Major shrine Krusedol monastery Parents Gjergj Arianiti Feast July 30 or December 10 Children Jovan Brankovic | Name Saint of Siblings Donika Kastrioti Role Stefan Brankovic's wife | |
Died 1520, Krusedol monastery, Serbia Spouse Stefan Brankovic (m. 1461) Similar People Durad Brankovic, Gjergj Arianiti, Skanderbeg, Donika Kastrioti, Ljubica Vukomanovic | ||
Angelina Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Ангелина Бранковић; Albanian: Angjelina Arianiti ca. 1440–1520), née Arianiti, was the despotess consort of Serbian Despot Stefan Branković (r. 1458—1459), and a daughter of Albanian nobleman Gjergj Arianiti. For her pious life she was proclaimed a saint and venerated as such by the Serbian Orthodox Church as Venerable Mother Angelina (Serbian: Преподобна мати Ангелина).
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Early life
Angelina was the sixth daughter of Albanian nobleman Gjergj Arianiti (1383–1462). She married Serbian ruler Stefan Branković (r. 1458–59), son of the former Serbian Despot Đurađ Branković (r. 1427—1456). Her sister Donika married Skanderbeg.
Exile
The couple fled to Albania and then to Italy.
In 1485, at the death of her husband, Angelina went to the Kingdom of Hungary, where her son, George, had become a titular despot in exile of the Serbian Despotate. The territory of the Despotate had been under the Ottoman Empire since its collapse in 1459. Later Angelina retired in the Krušedol monastery, in the Fruška Gora mountain of Syrmia, where she died in the beginning of the 16th century.
Marriage and children
Angelina and Stefan were married from 1461 until his death in 1476. They had children:
Sainthood
She is venerated as a saint by the Serbian Orthodox Church as Venerable Mother Angelina and her feast day is July 30, while she is also venerated on December 10, together with her husband, St. Stephen, and her son, St. John. She wrote a hagiography known as Hagiography of Mother Angelina (Serbian: Житије мајке Ангелине).