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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.
Stephen Tomašević's reign in Serbia was short-lived. The Ottoman sultan Mehmed the Conqueror regarded the arrangement as an offense to his rights as overlord of Serbia. [4] 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]
This is a family tree of the Branković dynasty, which ruled the Serbian Despotate from 1427 to 1459, and descendants of members of the Branković family until the 16th century. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] family tree of the Branković dynasty
The House of Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранковић, pl. Brankovići / Бранковићи, pronounced [brǎːnkɔv̞itɕ]) is a Serbian medieval noble family and dynasty. [1] According to genealogies created in the first half of the 15th century, the family descends via female lineage, through marriage with the Nemanjić dynasty .
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 ]
Đurađ Vuković Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђурађ Вуковић Бранковић; 1377 – 24 December 1456) served as the Serbian Despot from 1427 to 1456, making him one of the final rulers of medieval Serbia. In 1429, Branković was formally granted the Byzantine title of Despot by Emperor John VIII Palaiologos. Like many ...
The couple had several children: [3] Đorđe (d. 18 January 1516). Titular Despot of Serbia, and noble in the Kingdom of Hungary. Married Isabella del Balzo, daughter of Agilberto, Duke of Nardò. Later retired as a monk under the monastic name "Maxim". Resurfaced as Metropolitan of Ungro-Wallachia from 1508 to 1521.
[17] [18] She bore 9 children to Gjon, four sons and five daughters: Reposh Kastrioti ( fl. 1426–d. 1431), retired as an Orthodox monk in the Serbian monastery of Hilandar on Mount Athos . Reposh died and was buried in the monastery, [ 19 ] [ 10 ] in King Stefan Milutin 's narthex , beside the north wall, [ 20 ] his tomb bearing the ...