The BranivojeviÃÂ family () was most powerful Serbian noble family of their time, that held possessions in Zahumlje, Travunija, and Primorije, later known as Hum.
The progenitor, Branivoje, served Serbian King Stefan Milutin (ruled 1282âÂÂ1321), and was given rule of Ston and Peljeà ¡ac. The family had by 1325 emerged as the strongest family in Zahumlje (later known as Hum). In 1326, while serving Serbian King Stefan DeÃÂanski (ruled 1321âÂÂ31), Branoje BranivojeviÃÂ, as the lord of Ston and Peljeà ¡ac at the time, was given a great two-handed sword. Probably at their highest point they ruled from Cetina river to the town of Kotor.
Internal fights provided opportunity for the peripheral nobility, which would have bad consequences in western Hum; the Branivojeviàbrothers entered politics in the relations with Venice, Croatian magnates and Bosnian ban. Though nominal vassals of Serbia, the Branivojeviàfamily attacked Serbian interests and other local nobles of Hum, who in 1326 turned against Serbia and the BranivojeviÃÂi. The Hum nobility approached Stjepan KotromaniàII, the ban of Bosnia, who then annexed most of Hum. The Draà ¾ivojeviàof Nevesinje, as vassals of the Bosnian Ban, became the leading family of Hum in 1330s.