| Mara Thopia Mara Topia | |
|---|---|
| Princess Consort of Zeta | |
 Coat of arms of the Thopia family | |
| Princess Consort of Zeta | |
| Tenure | 1407–1412 |
| Predecessor | Jelena Lazarević |
| Successor | Boglia Zaharia |
| Spouses | |
| Issue | Jelena Balsha |
| House | Thopia |
| Father | Niketa Thopia |
| Mother | Daughter of Komnen Arianiti or Daughter of Maurizio Bua Sgouros |
Mara Thopia (Albanian: Mara Topia), was a member of the Albanian Thopia family and the daughter of Niketa Thopia, the Lord of Krujë.
Life
editMara was the daughter of Niketa Thopia.[1][2] The identity of Mara's mother is disputed. According to Shuteriqi, she was the daughter of Komnen Arianiti.[3] Meanwhile, Karl Hopf suggests that Niketa Thopia married the daughter of Maurizio Bua Sgouros.[4] Much isn't known about her early life. Mara married Balsha III in 1407.[5] They had one daughter Jelena Balsha who was named after Balshas mother.[6] Mara's father and her husband allied to drive out the Venetians.[7] It is unknown when Balsha III divorced Mara but he was remarried to Boglia Zaharia by late 1412 or the beginning of 1413.[8][9] Mara Thopia is also the Grandmother of Catherine of Bosnia. Who was the Queen of the Kingdom of Bosnia.
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Djukanovic, Bojka (2023). Historical Dictionary of Montenegro. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-5381-3915-8.
...Mara, a daughter of Niketa Topia, the lord of Kruje and the son of Karl Topia, Prince of Albania...
- ^ Fine, Jr, John V. A. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. p. 512. ISBN 978-0-4720-8260-5.
...daughter of Nikola Thopia...
- ^ Shuteriqi, Dhimitër (2012). Zana Prela (ed.). Aranitët: Historia- Gjenealogjia-Zotërimet. Toena. p. 97. ISBN 978-99943-1-729-5.
- ^ Carl Hermann Friedrich Johann Hopf (1873). Chroniques gréco-romanes inédites ou peu connues. Berlin, Weidmann. p. 531.
- ^ Fine, Jr, John V. A. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. p. 512. ISBN 978-0-4720-8260-5.
...Early in 1407 Balsa married the daughter of Nikola Thopia...
- ^ Spremić 2004, pp. 73–108
У јеку сукоба, Балша III. се 1407. оженио Маром, кћерком арбанашког господара Никете Топије. Брзо је добио кћер, којој је, по мајци, дао име Јелена.
- ^ Aleks Buda (1984). Problems of the formation of the Albanian people, their language and culture. 8 Nëntori. p. 317.
- ^ Fine, Jr, John V. A. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. p. 513. ISBN 978-0-4720-8260-5.
...He divorced his wife, the daughter of Nikola Thopia. Nikola had ceased to be a worthwhile ally because Theodore Musachi had captured him in a skirmish, probably in late 1411, and retained him as prisoner. In late 1412 or early 1413, Balsa married the daughter of Koja Zakarija...
- ^ Albanološki institut u Prištini 1968 p. 125: "Poznato je takođe da se Balša III krajem 1412 ili početkom 1413 godine oženio u drugom braku ćerkom Koe Zaharije"
Works cited
edit- Spremić, Momčilo (2004), Jovan Ćulibrk (ed.), Crkvene prilike u Zeti u doba Nikona Jerusalimca (in Serbian), Cetinje, Belgrade: Svetigora, Publikum, pp. 73–108, archived from the original on 11 December 2013
