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Vladan Jurica
DiedApril 1465
Known foradvisor of Skanderbeg during the Skanderbeg's rebellion

Vladan Jurica[a] (d. April, 1465) was Skanderbeg's main advisor during Skanderbeg's rebellion.[2][3] He is thought to hail from Gjoricë, present Dibër County.[4] During the Battle of Vaikal he was caught prisoner and sent to Constantinople where he was skinned alive and subsequently killed.[2]

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Notes
  1. ^
    In modern Albanian sources, his name is also spelled "Vladan Gjurica". An English transliteration is "Vladan Yuritza". The South Slavic (Serbo-Croatian) given name Vladan is a diminutive of Vladimir.[5]
Sources
  1. ^ 50 Great Military Leaders Of All Time. Jann Tibetts.
  2. ^ a b Noli (2009), p. 36 // Noli (1967), p. 140: "Dora e dytë qe vdekjeprurëse për disa nga gjeneralët më të zotë të Skënderbeut: [...] Vladan Jurica, këshilltari i tij më i besueshëm"
  3. ^ Encyclopaedia moderna (1968), p. 109: "[...] istaknuti njegovi komandanti: [...] Vladan Jurica"
  4. ^ Frashëri (2002), p. 192
  5. ^ Živko Bjelanović (2007). Onomastičke teme. Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada. p. 345.

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