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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.
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]
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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Svetozar Ivačković (1844–1924), post-Romantic architect [1] Konstantin Jovanović (1849–1923), architect who designed National assemblies of Serbia and Bulgaria and National Bank of Serbia [2] Milan Antonović (1850–1929)
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 ...