Milica Despina of Serbia
Regent of Wallachia
Regency	1521 - 1522
Voivode	Teodosie of Wallachia
Princess Consort of Wallachia
Reign	1512 - 1521
Born	c.1485
Died	30 January 1554 Sibiu, Transylvania
Spouse	Neagoe Basarab of Wallachia
Issue	Teodosie of Wallachia Ioan Petru Stana of Wallachia Angelina of Wallachia Ruxandra of Wallachia
House	House of Brankovi? (by birth) House of Craiove?ti (by marriage)
Father	Jovan Brankovi?, Despot of Serbia or ?or?e Brankovi?, Despot of Serbia
Mother	Jelena Jak?i? or Isabella del Balzo

Milica Despina (Serbian Cyrillic: ?; Romanian: Mili?a Despina; c. 1485 - 30 January 1554) was the Princess consort of Wallachia by marriage to Neagoe Basarab (r. 1512-1521). She was regent of Wallachia from 1521 to 1522, on the behalf of her son Teodosie of Wallachia. In later years she became a nun, and took the name Platonida.

Life

Princess Milica Despina was of Serbian origin, and closely related to noble houses of Brankovi? and Lazarevi?. In historiography, there are several theories about her parents. Some scholars think that she was one of the daughters of Serbian despot Jovan Brankovi? who died in 1502.^[1] Others think that she was daughter of John?s elder brother, Serbian despot ?or?e Brankovi? who died in 1516. There is also some other views about her origin.^[2]

Issue

Milica Despina and Neagoe Basarab had six children:

• Teodosie of Wallachia
• Stana of Wallachia married to Stephen IV of Moldavia
• Petru
• Ioan
• Roxanda (Ruxandra) of Wallachia married to Radu of Afuma?i, and later to Radu Paisie
• Angelina (Anghelina) of Wallachia

References

Literature

• I. C. Filitti, "Despina, princesse de Valachie, fille présumée de Jean Brankovitch", Revista istoric? român?, I (3), Bucure?ti 1931, 241-250.
• I. R. Mircea, P. ?. N?sturel, "De l'ascendance de Despina, épouse du voévode Neagoe Basarab", Romanoslavica, X, Bucure?ti 1964, 435-437.
• C. Nicolescu, "Princesses Serbes sur le trône des Principautes Roumanies", ? ? , 5, ? 1969, 95-117.