Mara Brankovic- One of the most powerful women of the 15th century

[@lifeneverends7068]

Serbs have always been the most trustworthy of all. Love you Mother Mara and Serbia from Turkiye🇹🇷❤️

[@milosknezevic8798]

When Constantinopolis felt under Ottomans, Mara was the only person who got full rights from Mehmet to take the holy remains of thousands of saints, so, she herself, brought them to the entering gates of the Holy Mountain Athos, and gave them to Orthodox monks. Mara was such an amazing person. ❤️

[@realwomenoftheottomanempire]

did she actually became a Nun afterall? Never got that part

[@SugarBlood15]

She was an interesting person, but she is also one of the great betrayers of Serbs and orthodoxy.

[@SingerPanda-ur4tl]

@@realwomenoftheottomanempireProbably yes, a lot of our queens became nuns later in their life. :)

[@kishorek2272]

​​​​​​​​​​​​@@realwomenoftheottomanempireBut Hürrem sultan,Kösem valide Sultan,and Tirimujgan kadın were all converted to Islam from Christianity after their marriage.Then,why sultan Murad ii of Ottoman Empire never forced Mara Brankoviç Despina Hatun to accept Islam like them🤔👸🏻🐺⚔️👑🇹🇷🇺🇦🇬🇷🇷🇸☪️✝️🛐?

[@realwomenoftheottomanempire]

@@kishorek2272 because Mara was not a slave. This was a political marriage. The others you mentioned were kidnapped from their homelands as very young girls of age from 6 to 12/13. They converted as soon as they came to the harem.

[@Wenchework]

The fact she got her requests granted and asked to mediate ect shows that sultan and the other lands rulers had complete trust in her and also trust she never misused shows her carecter

[@soul8938]

Loyal turkish mistress

[@Wenchework]

@@soul8938 Hard to determen however the best I can describe her is a woman who tryed and stuck by innesent pepol regarless nationalety or beliefs and I mean that in extreamly posetive way

[@PetraStevanovic]

OVA ULOGA MARA BRANKOVIC JE DODELJENA PRAVOJ OSOBI NAJBOLJOJ GLUMICI I LEPOTICI TUBI BUYUKUSTUN. BRAVO TUBA ,ODGLUMILA SI MAESTRALNO.👑👑👑🔥💖💖💖🔥💋💋💋🔥💥💥💥🔥💎💎💎🔥👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑

[@saragalliard2532]

Before Hafsa and Hurrem, there was Princess Mara.❤️

[@zahirhussain5913]

Great video. Thanks from India

[@MarijaLaz-td7qq]

Једна је мара 🇷🇸☦️

[@njuska7]

❤

[@soul8938]

Servians gave their best women and daughters to turkish harems 👍🏻

[@MarijaLaz-td7qq]

​@@soul8938 Thank you

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things also are you excited for new mehmed II series coming out this year which shows mehmed II before he becomes sultan and his relationship with his teacher 😊👍

[@sohilmangi3877]

When is the series going to air what the name

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

@@sohilmangi3877 not sure as I try to search it on KZbin and it has no trailer or episodes yet

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

@@Димитрије-ж2ъ thanks for the information I appreciate it as I couldn't find anything about it online on KZbin or even a trailer

[@realwomenoftheottomanempire]

it's on tabii, unfortunately i couldn't sign in idk why. But i saw some inserts where Murad made Mara Haseki Sultan (lol huge no), they made Mara's brother kill Murad's eldest son. And tbh I am not even interested to watch it anymore

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

@@realwomenoftheottomanempire thanks for the information about series looks like I'm not watching this series the issue is that lots of different studios are making series of the same sultan I wish that real historic would make a series about mehmed ii from beginning to end or any other Ottoman sultan.

[@abeerabatool8953]

Can you make an video on the love story between Selim ii and Valide Atike Nurbanu Sultan

[@summer_goalz974]

Do you have a pdf of the book perhaps or know where to find one? Great video!

[@realwomenoftheottomanempire]

Hi, Thanks! No unfortunately not :( I couldn't even buy it anywhere, I found it luckily in the library

[@zahirhussain5913]

​@@realwomenoftheottomanempirewow. Jaw dropping. Great work.

[@sladjanapetrovic1899]

Mara brankovic princess srbije🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸

[@lifeneverends7068]

And the best Queen of Ottomans, Mother Mara😢❤🇹🇷

[@zahirhussain5913]

What are the historical books used to make this video?

[@realwomenoftheottomanempire]

08:22 I mentioned it here

[@zahirhussain5913]

​@@realwomenoftheottomanempirethank you so much. Any English books regarding this video' information?

[@zahirhussain5913]

​​@@realwomenoftheottomanempire I have Ottoman's great information with book reference with pages . May i send here to u ? So that you can make videos

[@realwomenoftheottomanempire]

@@zahirhussain5913 you can ofc. You can contact me on Instagram or Tiktok. Thr name is same as here :)

[@zahirhussain5913]

@@realwomenoftheottomanempire The history of Ottamans - 1: Ottamans set such a good example as pacific conquerors that they won the confidence of many former Byzantine subjects . For example , when Nicaea fell , Orhan allowed all who wanted to leave the city to depart freely , taking with them their holy relics , but few availed themselves of the chance . No reprisals were taken against those who had resisted , and the city was left to manage its internal affairs under its own municipal government . BOOK : Encyclopaedia of the Ottoman Empire . AUTHOR : Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters . Edition : 2009 page -109 . And Go through sultan salahuddin ayyubi history . He showed mercy while retake Jerusalem in 1187 AD . AND Recently , Taliban showed mercy towards western Christian club occupied force . Anyone Can show a example from Christian world? " The inhabitants ( of nicaea ) surrendered not from starvation or defeat but from a calculation of their own best interests. They were quickly and willingly incorporated into the growing Osmanli nation. Only eight years after the fall of Nicaea, the Patriarch of Constantinople was shocked to learn that many of the citizens of this once great Christian city had already abjured their Orthodox faith and embraced Islam. In 1339 and 1340 he addressed encyclicals to them for the salvation of their souls, but it was too late. " BOOK : The Last Centuries of Byzantium 1261-1453. page - 171 AUTHOR : Donald M. Nicol So , conversion by Ottomans not forced but the Greek Christian embraced Islam. "The Osmanlis did not therefore slaughter every Christian 'miscreant' in their path. Rather they encouraged the Christian inhabitants of the countryside and the towns to join them. Islamic law and tradition declared that enemies who surrendered on demand should be treated with tolerance. The Christians of Bithynia were obliged to pay the haradj or capitation tax for the privilege of being tolerated, but this was no more burdensome than the taxes they had paid to the Byzantine government which had neglected their interests. Once they had made the decision to surrender or defect the Byzantine population did not find the change of masters too distressing. The inducements were often strong for the Osmanlis wanted to increase their numbers. A band of Catalans even went over to them in 1304. Some Christians went all the way with the conquerors and were converted to Islam. But this was not demanded of them, for all who entered the service of Osman, Turks or Greeks, became part of· the same nation and were collectively known as Osmanlis. It was because they began to look to the future instead of living from day to day that the Osmanlis prospered when the other emirates declined. BOOK : The Last Centuries of Byzantium 1261-1453. page - 146 AUTHOR : Donald M. Nicol EDITION : Second edition ( 1999 )

[@cleosugarsaboor]

What the title this drama

[@Elya-ou3kf]

Meaning?

[@zahirhussain5913]

1:47 "was not consummated" will be wrong.

[@realwomenoftheottomanempire]

usually the ottoman rulers did not consumate the marriage with foreign princesses (except Orhan I and Theodora Kantakouzenos) to avoid pregnancies. If the foreign princess would have a son her family would have the full support of the other dynasty and then they would to interfere in politic affairs.

[@zahirhussain5913]

@@realwomenoftheottomanempire Okay

[@milosknezevic8798]

It is true. They had no children of their own.

[@Trontotario]

Okay

[@MohamedAli-xu3uw]

She was a side chick and nothing more.

[@realwomenoftheottomanempire]

she was legal wife, and very respected by her stepson Mehmed the conqueror

[@Masrafia]

You are right she didn’t nothing

[@Masrafia]

​@@realwomenoftheottomanempire Ottmans respected their step mother..Selim II respected mahi devran It's not so uncommon

[@njuska7]

​@@Masrafia There is no slave-master relationship in these rare cases. Mara Brankovic was even free to go to Serbia and come back after her husband’s death… Even Byzantine Emperor asked for her hand for political reasons , possibly to save Constantinople from Mehmed II. She had been regarded as the sole power to stop Turkish conquest because Mehmed II simply loved his ‘’stepmother.’’ A very rare event to speak of… She prefered to stay single in her later life. There were unheard instances in case of Mara and it was simply unusual in Ottoman palace traditions...

[@njuska7]

"Side chick Mara Branković was descended from four South-East European dynasties - the Brankovići, Nemanjići, Kantakuzēnoi and Palaiologoi.