{{Short description|Serbian noble}} {{Infobox noble|type | name = Mrnjava | image = | caption = | title = Provincial lord | alt = | CoA = | more = no | reign = | reign-type = | predecessor = | successor = | suc-type = successor | succession = | spouse = | spouse-type = | issue = *Uglješa Mrnjavčević *Vukašin Mrnjavčević | issue-link = | issue-pipe = | full name = | styles = | titles = | noble family = Mrnjavčević | house-type = Noble house (term) | father = Mrnjan | mother = | birth_date = | birth_place = Zahumlje | christening_date = | christening_place = | death_date = | death_place = | burial_date = | burial_place = | occupation = }}
'''Mrnjava''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Мрњава}}){{Cref2|a}} was a Serbian provincial nobleman,<ref name=Boskovic/> born in Zahumlje, a frontier province in the western Serbian Kingdom.<ref name=Fine/> 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.<ref name=Fine>{{harvnb|Fine|1994|pp=362–363}}</ref>
Mrnjava's father was Mrnjan<ref>''Europäische Stammtafeln'' II 162</ref> ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Мрњан}}, {{langx|la|Mergnanus}}; fl. c. 1280·1289<ref name=Lee>{{harvnb|Lee|1906|p=314}}</ref><ref>Zprávy o zasedání královské českē společnosti nauk (1889), p. 128</ref>), a financial chancellor ({{langx|la|camerarius}}, {{lang-sr-Cyrl-Latn|казнац|kaznac|separator=" / "|chamberlain}}) who served the king and queen, Stefan 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,<ref>{{harvnb|Soulis|1984|p=92}}</ref> quickly rose to prominence under Stefan Uroš IV Dušan who sent for them to come to his court.<ref name=Lee/> Possibly, the family had left Hum, which had been part of the Serbian Kingdom, after the Bosnian conquest of Hum (1326), and settled in Livno (where Vukašin was allegedly born).<ref name=Fine/> The family most likely supported Dušan's Bosnian campaign (1350<ref>{{harvnb|Fine|1994|p=322}}</ref>), in which he saw to reconquer Hum.<ref name=Fine/>
The name of his wife is unknown. Modern historiography has confirmed that he fathered two sons:
thumb|{{center|Vukašin}} *Uglješa Mrnjavčević (1320–1371), ''despot'' of Serres 1365–1371 *Vukašin Mrnjavčević (1320–1371), ''Lord of the Serbian Land, of the Greeks, and of the Western Provinces''<ref>Miklošič 1858, [https://archive.org/stream/monumentaserbic00miklgoog#page/n200/mode/1up p. 180], № CLXVII.</ref> (King, co-ruler of Emperor Stefan Uroš V, 1365–1371)
Mavro Orbini (mid 16th century – 1614) added a third son to his descendants. This hypothesis was supported Pavel Jozef Šafárik, but no third son is acknowledged in modern historiography:<ref name="Boskovic">{{cite book |last1=Boskovic |first1=Vladislav |title=King Vukasin and the Disastrous Battle of Marica |date=2009 |publisher=GRIN Verlag |isbn=978-3640492435 |page=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_QIDL9ZOloUC |access-date=9 March 2020 |ref=Boskovic}}</ref> *Gojko Mrnjavčević (d. 1371), ''logothete'' at the Serbian Imperial court
==Notes== {{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=upper-alpha}} {{Cnote2|a|'''Name:''' His name has also been rendered '''''Marnjava''''' ({{lang|sr-Cyrl|Марњава}}), '''''Mrnja''''' ({{lang|sr-Cyrl|Мрња}}) or '''''Mrnjav''''' ({{lang|sr-Cyrl|Мрњав}}).<ref name=Fine/> Mikhail Khalanskii claims that his real name was '''''Nenad''''' ({{lang|sr-Cyrl|Ненад}}), while ''Mrnjava'' was a nickname.<ref name=Boskovic/>}} {{Cnote2 End}}
==References== {{reflist|2}}
===Sources=== * {{Cite book|last=Orbini|first=Mauro|authorlink=Mauro Orbini|year=1601|title=Il Regno de gli Slavi hoggi corrottamente detti Schiavoni|location=Pesaro|publisher=Apresso Girolamo Concordia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fx3OntcdUkQC}} * {{Cite book|last=Орбин|first=Мавро|authorlink=Mauro Orbini|year=1968|title=Краљевство Словена|location=Београд|publisher=Српска књижевна задруга|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MduZAAAAIAAJ}} * {{cite book |first=John V.A. |last=Fine |date=1994 |title=The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest |publisher=The University of Michigan Press |isbn=0-472-08260-4}} *M.A. Vladislav Boskovic (2009), [https://books.google.com/books?id=_QIDL9ZOloUC ''King Vukasin and the Disastrous Battle of Maritsa'']", GRIN Verlag, {{ISBN|978-3-640-49243-5}} * {{cite book |first=Gerald Stanley |last=Lee |date=1906 |title=The voice of the machines: an introduction to the twentieth century |publisher=The Mount Tom Press}} * {{cite book |first=George Christos |last=Soulis |date=1984 |title=The Serbs and Byzantium during the reign of Tsar Stephen Dušan (1331-1355) and his successors |publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Library and Collection |isbn=9780884021377}}
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