Gjergj Thopia

Gjergj Thopia
Gjergj Topia
Prince of Albania[1]
Lord of Durrës
Prince of Albania
Reign1388—1392
PredecessorKarl Thopia
SuccessorHelena Thopia
Born14th Century
Principality of Albania
Died1392
SpouseTeodora Branković
HouseThopia
FatherKarl Thopia
MotherVoisava of Zeta
ReligionRoman Catholic

Gjergj Thopia (Albanian: Gjergj Topia); fl. 1388 – d. 1392) was Prince of Albania and the Lord of Durrës from 1388 to 1392. He was the son of Karl Topia and Voisava Balsha.[2][3] Gjergj married Teodora, the daughter of sevastokrator Branko Mladenović.[4] During their reign, they were documented as possessing a crown decorated with pearls and precious stones and a golden crown, and four pairs of pearl earrings.[5]

Gjergj was required to return Durrës to the Republic of Venice in 1392.[6] Later that year, he died without issue.[7][8] His sister, Helena Thopia, gained the bulk of the rest of his holdings, whilst a smaller portion was left to his younger sister, Voisava Thopia.[9] He had two further half-siblings from his father's affairs, Niketa Thopia, who eventually attacked and forcefully took control of Krujë, as well as, Maria Thopia, who became Baroness of Botrugno in Italy and granted refuge to Helena and her son Stefan Maramonte.

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References

  1. ^ Molina, Grabiela (29 August 2022). Decoding Debate in the Venetian Senate Short Stories of Crisis and Response on Albania (1392-1402). Brill. p. 83. ISBN 978-9-0045-2093-6. ...George declared himself princeps Albaniae...
  2. ^ Early Albania. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. 2003. p. 52. ISBN 9783447047838.
  3. ^ The Constantinian Order of Saint George. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 2018. p. 503. ISBN 9788434025066.
  4. ^ Veselinović & Ljušić 2002.
  5. ^ Andromaqi Gjergji. Albanian Costumes Through the Centuries Origin, Types, Evolution. Indiana University. p. 15. ISBN 978-9-9943-6144-1. ...A document of the year 1363 mentions a crown decorated with pearls and precious stones, while documents of the years 1393, 1399, and 1400 speak of a gold crown and four pairs of pearl earrings which belonged to the wife of Gjergj Topia...
  6. ^ Elsie, Robert (2010). Historical Dictionary of Albania. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-8108-6188-6. His son, George Thopia, was obliged to return Durres to the Venetians in 1392
  7. ^ Early Albania. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. 2003. p. 52. ISBN 9783447047838.
  8. ^ O'Connell, Monique (2009). Men of Empire Power and Negotiation in Venice's Maritime State. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 26. ISBN 9780801891458. At the end of 1389, Carlo Thopia died and Durrës passed to his equally sickly son Giorgio, who died in 1392.
  9. ^ John V. A. Fine. The Late Medieval Balkans A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. p. 418. ISBN 978-0-4720-8260-5. ...Later that year George Thopia died without issue. The bulk of his holdings, for he surrendered only Durazzo and environs to Venice, went to his sister Helena. (A small piece was left to his younger sister Vojsava, who was married to a patrician of Durazzo known as Lord [Kyr] Isaac. That couple continued to reside in Durazzo under the Venetians.)...

Sources

  • Veselinović, Andrija; Ljušić, Radoš (2002). Родослови српских династија [Genealogies of Serb dynasties]. Платонеум.
Preceded byas Prince of Albania Lord of Durrës
1388–92 		Succeeded by