Mentioned in the chrysobull charter from 1300 issued by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje. He was beekeeper in the service of the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje. He had a family. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin donated Dobren and his family, who settled in the settlement site Dubravica, to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje. Dobren was obliged to produce honey for the Monastery of Saint George-Gor near Skopje (Dade kraljevstvo mi crьkvi svetago Geōrgiïa selište imenujemo Dubravice niže Tavora s lovištemь ribnymь i zvěrnymь i sь nivijemь; blato i dubravica; Dubravice do mege Svetago Dimitrija pod zabělom, i do druma careva koi grede na Pšiniju, i do Mela, ta putemь do děla, ta po dělu do mege Svetago Dimitrija. I tu posadihь ulijara imenem Dobrena i s rodomь, i ribara Geōrgija Grьka i s rodomь, da lovitь ribe u tomь blatě pod Dubravicami crьkvi Svetomu Geōrʼgiju, a Dobrenь da roi ulije crьkovne, a ne rabote kraljevьstvu mi).