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Mara Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Мара Бранковић; c. 1420 – 14 September 1487), or Mara Despina Hatun, in Europe also known as Amerissa, Sultana Maria or Sultanina, was the daughter of Serbian monarch Đurađ Branković and Eirene Kantakouzene.
On 20 June 1459, Ottoman forces captured Smederevo without a struggle [4] and proceeded to annex the remnants of the Serbian state to their realm. [6] Stephen and Maria fled to Bosnia, seeking refuge at the court of his father in Jajce. [6] Maria carried with her the relics of Saint Luke the Evangelist, her precious family heirloom. [7]
Since 1459, when Serbia fell under Ottoman rule, [2] Maria's father, Despot Stefan Branković, was living in exile, mainly in northern Italy, where Maria was born in 1466. In 1485, she married Boniface III Palaiologos , marquess of Montferrat , who fell ill in 1493, and Maria became regent. [ 3 ]
Đorđe Branković, titular Despot of Serbia, later took monastic vows under the name Maksim, and became Metropolitan of Belgrade and Srem, died in 1516. (uncertain) Jelisaveta, married Alessio Spani, Lord of Drivasto and Polog; Jovan Branković, Despot of Serbia, married Jelena Jakšić. Marija, married Ferdinand Frankopan, of the House of ...
Murad II, who also desired peace, was married to Đurađ's daughter Mara. [14] On March 6, 1444, Mara sent an envoy to Đurađ; their discussion started the peace negotiations with the Ottoman Empire. [15] This peace restored his Serbian rule, but Đurađ was forced to bribe John Hunyadi with his vast estates. On 22 August 1444 the prince ...
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Her sister Mara Branković was married to Sultan Murad II to ensure support from the east. [3] Kantakuzina Katarina Branković gave birth to five children, Hermann (1439–1452), George (1444–1445), Albert (†1448) and the twin Elisabeth (1441–1455) and Catherine (1441-1441).
Mara, married Vuk Branković, founder of Branković dynasty in around 1371 and died April 12, 1426, Stefan Lazarević (c. 1377 – July 19, 1427), Prince (1389–1402) and Despot (1402–1427), married Helene Gattilusio , daughter of Francesco II of Lesbos in 1405, granddaughter of Princess Maria Palaiologina , sister of the Byzantine emperor ...