Mara Kastrioti

Mara Kastrioti, also known as Marija Kastrioti Crnojević, was a 15th century Albanian princess from the House of Kastrioti. She is known as the older sister of the Albanian hero Skanderbeg, and also as the wife of one ruler and the mother of another. She was married to Stefan Crnojević, who was the Lord of Zeta from 1451 until 1465. Stefan was succeeded by his son Ivan. Mara is buried in the Church of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God at Kom Monastery.

Life Kastrioti was the daughter of the Albanian Feudal Lord Gjon Kastrioti and his wife Voisava Kastrioti, and their eldest child. Not much is known about her early life. In some documents she is referred to as Marija. Kastrioti and Stefan had two or three sons, Ivan, Andrija, nicknamed as the brave Albanian and Božidar.

Ivan Andrija, who is nicknamed as the brave Albanian Božidar