Memorandum of the “despot of the Illyrian” Đorđe II. Branković to the Austrian emperor and king Leopold I from 1688. T

U radu se uz kratki uvod o habsburškoj protuosmanlijskoj ofanzivi tijekom Velikog (Bečkog) rata (1683.-1699.) donosi prijevod memoranduma srpskog diplomata i pustolova Đorđa Brankovića iz 1688. godine upućen habsburškom kralju i caru Leopoldu I. U njemu Branković nudi pomoć caru u njegovim pohodima protiv Osmanlija i traži osnivanje «Ilirskog Kraljevstva» na prostoru jugoistočne Europe oslobođenog od Osmanlija pod dinastijom Brankovića. To kraljevstvo će, prema Brankoviću, biti prijatelj Habsburškoj Monarhiji i njezin vjerni saveznik.his paper, along with a short introduction on the Habsburg anti-Ottoman offensive during the Great (Vienna) war (1683-1699), brings a translation of the memorandum of the Serbian diplomat and adventurer Đorđe Branković from 1688 addressed to the Habsburg king and emperor, Leopold I. In it, Branković offers his aid to the emperor in his conquests against the Ottomans and seeks the foundation of the «Illyrian Kingdom» in the area of South-Eastern Europe which was liberated from the Ottomans, under the dynasty of Branković. This kingdom would be, according to Branković, a friend to the Habsburg Monarchy and its faithful ally