Maria Despina

Maria Despina
Maria Arianiti
Princess Consort of Wallachia
Depiction of Maria Despina at Putna Monastery
Princess Consort of Wallachia
Tenurec. 1462 – January 1475
Bornc. 1440s
Died11 May 1500
Principality of Moldavia
BurialMay 1500
SpouseRadu the Handsome
IssueMaria Voichița
HouseHouse of Arianiti (by birth)
House of Drăculești (by marriage)
FatherGjergj Arianiti
MotherPossibly Maria Muzaka
ReligionEastern Orthodox

Maria Despina (Albanian: Maria Arianiti; c. 1440–11 May 1500), also known as Doamna Maria or Mary, was an Albanian princess who became Princess Consort of Wallachia through her marriage to Radu the Handsome. She was the daughter of Prince Gjergj Arianiti, a leading figure in the anti-Ottoman resistance in Albania. Captured during the Moldavian invasion of Wallachia in 1473, she spent the remainder of her life in Moldavia, where she became the mother-in-law of Stephen the Great and was later buried at Putna Monastery.