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{{Short description|Venetian nobleman}}
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| spouse            = [[Helena Thopia]] (1380s–94)
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| occupation        = 1388–93: [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] subject<br>1393–94: [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] subject<br>1422–28: Venetian subject
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'''Marco Barbarigo''' ({{floruit}} 1388–d. 1428){{Cref2|a}} was a [[Republic of Venice|Venetian nobleman]], who married [[Helena Thopia]] and thus inherited the rule of [[Krujë|Croia (Krujë)]] (in modern Albania), which he initially held under Venetian and later, after quarrelling with Venetian noblemen, [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman suzerainty]], until in late 1394 when he was defeated by Venetian subject [[Niketa Thopia]] (his wife's cousin) and forced into exile at the court of [[Đurađ II Balšić]]. He was appointed the Venetian governor (as "count" or "captain") of [[Kotor|Cattaro (Kotor)]] in ca. 1422.

==Life==
Barbarigo was a Venetian businessman.<ref>Schmitt 2001, p. 196</ref>  He married [[Helena Thopia]],<ref name="PertusiCini.1973">{{cite book|author1=Agostino Pertusi|author2=Fondazione "Giorgio Cini".|title=Venezia e il Levante fino al secolo XV: Storia, diritto, economia. 2 v|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pksbAQAAMAAJ|year=1973|publisher=L. S. Olschki|quote=Elena Thopia col marito Marco Barbarigo (un nobile veneto esule per debiti) presentano i loro « capitoli » a Venezia in d. 1393 VIlI 28 (Mix 42, 128 (127) ; A 514), riconoscono l'alta signoria veneta e ottengono la vicaria di Croia in d. 1393 VIlI ...}}</ref> the daughter of Albanian magnate [[Karl Topia]], who had ruled as "Prince of Albania" from [[Durrës|Durazzo]] and had since 1386 served as a Venetian vassal. After Karl's death in 1388, Barbarigo inherited the castle of Croia and the surrounding region through his wife. He ruled from the strong fortress of Croia and held the possessions under Venetian suzerainty.<ref name=Fine-1994-419>{{cite book|author1=John V. A. Fine|author2=John Van Antwerp Fine|title=The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LvVbRrH1QBgC&pg=PA419|year=1994|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=0-472-08260-4|pages=419|quote=Mark Barbadigo}}</ref>

After the Ottomans had occupied [[Shkodër|Scutari]] (by early 1393), they defeated [[Demetrius Jonima]], who then set up a meeting between Barbarigo and the Ottomans.<ref name=Fine-1994-419/> As Barbarigo had recently quarrelled with the Venetians, and likely felt an Ottoman threat, he accepted Ottoman suzerainty.<ref name=Fine-1994-419/> He had a meeting with [[Bayezid I|Beyazid]].<ref name="fakultet1968">{{cite book|author=Univerzitet u Beogradu. Filozofski fakultet|title=Zbornik Filozofskog fakulteta|volume=10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CQkAQAAIAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Naučno delo|quote=Господар Кроје Мле- чанин Марко Барбадиго, муж Јелене, кћгри Карла Топије, отишао је 1394. год. турском команданту Пашајиту и признао врховну турску власт:}}</ref> He retained Croia and his lands which stretched to Durazzo, and began to plunder Venetian holdings in the vicinity of Durazzo.<ref name=Fine-1994-419/> Venice ordered [[Niketa Thopia]], the governor of Durazzo, to answer the plundering; Thopia heavily defeated Barbarigo.<ref name=Fine-1994-419/> The Ottomans, presumably disappointed, installed their vassal [[Konstantin Balšić]] as governor of Croia; Barbarigo was exiled, taking refuge at the court of [[Đurađ II Balšić]],<ref name=Fine-1994-419/> who at the time was also an Ottoman subject.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} Konstantin soon married Barbarigo's wife Helena, who had the hereditary rights to Croia.<ref name=Fine-1994-419/> In chronicles, Helena is said to have been [[infidelity|unfaithful]], transferring Croia to her lover, Konstantin.<ref name="Popovic1988">{{cite book|author=Tanya Popovic|title=Prince Marko: The Hero of South Slavic Epics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ok93aZ27r-oC&pg=PA23|year=1988|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=978-0-8156-2444-8|pages=23}}</ref> Đurađ II had declined an offer of 1,000 ducats to give up Barbarigo to the Venetians.<ref name="Kostić1937">{{cite book|author=Dragutin Kostić|title=Tumačenja druge knjige srpskih narodnih pjesama Vuka St. Karadžića: dodatak četvrtom državnom izdanju|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4LxiAAAAMAAJ|year=1937|publisher=Državna Štamparija|quote=1394, претрпео је и савременик, сусед и имењак Марков, Марко Барбадиго млетачки племић и одметник (допао и ропства у Ђурђа Страцимировића-Балшића, који га није хтео издати Млецима за уцену од 1000 дуката);}}</ref> Afterwards, Đurađ II broke ties with the Ottomans and seized rival Konstantin's stronghold [[Dagno]] in 1395, with Venetian assistance.<ref>Anamali, Skënder and Prifti, Kristaq. Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime. Botimet Toena, 2002, {{ISBN|99927-1-622-3}} pp. 251-252</ref>

In 1400, Barbarigo attacked Venetian merchant [[Phillip Barelli]] on the [[Cape of Rodon]], and wed his wife, after which there is no more mention of Barelli in history.<ref>Schmitt 2001, p. 197</ref>

Around 1422, he was appointed overseer of [[Kotor|Cattaro (Kotor)]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Viktor Novak|title=Revue historique|volume=49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WSdpAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|page=69|quote=Први од њих био је Франческо Павони, дота- дашњи ректор парохије Св. Аполинара у Млецима. Бискуп је постао у је- сен 1422. године, у време кад је за ванредног провизора изабран Марко Барбадиго.}}</ref> He succeeded [[Antonio Boccole]].<ref name="Padovan1882">{{cite book|author=Vincenzo Padovan|title=La nummografia veneziana: sommario documentato|volume=25|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WVkNAQAAMAAJ|year=1882|publisher=Tip. del Commercio di M. Visentini|page=243}}</ref> [[Stefan Lazarević]], the ruler of the [[Serbian Despotate]], had been ceded [[Zeta under the Balšići|Zeta]] from his nephew [[Balša III]] (Đurađ II's successor) in April 1421, but the Venetians did not recognize him, holding on to the occupied Zetan coast (including the [[Bay of Kotor]]) and [[Bojana (river)|Bojana]], including [[Drivast]] recaptured by them after Balša's death.<ref name=Fine-1994-516>{{harvnb|Fine|1994|p=516}}</ref> The Venetians had no intention to cede Balša's former possessions to Despot Stefan and even requested Ottoman support in case of an attack.<ref>{{cite book |title=Glas, Том 338 |year=1983 |publisher=Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts |location=Belgrade |page=67 |access-date=August 2, 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=eDweUI2dN4bl4QSMr4CICA&id=Uq0rAQAAIAAJ}}</ref> The [[Second Scutari War]] followed, which ended inconclusive in August 1423 with the [[Treaty of Sveti Srdj]]; in it, Kotor accepted Venetian suzerainty.

He was succeeded as governor of Cattaro by [[Stefano Querini]],<ref name="Padovan1882"/> who held office until 1425.<ref>Schmitt 2001, p. 373</ref> Marco Barbarigo died in 1428.<ref name="Cappelli1998">{{cite book|author=Adriano Cappelli|title=Cronologia, cronografia e calendario perpetuo: dal principio dell'era cristiana ai nostri giorni|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=949QIVQXCngC&pg=PA526|year=1998|publisher=HOEPLI EDITORE|isbn=978-88-203-2502-2|pages=526–|quote=col marito Marco Barbarigo (t 1428)}}</ref>

==Annotations==
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{{Cnote2|a| His name in Serbo-Croatian historiography has been spelled "Marko Barbadigo" ({{lang-sr-cyr|Марко Барбадиго}}).{{CN|date=December 2023}} }}
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==References==
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===Sources===
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* {{cite book |last=Fine |first=John Van Antwerp Jr. |author-link=John Van Antwerp Fine, Jr. |title=The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest |publisher=University of Michigan Press |year=1994 |orig-date=1987 |isbn=978-0-472-08260-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hh0Bu8C66TsC}}
*{{cite book|author=Oliver Jens Schmitt|title=Das venezianische Albanien: (1392-1479)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKKS3u7iPWcC&pg=PA234|year=2001|publisher=Oldenbourg Verlag|isbn=978-3-486-56569-0|pages=84, 186, 196, 197, 220, 231, 234, 235, 236, 242, 253, 438, 467|quote=Marco Barbarigo}}
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