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Mara Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Мара Бранковић) or Mara Despina Hatun (c. 1420 – 14 September 1487), in Europe also known as Amerissa, Sultana Marija or Sultanina, was the daughter of Serbian monarch Đurađ Branković and Eirene Kantakouzene.
Dec 31, 2022 · As it turns out, Mara Branković was not the biological mother of Sultan Mehmed II. In fact, there seem to be no records that Mara had any children. However, through her marriage to Murad II, Mara was lawfully Mehmed’s stepmother.
May 29, 2018 · How a Marriage Might Have Prevented the Fall of Constantinople. By John Sanidopoulos. Mara Branković was the daughter of Serbian monarch Đurađ (George) Branković and Irene Kantakouzene. She entered the harem of Sultan Murad II of the Ottoman Empire. Mara was betrothed to Murad II in June 1431.
As far as obscure Slavic princesses go, Mara Branković, eldest daughter of the Serbian Despot¹, Đurađ Branković, is pretty obscure. She has been all but forgotten to the world, yet for several decades she was one of the most important diplomats in Europe, helping to keep a tenuous peace between the Muslim Ottomans, and the Christian ...
Mara Branković ( Serbian Cyrillic: Мара Бранковић) or Mara Despina Hatun ( c. 1420 – 14 September 1487), in Europe also known as Amerissa, Sultana Marija or Sultanina, was the daughter of Serbian monarch Đurađ Branković and Eirene Kantakouzene.
Feb 10, 2020 · Watch the stunning performance of Tuba Büyüküstün as Mara Branković, the Christian wife of Sultan Mehmed II, in the Netflix series Rise of Empires: Ottoman. See how she portrays the complex ...
Mara Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Мара Бранковић) or Mara Despina Hatun (c. 1420 – 14 September 1487), in Europe also known as Amerissa, Sultana Marija or Sultanina, was the daughter of Serbian monarch Đurađ Branković and Eirene Kantakouzene.
