Simon Zenebishi
Thopia Zenevisi | |
|---|---|
| Lord in Albania (signore in Albania) | |
| Lord of Strovilo | |
| Successor | Alessandro Zenevisi |
| Died | 1461 |
| Noble family | Zenevisi |
| Spouse | daughter of Maurice Spata |
| Father | Thopia Zenevisi |
| Occupation | Venetian nobleman, Napolitan vassal |
Simon Zenevisi (fl. 1443–61) was an Albanian nobleman (signore[1]) and vassal of the Kingdom of Naples, who held the castle of Strovilo (Castrovilari), and was a member of the Zenevisi family of southern Albania. He probably dwelled in Corfu, and subject to the sovereignty of Alphonse of Naples.
Life
In 1443, Simon Zenevisi, John Zenevisi's grandson, built the Strovili fortress with Venetian approval and support.[2] It was located near Saiata (Sayada),[2] and above Vagenetia, the lands of his grandfather John Zenevisi.[3] In 1454–55 he was recognized by Alphonso V as a vassal of the Kingdom of Naples.[4]
He had a son, born and raised in Turkey, who had deserted from the Turks in 1454, who in 1455 asked the King of Naples to be baptized.[5]
He married a daughter of Maurice Spata.[6]
Ancestry
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Name
In Catalan documents, his name is also spelled Simone Gimlixi[7] and Gimbixi.[8] An Albanian neologism of his name is Simon Zenebishi.
References
- ^ Monumenti storici: Documenti. Serie prima. 1901.
Trattato stipulato da Giovanni Gradonigo bailo in Corfù, e Roberto Priuli e Giovanni Moro suoi consiglieri, con Simone (Zenevisi) signore di Strivali: E perdonata a questo e ai suoi ogni offesa recata a Venezia; ...
- ^ a b Byzantino Bulgarica. Éditions de l'Académie des sciences de Bulgarie. 1981. p. 268.
...und 1413 konnte sich Venedig diesen begehrten, auch Bu^tia genannten Stützpunkt sichern.30 Die Festung Strobili in der Nähe von Saiata wurde 1443 von Simon Zenebisi mit venezianischer Zustimmung oder auch Unterstützung errichtet.
- ^ Chroniques gréco-romanes inédites ou peu connues. Weidmann. 1873. pp. 194–.
In terra firme. insulae opposite. castrum Struvili a. ,,Ser Guino Zenebisi" ,,sopra il cape di Vagenetia" exstruetum esse, Arsenius Pendamodi refert.
- ^ Setton, Kenneth Meyer (1978). The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The fifteenth century. American Philosophical Society. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-87169-127-9.
- ^ Makushev 1874, p. 147
- ^ Nicol 2010, p. 255
- ^ Archivio storico per le province Napoletane. Presso gli editori Detken & Rocholl e F. Giannini. 1902.
Simone Gimlixi
- ^ Spomenik Srpske kraljevske akademije. Vol. 95–97. U Državnoj štampariji Kraljevne Srbije. 1942.
Magnifico viro Simoni Gimbixi, domino castri Uillari in Albania, fideli nostro dilecto. (Archivo de la Cor. de ...
Sources
- Nicol, Donald MacGillivray (2010). The Despotate of Epiros 1267–1479: A Contribution to the History of Greece in the Middle Ages. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13089-9.
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- Makushev, Vikentij (1874). Monumenta historica slavorum meridionalium vicinorumque populorum ..., Volume 1. Typis Districtu Scolastici Varsaviensis.