Stephen Brankovic

Stephen Brankovic (January 1644- June15th 1683) was a Rhomanian Republican general. Conscripted by the revolutionary armies in 1664, he had risen to the rank of Taxiarch by the time of the abortive Russian invasion of Bulgaria in 1678. He distinguished himself during the Bahraini liberation of Basra in 1681 by bravery, and was made a personal bodyguard of Leo Trichomanis, but Trichomanis' death the following year saw him disgraced and demoted back to the army. He was killed by an Imperialist sniper at Nea Kourion, on the second day of the Battle of Cyprus.