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dominadespina · 1 month

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WHAT HAPPENED TO COUNTESS MARIA OF SALONA?

Maria Fadrique was born around 1370, the daughter of the last Catalan Count of Salona, Don Louis Fadrique, and his Greek wife, Princess Helena Fadrique, also known as Helena Kantakouzene or The Despina, Helena Asenina.

Not much information about her early childhood has been preserved. We do know that she grew up as an only child to the noble couple and was likely prepared and claimed as the only heir to the County of Salona.

In 1382, at the age of 12, she lost her father and became the Countess of Salona in her own right. However, due to her age, she was deemed too young to manage the county, so her mother, the Dowager Countess Helena Fadrique, took charge as regent. That same year, she was betrothed to Bernat Hug, a son of Felip Dalmau, but the betrothal was annulled.

Despite reaching the age of maturity in 1386, at 16, an age when she was now deemed fully capable of managing the County of Salona, her mother remained in power over all state affairs, and Maria had yet to step a toe into the world of politics. That same year, her mother betrothed her to a son of the Serbian Emperor Symeon Uros for political reasons, but this betrothal, like the first one was annulled. That same year, she was betrothed to an alienated associate of the King of Aragon, but the wedding never took place.

From the years of 1388-1391, Helena refused to repay damages to a Venetian citizen who suffered the loss of property aboard a ship from Ancona by her late husband, Don Luis Fadrique, in 1380. This made her mother very unpopular with Venice.

Her mother was quite hated by the people, who most likely would have preferred Maria to take charge over state affairs, but this never happened. Even at the age of 20, Maria had not taken charge over state affairs. This decision to keep the Dowager Countess in charge would eventually cause their deaths.

Though Necdet Sakaoğlu in his work “Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları” claims she was betrothed to Manuel II in 1393, I have not seen another source to confirm this claim.

In this same work, Sakaoğlu tells the story of the capture of Maria and her mother in late 1393 or early 1394. “Turkish soldiers captured the Frankish ship that was bringing Maria to Istanbul in the Dardanelles and captured its occupants.” - Necdet Sakaoğlu, “Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları,” pg 88.

Upon meeting the beautiful and affianced Countess, Sultan Yildirim Bayezid Han was smitten with her, and both the mother and the daughter were brought to his harem in Edirne, and Maria became his concubine.

That same year in 1394, Helena died, but it is not clear if it was due to an execution or other reasons. According to Laonikos Chalkokondyles, the Countess Helena disgraced herself and brought shame upon the people of "Delphi" by committing her authority into the hands of her lover, a priest called Strateus, for which reason the Archbishop of Larissa denounced her to the Basileus (Sultan) and gave him the pretext for taking over the County of Salona. - The Byzantine Family of Kantakouzenos (Cantacuzenus) Ca. 1100-1460: A Genealogical and Prosopographical, pg 161.

As for Maria, she was executed a year later in 1395 after Bayezid found her unworthy of him, and eventually lost interest in her. However, this reason seems highly improbable.

When Bayezid lost interest in her, he wouldn’t have executed her but instead discarded her or even sent her away to the old palace in Bursa. The reason for her execution must be something else, either she was executed for political reasons or she went against the rules or even committed a crime. Nonetheless, it is highly unlikely for a Sultan to execute a concubine because he lost interest in her.

( Sources: The Byzantine Family of Kantakouzenos (Cantacuzenus) Ca. 1100-1460: A Genealogical and Prosopographical, Necdet Sakaoğlu, “Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları".)

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elizabeth-halime · 1 month

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hazerparem · 9 months

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Daha iyisi gelir mi sanmam🤍

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womenoftheottomanempire · 4 months

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Sanavber Hatun

There is a 14-page deed of foundation from 1628.

Sanavber's Tag is Sanavber bint Abdülmennan. Mostly converts were referred to as "bint Abdullah", but there were also converts who appeared as bint Abdülmennan (e.g. Mahidevran, Mimar Sinan), so the theory that she could be a slave cannot be ruled out.

Murad IV's first child was born in 1627, and as we know, a concubine's stipend gets higher as soon as she gives birth. Would there really be enough money for a young concubine and young mother to build a foundation?

Perhaps Sanavber was a high-ranking servant and could therefore afford a foundation.

Nothing more is known about her.

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sfcr33 · 2 years

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Hatunla şöyle bir fotoğrafımız olacak var ya. Değil asmak duvara kazırım yemin olsun...

Bu kafayı anca rakı toplar...

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stamboga · 2 years

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#hatun #dreams #world #turkey #türkiye #istanbul #alone #life

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hiclerordusu · 2 years

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Sonsuz bir aşkla seviyorum seni.

Aklımı aldın başımdan yuvam oldun iyiki.

Lal oldu dilim haykırırken sevgini,

İlk görüşte senle doldu kalbimin içi.

Hasretinle sarılıyorum hayaline şimdi.

Aşkım, hatunum, mest ettin beni.

Neşenle çıkar gamzemin çukuru,

Umuda yelken açarken kalbimin yolu,

Ruh-u revanın olmak ne güzel duygu.

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tanerpaldar · 3 months

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#47

BU GECE BİRAZ VİSKİYE, BİRDE SARIŞIN BİR HATUNA İHTİYACIM VAR....

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deschainartnerd · 4 months

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And so the fate of the world rests upon the shoulders of a pack of strays

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dominadespina · 3 months

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Sir Milos Obilic Fell For The Princess

Whether or not Sir Milos Obilic even existed is of no importance as a story started going around Serbia that Milos Obilic, a prodigy and loyal knight of Prince Lazar had fallen for the ethereal Olivera and went as far as asking for her hand in marriage.

It is of no surprise that Sir Milos Obilic; who was a respected knight at the time would often be a visitor at Lazar’s court, it is most likely during his frequent visits that he met and interacted with Princess Olivera. It is also probable that they also interacted during knight tournaments that Olivera and her mother often led.

His infatuation with her led to a marriage proposal sent to Lazar from Sir Milos Obilic, but his proposal was rejected by Lazar with the excuse that she was too young and not yet mature to marry.

There is no clear evidence or any narration of Princess Olivera returning the same sentiment he had for her. She may never wish to marry him or had not yet found a desirable candidate in her sample of suitors and that might be why Lazar used the excuse of her age to peacefully reject the marriage proposal.

There are a few reasons why Lazar rejected Milos’s proposal one being that Princesses usually married out of their dynasty by birth to create new alliances and produce children of both dynasties. Lazar married all his other daughters outside of his realm for political games, the same would have happened with Olivera, and since Milos was already a knight of Lazar’s dynasty it wouldn’t be politically beneficial to marry his daughter to him.

Another reason is that though knights are noble and quite rich, they belong to the lower nobility and all of his other daughters married into influential families, sons of rulers or rulers themselves, Lazar was more likely planning on doing the same for Olivera and marrying her into a strong foreign political family.