th century.

History

The eponymous founder was kefalija Paskač, and the family base was in Slavište (modern North Macedonia) and they held the modern border region between Serbia and the latter. Paskač had a son, Vlatko Paskačić, (hence, the family is also known as Vlatković (Serbian Cyrillic: Влатковић, pl. Vlatkovići / Влатковићи)) who received the title of sevastokrator in 1365, when Vukašin Mrnjavčević was declared co-ruler as King of Serbs and Greeks.

Family

• knez Paskač, married Ozra
  • sevastokrator Vlatko, married Vladislava
    • Stefan
    • kesar Uglješa (fl. 1371 - after 1427)
      • Stefan (d. ca. 1400)
    • son (possibly Uroš)

References

Sources

• Grupa autora, „Rodoslovne tablice i grbovi srpskih dinastija i vlastele (prema tablicama Alekse Ivića)“ (drugo znatno dopunjeno i prošireno izdanje), Beograd, 1991. ISBN 86-7685-007-0
• Fajfric, Sveta loza Stefana Nemanje, chapter X
• The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest, John Van Antwerp Fine, 1987
• М. Шуица, Немирно доба српског Средњег века, Властела српских обласних господара, Београд 2000.