Bogdan Kirizmić

Not to be confused with Bogdan (protovestijar).

Bogdan Kirizmić (Serbian Cyrillic: Богдан Киризмић; fl. 1358–71), was a Serbian nobleman, merchant from Prizren, protovestijar (financial manager) in the service of King Vukašin (co-ruled Serbia 1365–71, alongside Emperor Stefan Uroš V).

Bogdan Kirizmić
protovestijar of the Serbian Empire
Born	First half of the 14th century Serbian Kingdom
Died	After 1371
Noble family	Kirizmić
Father	Rajko Kirizmić
Occupation	Financial manager

Life

Kirizmić was from Prizren, the son of Rajko Kirizmić.^[1] In 1354, a Bogdan, the son of noblewoman Višeslava was mentioned; this was either Bogdan Kirizmić or kaznac Bogdan (fl. 1363).^[2]

Kirizmić was first mentioned in Ragusan documents in 1358, as a merchant in Prizren.^[1] At the end of July 1361, the emissaries of Emperor Uroš V, Kirizmić and a Marko (possibly Marko Mrnjavčević^[1]), arrived at Ragusa (Dubrovnik).^[3]

He was the richest merchant in Serbia, and became the protovestijar of King Vukašin (mentioned with the title on June 10, 1371). Although mentioned in Ragusan documents as the protovestijar of Vukašin, he would at the same time serve as the protovestijar of Emperor Uroš V.^[4]