Janja Kantakouzenos
Janja Kantakouzenos (Serbian: Јања Кантакузиновић[a]; after 1435 – September 1477) was a nobleman from the mine town of Novo Brdo (then Serbian Despotate) who had economic deals in the mining industry with the Ottoman Empire after their conquest of Serbia. He was a descendant of the Kantakouzenoi that settled in Serbia after the marriage between Despot Đurađ Branković and Irene Kantakouzene.
Janja Kantakouzenos | |
|---|---|
| Lord of Novo Brdo | |
| Born | after 1435 Novo Brdo, Serbian Despotate (now Kosovo) |
| Died | September 1477 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) |
| Buried | 16 September 1477 Galata |
| Noble family | Kantakouzenoi |
| Spouse | Euphrosyne |
| Issue | four or eight sons |
| Occupation | Ottoman tax-farmer |
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