Doamna Maria (Marica) Brâncoveanu (circa 1661–1729) was a princess consort of Wallachia by marriage to Constantin Brancoveanu (r. 1688–1714).Maria from Popesti was the niece of the Prince Antonie of Wallachia and enjoyed an exquisite education, unusual for the girls of her time.She married Constantin Brancoveanu in 1674. She supported and 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, her four sons and her son-in-law were executed in the presence of the