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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.
Irene Kantakouzene (Greek: Ειρήνη Καντακουζηνή, Eiréne Kantakouzené, modern pronunciation Iríni Kantakouziní [iriˈni kantakusini'], Serbian: Ирина Кантакузин / Irina Kantakuzin; c. 1400 – 3 May 1457), known simply as Despotess Jerina (Serbian: деспотица Јерина / despotica Jerina), was the wife of Serbian Despot Đurađ Branković.
The House of Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранковић, pl. Brankovići / Бранковићи, pronounced [brǎːnkɔv̞itɕ]) is a Serbian medieval noble family and dynasty. [1]
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 ] Kantakuzina Katarina Branković gave birth to five children, Hermann (1439–1452), George (1444–1445), Albert (†1448) and the twin Elisabeth (1441 ...
The Massarelli manuscript next names an older sister of Lazar, Mara Branković. She was one of the wives of Murad II. Then are listed Stefan Branković and "Cantacuzina", a sister with the Latinized version of their mother's last name. Later genealogies give her name as Katarina. She married Ulrich II of Celje. Lazar is listed fifth and last ...
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 ...
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:
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]