Mara Branković, Serbian princess (born 1416)

Mara Branković

15th century Ottoman-Serbian princess

Mara Branković, 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. As the daughter of Despot Đurađ, wife of Sultan Murad II, and stepmother of Mehmed II the Conqueror,…