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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 162,935 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Olivera Despina is the 291st most popular companion (down from 258th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 53rd 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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  • 60.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Olivera Despina ranks 291 out of 673. Before her are Eurydice II of Macedon, Philippa of Hainault, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Vanessa Paradis, Maria of Antioch, and Margaret Leijonhufvud. After her are Linda McCartney, Queen Rania of Jordan, Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary, Scribonia, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Rogneda of Polotsk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1372, Olivera Despina ranks 4. Before her are Louis I, Duke of Orléans, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani, and Helena Dragaš. After her is Elizabeth Granowska. Among people deceased in 1444, Olivera Despina ranks 5. Before her are Władysław III of Poland, Robert Campin, Leonardo Bruni, and Bernardino of Siena. After her are Mark of Ephesus, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, Julian Cesarini, Joseph Albo, and Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Olivera Despina ranks 60 out of 564. Before her are Vesna Vulović (1950), Dragan Stojković (1965), Mihailo Obrenović (1823), Dobrica Ćosić (1921), Radomir Putnik (1847), and Branislav Nušić (1864). After her are Borisav Jović (1928), Draga Mašin (1864), Irinej, Serbian Patriarch (1930), Duško Popov (1912), Dušan Simović (1882), and Şehsuvar Sultan (1682).

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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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