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Thopia Zenebishi
Thopia may refer to: * Thopia family, one of the most powerful Albanian feudal families in the Late Middle Ages ** Tanusio Thopia ** Karl Thopia ** George Thopia ** Helena Thopia ** Niketa Thopia ** Andrea I Thopia ** Andrea II Thopia ** Tanush Thopia Tanush Thopia or Tanusio Thopia (, ; d. 1467) was an Albanian nobility, Albanian nobleman and one of the closest collaborators of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg. Life Tanush Thopia descended from the Thopia family t ... ** Voisava Thopia ** Dominic Thopia See also * Topia (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thopia Family
The Thopia were one of the most powerful Albanian feudal families in the Late Middle Ages, part of the nobility of the Angevin Kingdom of Albania. Early history The first attestation of the Thopia can be found in an Angevin document from 1274 proclaiming an agreement reached between a number of Albanian nobles and Charles I of Anjou. In the document, a certain ''Theopia mīles'' is recorded among the Albanian nobles in pact with the Angevins. The Thopia are next mentioned in 1329 when Tanusio Thopia was mentioned as one of the counts of Albania. In 1338, Tanusio was mentioned as Count of Matia (conte di Matia). According to Anamali & Prifti, Tanusio had a brother, Dominik, who was a high cleric and served as a counsel of Robert of Anjou.Anamali, Skënder and Prifti, Kristaq. Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime. Botimet Toena, 2002, p. 249 According to Karl Hopf, Tanusio's son or brother Andrea, as told by Gjon Muzaka (fl. 1510), had fallen in love with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanusio Thopia
Tanusio Thopia or Tanush Thopia ( 1329–38) was an Albanian count that served Princes of Taranto Philip I and Robert, and Dukes of Durazzo John and Charles. He had domains in Mat. Background Under Philip I, the Kingdom of Albania was restricted to roughly the modern Durrës District. Upon the death of Philip I in 1332, there were various claims on his domains within the Angevin family. The rights of the Duchy of Durazzo (Durrës) and the Kingdom of Albania together were given to John of Gravina with a sum of 5,000 pounds of gold. After his death in 1336, his dominions in Albania passed to his son Charles, Duke of Durazzo. During this period there were different Albanian noble families who began consolidating their power and domains. One of them was the Thopia family whose domains were in central Albania. The Serbs were pressing hard in their direction and the Albanian nobles found a natural ally in the Angevins. Alliance with Albanian leaders was also crucial to the saf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Thopia
Karl Thopia (; – January 1388) sometimes written as Charles Thopia, was an Albanian feudal prince and warlord who ruled Albanian domains from 1358 until the first Ottoman conquest of Albania in 1388. Thopia usually maintained good relations with the Roman Curia. Family The first mention of the Thopia is from 1329, when Tanusio Thopia was mentioned as one of the counts of Albania. In 1338, Tanusio was mentioned as Count of Mat (conte di Matia). According to Karl Hopf, Tanusio's son or brother Andrea I, as told by Gjon Muzaka (fl. 1510), had fallen in love with an illegitimate daughter of King Robert of Naples when her ship, en route to the Principality of the Morea to be wed with the ''bailli'', had stopped at Durrës where they met. Andrea abducted and married her, and they had two sons, Karl and George. Karl was named after his great great grandfather Charles I of Anjou. King Robert, enraged, under the pretext of reconciliation had the couple invited to Naples wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thopia
Gjergj Thopia (; October 1392), also known as Giorgio, Georg or George was an Albanian Prince and member of the Thopia family. He was the Prince of Albania and the Lord of Durrës from 1388 to 1392. His reign was marked by efforts to maintain control of his territories amidst increasing Ottoman pressure and internal rivalries with other Albanian noble families. Gjergj allied with Venice to protect Durrës but ultimately relinquished the city to Venetian rule due to declining health and political instability. Gjergj's death in 1392 marked the end of his lineage, with his holdings passing to his sister, Helena Thopia, and his legacy shaped by his alliances and resistance to Ottoman encroachment. Early life and reign Gjergj, born around the 1370s, was the son of Karl Thopia and Voisava Balsha. A member of the powerful Thopia family, Karl ruled the Principality of Albania on the coast of the Adriatic Sea and played a significant role in regional politics. Voisava came from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Thopia
Helena Thopia (; 1388–1403) was an Albanians, Albanian princess of the Thopia family who held the Krujë region as sovereign lady for two terms; 1388–1392 and 1394–1403. Life Princess Helena, was the eldest daughter of Karl Thopia and Voisava Balsha. After the death of her father, in 1388, she inherited the castle of Krujë and the surrounding region. Her first marriage was to Marco Barbarigo di Croia, Marco Barbarigo a Republic of Venice, Venetian nobleman, who became the actual ruler of her lands. Mark held for a time his and Helen's possession under Venetian suzerainty. Mark, who had previously held his and Helen's possessions under Venetian suzerainty, found himself facing a new threat from the Ottoman Empire, Ottomans. These pressures eventually led him to accept Ottoman suzerainty, allowing him to maintain his control over Krujë and his other lands stretching to Durrës. No longer viewing himself as a Venetian deputy, he began to raid Venetian lands in the vicinity of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niketa Thopia
Niketa Thopia (, ; 1388 – d. 1415), also known as Nikola was the Lord of Krujë between 1392—1394 and 1403–1415. He was a member of the Albanians, Albanian Thopia family and an illegitimate son of Karl Thopia, the Prince of Albania (r. 1368–1388). Life Niketa Thopia was an illegitimate son of Albanians, Albanian prince Karl Thopia born to an unknown mother. Together with his sister Maria Thopia, they are Karl's only recognized illegitimate children. After his father’s death in 1388, Helena Thopia his older sister inherited control of Krujë. After her marriage to Marco Barbarigo di Croia, Marco Barbarigo a Republic of Venice, Venetian nobleman, he became the actual ruler of her lands. Moreover, his older brother Gjergj Thopia succeeded their father as Principality of Albania (medieval), Prince of Albania. Niketa, on the other hand inherited a territory south of Durazzo. Mark Barbarigo briefly held his and Helen’s possessions under Venetian suzerainty. However, facing n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea I Thopia
Andrea I Thopia () died in 1342 in Naples was an Albanian nobleman. In 1338 he inherited the county of Mat from his predecessor Tanusio Thopia. Andrea had become the son-in-law of the Neapolitan King Robert of Anjou without his consent. It would end up costing him his life. Robert sent his biological daughter Hélène of Anjou, whom he had promised to be a wife to a potentate in Morea, via Durrës to Greece. In the Albanian port city she met Andreas Thopia, they fell in love and got married. The marriage resulted in two sons, Karl Thopia and Gjergj Thopia. However, King Robert did not accept the violation of his will to rule. He invited the couple to Naples on the pretext of wanting to reconcile with them and had them executed there. The sons who remained in Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Thopia
Andrea II Thopia (; died before March 1445) was a 15th century Albanian nobleman whose domains included the territory of Scuria (between Durazzo and what would later become modern day Tirana). He was a member of the Thopia family and one of the founders of the League of Lezhë. Family Andrea Thopia was the great nephew of Karl Thopia. He had two sons, Karl Muzaka and Komnin (possibly Serafina Thopia). 1432—1436 rebellion After the Battle of Savra in 1385 the region of Albania came under strong Ottoman influence and gradually most of its territory was annexed to the Ottoman Empire within a separate administrative unit: the Sanjak of Albania. Andrea revolted against Ottoman rule in 1432 and defeated a small Ottoman military unit in the mountains of Central Albania. His victory inspired other chieftains in Albania, especially Gjergj Arianiti, to rebel against the Ottomans. League of Lezhë Together with his nephew (Tanush Thopia) Andrea participated in founding of the Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanush Thopia
Tanush Thopia or Tanusio Thopia (, ; d. 1467) was an Albanian nobility, Albanian nobleman and one of the closest collaborators of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg. Life Tanush Thopia descended from the Thopia family that converted from Orthodox Christianity to Catholicism. In 1444, together with his uncle Andrea Thopia, he participated in the founding of the League of Lezhë, the military alliance led by Skanderbeg. He was a commander of the infantry of the League of Lezhë, and his garrison became famous for their resistance during the Second Siege of Krujë. After that siege he is no longer mentioned in historical sources, and some suppose that he might have been killed in the end of that battle or died soon afterwards. He was a skillful commander and his loyalty to Skanderbeg was undeterred and that was the reason why he was appointed in that delicate position.Noli, Fan Stylian, George Castroiti Scanderbeg (1405–1468), International Universities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voisava Thopia
Voisava Thopia (), also known as Voyasclava, Vojislava, Voyslava or Voisclava was an Albanian princess of the Thopia family. Life Princess Voisava, was the daughter of Karl Thopia and Voisava Balsha. Not much is known about the early life of Voisava Thopia. Her first marriage was to Lord Isaac Cursachio who was a patrician of Durrës. In 1392 her brother Gjergj Thopia was forced to surrender Durrës to the Republic of Venice and in the same year, he died without issue. The rest of his holdings went to their older sister Helena Thopia who got the bulk and herself who got a small piece. It is not known what happened to her first husband Lord Isaac Cursachio, but she was remarried to Progon Dukagjini who was the Lord of Lezhë. Progon Dukagjini, Voisava's husband, presented several petitions on behalf of himself and her during his visit to Venice in August 1393. Among the ten requests he made, one included the return of precious items belonging to Gjergj Thopia, Voisava's older b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Thopia
Dominic Thopia, O.P. (; 1382), also known as Domenico or Domenic was an Albanian nobleman and member of the Thopia family. He served as the court Chaplain and advisor of the King of Naples (1336) and became a Roman Catholic prelate, serving as the Bishop of Korčula and Bishop of Ston (1350–1368) and Archbishop of Zadar (1368–1376). He was then Bishop of Bosnia (1376–1382) until his death. Early life and education Dominic was born into the Thopia family, an Albanian noble family, in the early 1300s in the Kingdom of Albania, in Durrës. His parents are unknown; he was the uncle of Karl Thopia through his brother. Dominic was educated in Italy where he dedicated himself to religious life, joining the Dominican Order, which had been active in Durrës since 1278. Enrolled from a young age, he distinguished himself for his doctrine and for many virtuous deeds. His commitment to the order led him to become court chaplain and advisor to King Robert of Naples on June 12, 1336, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
