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'''Olivera Lazarević''' was the wife of Ottoman Sultan [[Bayezid I]], the daughter of [[Lazar of Serbia]], who married Beyazid I, just after the Battle of Kosovo of 1389. However, she was not [[Valide Sultan]] to her son because she died before [[Celebi Mehmed]]'s accession to the throne.
| name = Mileva Olivera Lazarević
| alternative names = Despina Hâtûn
| short description = Princess of Serbia
| royal house = [[House of Lazarević]]
| birth_date = 1372
| birth_place = [[Kruševac]], [[Moravian Serbia]]
| death_date = 1444
| death_place =
| father = [[Lazar of Serbia|Lazar Hrebeljanović of Serbia]]
| mother = [[Princess Milica of Serbia|Milica Nemanjić]]
|}}

'''Mileva Olivera Lazarević, Despina Hâtûn''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Деспина Оливера Лазаревић}},(ca. [[1373]] - died after [[1444]])) the youngest daughter of [[Lazar of Serbia]] and [[Princess Milica of Serbia|Milica]] and wife of Ottoman Sultan [[Bayezid I]], for whom she married just after the [[Battle of Kosovo]] in 1389, as a pledge of peace between the family [[Lazarević dynasty|Lazarević]] and [[Ottoman Empire]].

==Biography==
Olivera Despina Hatun was born around 1373 as the youngest daughter of Prince Lazar and Princess Milica of Serbia. She has four older sisters Mara (mother of Serbian despot [[Đurađ Branković]]), [[Dragana of Serbia|Dragana]], Teodora and Jelena and two brothers, Serbian despot [[Stefan Lazarević|Stefan Lazarević]] and [[Vuk Lazarević|Vuk]].
After the [[Battle of Kosovo]] in 1389, Olivera was sent to the harem of Sultan Bayezid, where she remained for the next 12 years and became one of sultan's four lawful wives - kaduna. Despite that, she never changed her religion. She had a great influence on the sultan and that's helped her people, country and family to survive these turbulent times.

In the [[Battle of Ankara]], on 20 July 1402, Olivera was captured by Timur together with Bayezid. She was released in [[1403]], after Sultan's death in captivity. She spent the rest of her life on her brother's court in [[Belgrade]] or on her sister's court in [[Dubrovnik]]. Olivera died after [[1444]].

==Literature==
*''Princess Olivera, a forgotten Serbian Heroine'', Princess Olivera Foundation, Belgrade 2009 (ISBN 978-86-912875-2-8)

==External links==
*Princess Olivera - Foundation [http://www.princezaoliverafond.org.rs/ Фонд „Принцеза Оливера“]
*[http://www.novosti.rs/dodatni_sadrzaj/feljtoni.120.html?item_id=701 Оливера - принцеза у харему („Вечерње новости“, фељтон 1-10. новембар 2009)] - srb



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* [[bg:Оливера Лазаревич]]
* [[de:Olivera Lazarević]]
* [[sr:Оливера Лазаревић]]
* [[tr:Olivera Despina Hatun]]

Revision as of 10:16, 5 December 2012


Mileva Olivera Lazarević
Born1372
Kruševac, Moravian Serbia
Died1444
HouseHouse of Lazarević
FatherLazar Hrebeljanović of Serbia
MotherMilica Nemanjić

Mileva Olivera Lazarević, Despina Hâtûn (Serbian Cyrillic: Деспина Оливера Лазаревић,(ca. 1373 - died after 1444)) the youngest daughter of Lazar of Serbia and Milica and wife of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, for whom she married just after the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, as a pledge of peace between the family Lazarević and Ottoman Empire.

Biography

Olivera Despina Hatun was born around 1373 as the youngest daughter of Prince Lazar and Princess Milica of Serbia. She has four older sisters Mara (mother of Serbian despot Đurađ Branković), Dragana, Teodora and Jelena and two brothers, Serbian despot Stefan Lazarević and Vuk. After the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, Olivera was sent to the harem of Sultan Bayezid, where she remained for the next 12 years and became one of sultan's four lawful wives - kaduna. Despite that, she never changed her religion. She had a great influence on the sultan and that's helped her people, country and family to survive these turbulent times.

In the Battle of Ankara, on 20 July 1402, Olivera was captured by Timur together with Bayezid. She was released in 1403, after Sultan's death in captivity. She spent the rest of her life on her brother's court in Belgrade or on her sister's court in Dubrovnik. Olivera died after 1444.

Literature

  • Princess Olivera, a forgotten Serbian Heroine, Princess Olivera Foundation, Belgrade 2009 (ISBN 978-86-912875-2-8)