Mara Thopia
| Mara Thopia | |
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| Princess of Zeta | |
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| Princess Consort of Zeta | |
| Tenure | 1407–1412 |
| Predecessor | Jelena Lazarević |
| Successor | Boglia Zaharia |
| Spouses | Balsha III |
| Issue | Jelena Balsha |
| House | Thopia |
| Father | Niketa Thopia |
| Mother | 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
[edit]Mara was the daughter of Niketa Thopia. Her mother was the daughter of Maurizio Bua Sgouros.[1] Much isn't known about her early life. Mara married Balsha III in 1407. They had one daughter Jelena Balsha who was named after Balshas mother.[2] Mara's father and her husband allied to drive out the Venetians.[3] It is unknown when Balsha III divorced Mara but he was remarried to Boglia Zaharia by 1412 or the beginning of 1413.[4] 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Carl Hermann Friedrich Johann Hopf (1873). Chroniques gréco-romanes inédites ou peu connues. Berlin, Weidmann. p. 531.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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