Branos 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L IX |
| PmbZ No. | 1039 |
| Locations | Bulgaria |
| Textual Sources | Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De Administrando Imperio, ed. G. Moravcsik, trans. R. J. H. Jenkins (Washington, D.C., 1967) (history) |
Branos 1 or Borenas (sic) was a son of Mountimeros 1, brother of Stephanos 159; Branos 1 and his brother Stephanos 159 escorted the unnamed son (Vladimir 1) of the Bulgar ruler Michael Boris (Boris 1) back to Bulgaria after the Serbs defeated the Bulgars: Const. Porph., DAI 32, 52.
Branos 1 was a son of Mountimeros 1: Const. Porph., DAI 32, 67. In c. 894 he led an expedition against Petros (see PBE II) the ruler of Bulgaria; he was defeated, captured and blinded: Const. Porph., DAI 32, 72ff.
Borenas and Branos 1 were evidently one and the same person since Mountimeros 1 had three sons (Const. Porph., DAI 32, 67), viz. Prvoslav, Stephanos 159 and Borenas/Branos 1. Bran (i.e. Branos 1) was the father of Pavel Branovich; see J. V. A. Fine, Jr., The Early Medieval Balkans (Ann Arbor, 1983).
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