Đurađ Branković
The area of Kosovo, including Drenica, was part of Vuk Branković's land during the fall of the Serbian Empire. Drenica was first mentioned as a "župa" at the end of the Middle Ages. It was first mentioned in 1413, when Đurađ Branković, his mother Mara, and brothers Đurađ and Lazar, endowed the village of Dobroševce to the Monastery of Saint Paul of Mount Athos. Despot Đurađ Branković (1427–1456) founded the Devič monastery in the region. Other than Devič, in this region there were many other Serbian orthodox monasteries, so Drenica was often called "second Serbian Holy Mountain".