Gojko Balšić Gojko Balsha | |
|---|---|
| Lord of Misia[1] | |
| Coat of arms |  |
| Born | type |
| Died | after 1468 |
| Noble family | Balsha |
| Spouse | Comita Arianiti |
| Issue | Maria Balsha, Countess of Muro |
| Occupation | Member of theLeague of Lezhë (1444–1468)[2] |
Gojko Balšić orGojko Balsha (Serbian:Гојко Балшић;Albanian:Gojko Balsha;[3] fl. 1444)[A] and his brothersGeorge Strez andJohn were the lords of Misia, a coastal area from theWhite Drin towards theAdriatic. The brothers were members of thehouse of Balšić, which earlier held theLordship of Zeta. They participated in founding theLeague of Lezhë, an alliance led by their maternal uncleGjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg. Gojko supported Skanderbeg until the latter's death in 1468, and then continued to fight against theOttomans withinVenetian forces.
There are two views of his genealogy. According toGjon Muzaka andKarl Hopf, Ivan (John, Gjon) and Gojko Strez Balšić were in fact children of VlajkaKastrioti and Stefan Strez who was a son of Đurađ Balšić, an illegitimate child ofĐurađ I Balšić.[4][5] According toFan Noli, Gojko had two brothers (George Strez and Ivan), both children of JelaKastrioti[2] andPavle Balšić. Both views confirm that Gojko was Skanderbeg'snephew.[2][6]
Gojko marriedComita Arianiti, a daughter ofGjergj Arianiti.[7] According toGjon Muzaka, they had two sons and one daughter, Maria. The sons died in Hungary.[8] Muzaka stated that Maria married theCount of Muro and had two daughters, Beatrice and Isabel. Beatrice, married Prince FerdinandOrsini,Duke of Gravina while Isabel, married Lord Louis of Gesualdo,Count of Conza.[8]
Gojko and his brothers were lords of Misia, a coastal area from theWhite Drin towards theAdriatic.[1] The three Balšić brothers joined theLeague of Lezhë, an alliance formed by their maternal uncle Skanderbeg, after meeting in the St. Nicholas Church inLezhë on March 2, 1444. The members includedLekë Zaharia,Peter Spani,Lekë Dushmani, Andrea Thopia,Gjergj Arianiti, Theodor Musachi,Stefan Crnojević, and their subjects.[A] Skanderbeg was elected its leader, and commander in chief of its armed forces numbering a total of 8,000 warriors.[9][10]
Gojko's brotherGeorge cancelled his support to Skanderbeg after a while, while Gojko and John supported Skanderbeg until his death in 1468.[2] After Skanderbeg's death Gojko and John Balšić together with Leke, Progon andNicholas Dukagjini, continued to fight forVenice.[11]
Name: His name is written in Latin documents asCoico Balsa.
Scanderbeg had three Balsha nephews from his sister Yella. Of these only George Stresi Balsha betrayed him, while the two others, John and Gioka, served him loyally to the end
Bezüglich der Strez herrscht Verwirrung. Hopf macht Ivo und Gojko BalSid zu Söhnen des Stefan Strez, welcher Vlajka Kastriota geheiratet hätte und Sohn des Gjuragj Balšić gewesen wäre, eines Bastards des Gjuragj I.
To the fourth sister, Lady Vlaica, who was married to Lord Balsha, was born John and Coico Balsha.
die Skanderbegs Personlichkeit gelassen hatte, nicht zu füllen. Deshalb muste Venedig wie in den Jahrzehnten vor Skanderbeg mit einer Vielzahl von Adligen zusammenarbeiten; neben Leka, Progon und Nikola Dukagjin gehörten zu dieser Schicht auch Comino Araniti, wohl derselbe, der 1466 Durazzo überfallen hatte; die Söhne von Juani Stexi, di Johann Balsha, Machthaber zwischen Alessio und Kruja; Gojko Balsha und seine söhne der woiwode Jaran um Kruja (1477), und auch der mit seinem Erbe überforderte Johann Kastriota.
Никола Дукађин убио је Леку Закарију. Према млетачком хроничару Стефану Мању убио га је "у битки" као његов вазал. Мада Барлеције погрешно наводи да је убиство извршио Лека Дукађин
Nikola und Paul Dukagjin, Leka Zaharia von Dagno, Peter Span, Herr der Berge hinter Drivasto, Georg Strez Balsha sowie Johann und Gojko Balsha, die sich zwischen Kruja und Alessio festgesetzt hatten, die Dushman von Klein-Polatum sowie Stefan (Stefanica) Crnojevic, der Herr der Oberzeta
Гојко Балшић показује се од велике користи Турђу Кастриотићу Скендербегу, који га је једном послао са 500 коњаника у помоћ краљу напуљском Ференту арагонском ("). Гојко Балшић ожењен је био Ком и том Арија нитoвoм ...