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Olivera Despina

1372 - 1444

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Maria Olivera Lazarević (Serbian Cyrillic: Деспина Оливера Лазаревић; 1372 – after 1444), also known as Despina Hatun, was a Serbian princess and consort of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I, whom she married just after the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 as a pledge of peace between the Lazarević and Ottoman dynasties. She was the youngest daughter of Lazar of Serbia and Princess Milica. The story of Olivera's and Bayezid's captivity by Timur after the Battle of Ankara (1402) has been popularly narrated, most often in plays and operas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olivera Despina has received more than 179,718 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Olivera Despina is the 248th most popular companion (up from 291st in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Serbia (up from 60th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Serbian Companion.

Olivera Despina is most famous for being the first female mayor of Sarajevo.

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  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Olivera Despina ranks 248 out of 784. Before her are Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Statilia Messalina, Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon, Bruttia Crispina, Vipsania Agrippina, and Elizabeth of Bohemia. After her are Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Catherine of Lancaster, and Kaya Sultan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1372, Olivera Despina ranks 4. Before her are Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani, Louis I, Duke of Orléans, and Helena Dragaš. After her are Elizabeth Granowska, and Al-Salih Hajji. Among people deceased in 1444, Olivera Despina ranks 4. Before her are Władysław III of Poland, Robert Campin, and Leonardo Bruni. After her are Bernardino of Siena, Mark of Ephesus, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, Joseph Albo, Julian Cesarini, and Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Olivera Despina ranks 59 out of 661. Before her are Dobrica Ćosić (1921), Danilo Kiš (1935), Mihailo Obrenović (1823), Branislav Nušić (1864), Radomir Putnik (1847), and Saliha Sultan (1680). After her are Milena Dravić (1940), Dragan Stojković (1965), Aşub Sultan (1627), Vesna Vulović (1950), Radomir Antić (1948), and Moša Pijade (1890).

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Among COMPANIONS In Serbia

Among companions born in Serbia, Olivera Despina ranks 2. Before her are Mileva Marić (1875). After her are Draga Mašin (1864).

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