Abstract:Relatively numerous source data about Mary, the sister of Serbian queen Helen, the wife of King Uroš I, proved to be crucial for resolving the long-elusive issue of Helen’s origins. However, Mary was in her own right an important historical personality, whose family links and life course mirror the complexity of political and religious relations in southeastern Europe in the 13th century. The paper begins by readdressing the issue of Mary’s and Helen’s origins, which has not met with an appropriate response in… Show more
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