Doamna Marica Brâncoveanu
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Doamna Marica Brâncoveanu (circa 1661 – 1729) was a princess consort of
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by marriage to Constantin Brancoveanu (r. 1688–1714). Her father was Neagu, son of the Wallachian prince Antonie of Popești (r.1669-72) and Necșuța. She married Constantin Brancoveanu in 1674. She supported and actively participated in the culture policy of her spouse. She had books printed in Romanian, Greek, Slavic, Arabic, Turkic and Georgian, and founded libraries with Western books. She is especially known for her support to the St Sava convent. After the deposition of her spouse in 1714, she was brought as a prisoner to Constantinople by the Ottoman along with the rest of her family. Her spouse and sons were murdered. She was eventually released, and exiled to Kutai, near the eastern shore of the
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. She was allowed to return to Bucharest in 1716. In 1720, she managed to have the remains of her spouse and sons brought back to Wallachia and buried.


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* Marcu, George (coord.) - Dicţionarul personalităţilor feminine din România, Editura Meronia, Bucureşti, 2009 1729 deaths 17th-century people from the Principality of Wallachia 18th-century people from the Principality of Wallachia Royal consorts of Wallachia Year of birth unknown 18th-century Wallachian women 17th-century Wallachian women Year of birth uncertain {{Romania-bio-stub