Exile
In 1305 Aldemir appears to have entered into negotiations with the Byzantines, and Theodore Svetoslav annexed his uncle's lands. Despina Marina maybe had strong influence over the policy of her husband and after Aldimir's subjugation by Theodore Svetoslav, she and Ivan Dragushin fled to Constantinople.
After 1321 despina Marina and her son relocated in the Kingdom of Serbia, where the power was seized by King Stefan Dečanski, who was married Marina's sister Theodora. Marina was threatened with high respect by Stefan Dečanski and his son Stefan Dušan, who was her nephew. In Serbia Marina and Ivan Dragushin were granted with an extensive landholding in Macedonia (region). Later Despina Marina retired to a monastery under the monastic name Maria. Despina Marina was portrayed along with a boy, а grandson of her, in the church of Kavadarci.
Marina Smilets survived her son and died on 7 April 1355. She was buried in Skopie.
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