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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 of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Мара Бранковић, romanized: Mara Branković; c. 1447 – c. 1500), christened Helena (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена, romanized: Jelena), was the last queen of Bosnia and despoina of Serbia.
Murad is believed to have wanted an end to the war. His sister begged him to obtain her husband's release, and his wife Mara, daughter of Đurađ Branković, added additional pressure. On 6 March 1444 Mara sent an envoy to Branković; their discussion started the peace negotiations with the Ottoman Empire. [1]
[2] Members of the family intermarried with other noble houses from neighbouring countries including Austrian and Hungarian nobility, and provided at least one wife to Ottoman Sultan. By the 17th century, Branković blood had entered into the House of Habsburg , providing more descendants into the ruling houses of Europe.
Mara (~1420-1487) Helena (1430-1473) daughter of Thomas Palaiologos, Despot of the Morea: Jelisaveta: Angelina (daughter of George Arianiti, an Albanian lord) Ulrich II (~1407-1456) Count of Celje: Murad II (1404-1451) Ottoman Sultan: Irina: Milica (1448-1464) Helena Maria (1447-1498) Despoina of Serbia and Queen of Bosnia: Vuk Grgurević (d. 1485)
Katarina married Ulrich II, Count of Celje (1406–1456) on 20 of April 1434. [2] This was a political marriage with intent to ensure western support to Serbian Despotate. [3] Her sister Mara Branković was married to Sultan Murad II to ensure support from the east. [3]
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Jerina had two sisters, Maria of Serbia, the wife of King Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, and Milica, wife of Leonardo III Tocco of Epirus. Jerina married Gjon Kastrioti II, [2] [3] the only child of Skanderbeg, and had the following issue: