Mara Thopia

Mara Thopia
Mara Topia
Princess Consort of Zeta
Coat of arms of the Thopia family
Princess Consort of Zeta
Tenure1407–1412
PredecessorJelena Lazarević
SuccessorBoglia Zaharia
Spouses
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(m. 1407; ann. 1412)​
IssueJelena Balsha
HouseThopia
FatherNiketa Thopia
MotherDaughter 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

Mara was the daughter of Niketa Thopia. The identity of Mara's mother is disputed. According to Shuteriqi, she was the daughter of Komnen Arianiti. Meanwhile, Karl Hopf suggests that Niketa Thopia married the daughter of Maurizio Bua Sgouros. 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. Mara's father and her husband allied to drive out the Venetians. It is unknown when Balsha III divorced Mara but he was remarried to Boglia Zaharia by late 1412 or the beginning of 1413. Mara Thopia is also the Grandmother of Catherine of Bosnia. Who was the Queen of the Kingdom of Bosnia.

Family tree

Ancestry of Mara Thopia
8. Andrea I Thopia
4. Karl Thopia
9. Hélène of Anjou
2. Niketa Thopia
10. Unknown
5. Unknown
11. Unknown
1. Mara Thopia
12. Unknown
6. Maurizio Bua Sgouros
13. Unknown
3. Unknown Name
14. Unlnown
7. Unknown Name
15. Unknown

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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...
  2. ↑ 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...
  3. ↑ Shuteriqi, Dhimitër (2012). Zana Prela (ed.). Aranitët: Historia- Gjenealogjia-Zotërimet. Toena. p. 97. ISBN 978-99943-1-729-5.
  4. ↑ Carl Hermann Friedrich Johann Hopf (1873). Chroniques gréco-romanes inédites ou peu connues. Berlin, Weidmann. p. 531.
  5. ↑ 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...
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Aleks Buda (1984). Problems of the formation of the Albanian people, their language and culture. 8 Nëntori. p. 317.
  8. ↑ 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...
  9. ↑ 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"

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