Origin
The eponymous founder, voivode Pipo, lived in the 15th century, and was a brother of Vasilije (Vaso, fl. 1444), the founder of the Vasojevići. According to legend, the brothers descended from the Nemanjić dynasty, which ruled the Serbian Grand Principality, Kingdom and Empire (1166–1371), through their great grandfather Stephen Constantine, a rival King, who was defeated by his half-brother Stephen Uroš III in 1322. Constantine had a son, Stephen Vasoje, who was brought up at the court of Emperor Dušan the Mighty (r. 1331-1355). Stephen Vasoje had a son, Stephen Constantine II (1342–1389, known as Vojvoda Vasojević Stevo in folklore) who fell at the Battle of Kosovo (1389), against the Ottoman Empire. Constantine II had five sons, Pipo, Vasoje, Lazar (Ozro), Kraso, and Mrkota (Ota), Ban (Bijeli Pavle). Pipo's brothers were forefathers of the Orthodox Serb tribes of Vasojevići and Ozrinići,Mrkojevići, Ban (Bijeli Pavle) Brđani(Bjelopavlici), and the Albanian Catholic tribes Krasniqi (and Serbian Orthodox Krasnići) and Hoti.
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