Gojko Mrnjavčević was a 14th-century noble that held the title of logothete in the Serbian Empire

Serbian Empire

The Serbian Empire was a short-lived medieval empire in the Balkans that emerged from the Serbian Kingdom. Stephen Uroš IV Dušan was crowned Emperor of Serbs and Greeks on 16 April, 1346, a title signifying a successorship to the Eastern Roman Empire...

. He is mentioned in Serb epic poetry as Vojvoda Gojko, commanding the Serbian army in the Battle of Maritsa

Battle of Maritsa

The Battle of Maritsa, or Battle of Chernomen, took place at the Maritsa River near the village of Chernomen on September 26, 1371 between the forces of the Ottoman sultan Murad I's lieutenant Lala Şâhin Paşa and the...

 against the Ottoman Empire alongside his two brothers. The Serbian army was destroyed and the brothers died.

Life

He is the third of the Mrnjavčević brothers (alongside Vukašin

Vukašin Mrnjavcevic

Vukašin Mrnjavčević was a Serbian ruler in modern-day central and northwestern Macedonia, who ruled from 1365 to 1371. According to 17th-century Ragusan historian Mavro Orbin, his father was a minor noble named Mrnjava from Zachlumia, whose sons Vukašin and Uglješa were born in Livno in western...

 and Uglješa

Jovan Ugljesa

Jovan Uglješa Mrnjavčević was a 14th-century Serbian noble and brother of Serbian ruler Vukašin Mrnjavčević.-Life:Uglješa was the son of Mrnjava, a treasurer of Helen of Anjou, the queen consort of Stephen Uroš I of Serbia....

).

The three brothers built a fortress on the Bojana river

Bojana River

The Bojana or Buna , is a 41 km long river in Albania and Montenegro which flows into the Adriatic Sea. An outflow of Lake Skadar, measured from the source of the lake's longest tributary, the Morača, the Morača-Lake Skadar- Bojana system is 183 km long.- The river in Albania :The river...

, at Skadar, (now Shkodër, Albania), for three years. He buries his young wife within the walls of the Skadar fortress, as a sacrifice demanded by the mountain vila (nymph in Slavic mythology).

In the Battle of Maritsa, he commanded 30.000, as did his brothers.

Genealogy

He is registered as an ancestor of the Serb clan of Mrnjavčevići.

• Gojko
• Nenad

• Grča (Gavrilo) Nenadin

• Panto Grčin (Grčić)

• Đurađ
• Tihomir
• Marko
• Aleksa (Lješ)
• Petar Pantin (Pantović)

• Marko
• Andrija
• Vuko (Vukašin)
• Nikač (Nikola)

• Petar
• Andrija

• Nikola

• Stojan

• Vuko
• Stevo (Stefan)
• Periša

• Stefan
• Vuk