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1. thecinemaholic.com › who-was-mara-brankovic-wasWho was Mara Branković? Was She The Mother of Mehmed II?

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   Dec 31, 2022 · Following the assimilation of the Byzantine capital into the Ottoman Empire and the death of her parents, Mara returned to the Ottoman court sometime in 1956-1957. The Truth About Mara’s Role. 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.

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3. www.thathistorynerd.com › 2019 › 02Damn, Girl-Mara Branković - That History Nerd

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   Feb 7, 2019 · When Đurađ died in 1456 a power struggle between his sons ensued. Gregory, the eldest brother, backed by Mara, Irene, and their powerful uncle Thomas, was challenged by Lazar, the youngest brother, backed by his wife and Stefan. Infighting grew so terrible that Irene died, and Mara returned to the Ottoman Empire.

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   In the Ottoman Empire extortion on a local level was a frequent practice and it took diverse forms. The Ottoman documents preserved in the archive of the Monastery of Hilandar (Mount Athos) give us a picture of the ways in which its monks struggled to preserve their privileges and protect their large metochion at Zdravikion (about 700 dönüms).

5. aspectsofhistory.com › the-keepers-of-byzantiums-flameThe Keepers of Byzantium's Flame - Aspects of History

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   Murad II. Mara Brankovic was born to a mother from an imperial Byzantine family and Durad, the Despot of Serbia. Wedged between aggressive neighbours, Durad pursued a diplomatic balance by marrying off his daughters. One wed a Hungarian courtier, while Mara became the fourth wife of Ottoman Sultan, Murad II. Having disappeared into the harem ...

6. www.academia.edu › 34097920 › Dynastic_Marriages_inDynastic Marriages in the Ottoman Empire: The Case of Mara ...

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   Dynastic Marriages in the Ottoman Empire: The Case of Mara Branković Revisited (The Ottoman Conquest and Knowledge: A Transcultural History, Newnham College, Cambridge, 6-7 July 2017) Mihailo Popovic, Doz. Mag. Dr.

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   Jun 25, 2021 · Chapter three focuses on Cantakuzina (Catherine) and Mara Brankovic, daughters of Serbian Despot, George Brankovic. In 1435, Mara married Ottoman Sultan, Murad II and became stepmother to Mehmed II, conqueror of Constantinople.

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   Who was Mara Brankovic?

   • Mara Brankovic, with the Ottomans known as "lady Despina" (Despine Hatun), tho- ught of herself as the hereditary ktetor of Chilandar, as evidenced by a ferman of 1485 re- lating to a dispute between Chilandar and Zographou over an estate in Komitissa.

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   Why did Mara return to the Ottoman Empire?

   • Gregory, the eldest brother, backed by Mara, Irene, and their powerful uncle Thomas, was challenged by Lazar, the youngest brother, backed by his wife and Stefan. Infighting grew so terrible that Irene died, and Mara returned to the Ottoman Empire. Mara was welcomed back with open arms.

   Damn, Girl-Mara Branković - That History Nerd

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   Who was Mara in the Ottoman harem?

   • One wed a Hungarian courtier, while Mara became the fourth wife of Ottoman Sultan, Murad II. Having disappeared into the harem, little more was usually recorded about imperial consorts, other than the names of their offspring. On several counts that was not the case with Mara.

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   What did Mara Brankovic bequeathe?

   • All her assets, both movable and immovable, Mara Brankovic bequeathed to Chi- landar and St. Paul's, and in such a manner that the former was to receive three and the latter two portions. By her charter granted on May 21,1466, she bequeathed the two mo- nasteries with the villages of Ezova and Mravince with all their income.

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9. scholar.harvard.edu › files › gnecipogluFROM BYZANTINE CONSTANTINOPLE to OTTOMAN KOSTANTINIYYE ...

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   stepmother, Mara Brankovic;: (a Serbian princess whose sibling was the sister-in-lawof the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III), served as one of his intermediaries in western diplomatic relations.3 Artistic exchanges with the Latin West were often negotiated through reciprocal gift-bearing 262 III.