}, fl. 1340–42) was a Serbian ''

župan Župan is a noble and administrative title used in several states in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 21st century. It was (and in Croatia still is) the leader of the administrat ...

'' (count) that built the White Church in Karan, Užice, as a family funeral church. The church was erected on site of an older temple from the 10th century, mentioned in a charter edited by Byzantine Emperor

Basil II Basil II Porphyrogenitus (; 958 – 15 December 1025), nicknamed the Bulgar Slayer (, ), was the senior Byzantine emperor from 976 to 1025. He and his brother Constantine VIII were crowned before their father Romanos II died in 963, but t ...

in 1020. There are fresco portraits of Brajan and his family (his wife, son and three daughters) and of the Serbian Emperor

Stefan Dušan Stephen (honorific), Stefan Uroš IV Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош IV Душан), also known as Dušan the Mighty ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Силни; – 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Emperor of th ...

(while he was a king), and his son

Uroš V __NOTOC__ Uroš ( sr-Cyrl, Урош) is a South Slavic masculine given name used primarily by Slovenes and Serbs. This noun has been interpreted as "lords", because it usually appears in conjunction with ''velmõžie'' () "magnates", as in the phra ...

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* * *{{cite book, author1=Младен Лесковац, author2=Александар Форишковић, author3=Чедомир Попов, title=Српски биографски речник, volume=2, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ozYYAQAAIAAJ, year=2004, publisher=Будућност, page=653, isbn=9788683651627, quote=Један је од значајнијих приложника храма Бе- ле цркве каранске, којој је главни ктитор (1340— 1342) био жупан Петар Брајан с породицом. На зидовима те цркве су поред ктитора, чланова његове породице, чланова владарске ... 14th-century Serbian nobility People from Užice People from the Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)

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