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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.
Maria was the eldest of three children born to Lazar Branković, son of the despot of Serbia, Đurađ Branković. Her mother was Lazar's wife, Helena Palaiologina. Born probably in 1447, Maria was christened Helena. Two sisters followed her: Milica and Irene. [1] [2]
The Serbian Women's Super League (Serbian: Супер лига / Super Liga Žene) is the top level women's football league of Serbia. It was founded in 2006. The team with the most championships to date is ŽFK Spartak Subotica with 13 titles. The current champions are ŽFK Crvena zvezda, winning their first title in 2023/24 season.
[citation needed] It was officially renamed the Serbia women's national football team on 28 June 2006, while the Montenegro women's national football team was created to represent the new state of Montenegro. [citation needed] Both FIFA and UEFA consider the Serbia national team the direct descendant of the Serbia and Montenegro national team.
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 ...
The league was named, just as the country, to First League of FR Yugoslavia and was formed of clubs from Serbia and Montenegro, although a club from Bosnia, FK Borac Banja Luka kept on playing in the FR Yugoslav league system. As the country changed its name again in 2003, the league was renamed to First League of Serbia and Montenegro.
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play in spring 2013 with eight teams; four of them were former members of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), which had been the top women's league in the United States soccer pyramid before its folding in 2012.