Jump to content

Niketa Thopia: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
mNo edit summary
Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
(4 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Infobox noble
{{Infobox royalty|
| name = Niketa Thopia
| name = Niketa Thopia<br />{{small|{{lang|sq|Niketa Topia}}}}
| title = Lord of [[Krujë]]
| title = Lord of Krujë
| image =
| image = Topia coat of arms.svg
| caption =
| caption =
| alt =
| alt =
| CoA =
| CoA =
| more = no
| more = no
| reign = 1392—1399, 1403—1415
| reign = 1392—1394 <br> 1403–1415
| reign-type =
| tenure =
| predecessor =
| reign-type =
| predecessor = [[Helena Thopia]]
| successor =
| suc-type =
| successor =
| succession =
| suc-type =
| succession = [[Principality of Albania (medieval)|Lord of Krujë]]
| spouse = A daughter of [[Komnen Arianiti]]
| spouse-type = Spouse
| spouse = Daughter of [[Komnen Arianiti]]
| issue = [[Mara Thopia]]
| issue = [[Mara Thopia]]
| issue-link =
| issue-link =
| issue-pipe =
| issue-pipe =
| full name =
| full name =
| noble family = [[Thopia family]]
| styles =
| house-type =
| titles =
| father = [[Karl Thopia]]
| house = [[Thopia family|Thopia]]
| mother =
| house-type =
| birth_date =
| father = [[Karl Thopia]]
| birth_place =
| mother = Unknown mistress
| christening_date =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Principality of Albania (medieval)|Principality of Albania]]
| christening_date =
| christening_place =
| christening_place =
| death_date = 1415
| death_date = 1415
| death_place =
| death_place =
| burial_date =
| burial_date =
| burial_place =
| burial_place =
| occupation =
| occupation =
| religion = [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]]
}}
}}


Line 37: Line 40:


==Life==
==Life==
Niketa Thopia was an illegitimate son of Albanian Prince [[Karl Thopia]] born to an unknown mother. Together with his sister Maria Thopia they are Karl's only recognised illegitimate children. Upon his fathers death in 1388, [[Marco Barbarigo di Croia|Marco Barbarigo]] inherited Krujë through his marriage with [[Helena Thopia|Helena]], Niketa's older sister. Moreover, his older brother [[Gjergj, Lord of Durrës|Gjergj]] succeeded their father as Lord of Durrës and styled himself Prince of Albania.<ref>{{cite book| last = Molina| first = Grabiela| title = Decoding Debate in the Venetian Senate Short Stories of Crisis and Response on Albania (1392-1402)| publisher = Brill| isbn = 978-9-0045-2093-6| page = 83| quote = ...George declared himself princeps Albaniae...}}</ref> Niketa, on the other hand inherited a territory south of Durazzo.
Niketa Thopia was an illegitimate son of Albanian Prince [[Karl Thopia]] born to an unknown mother. Together with his sister [[Maria Thopia]], they are Karl's only recognised illegitimate children. Upon his fathers death in 1388, [[Marco Barbarigo di Croia|Marco Barbarigo]] inherited Krujë through his marriage with [[Helena Thopia|Helena]], Niketa's older sister. Moreover, his older brother [[Gjergj, Lord of Durrës|Gjergj]] succeeded their father as Lord of Durrës and styled himself Prince of Albania.<ref>{{cite book| last = Molina| first = Grabiela| title = Decoding Debate in the Venetian Senate Short Stories of Crisis and Response on Albania (1392-1402)| publisher = Brill| isbn = 978-9-0045-2093-6| page = 83| quote = ...George declared himself princeps Albaniae...}}</ref> Niketa, on the other hand inherited a territory south of Durazzo.


After the death of Sultan Bayezid in 1402, many Albanian lords, including Niketa Thopia, [[Gjon Kastrioti]] and [[Koja Zaharija]] recognised Venetian suzerainty.<ref>{{cite book|author=Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb|title=The Encyclopaedia of Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DXcRAQAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Brill|page=654}}</ref>{{Contradictory inline|article=Gjon Kastrioti|date=March 2015}} The Venetians were interested in having some buffer zone between them and the advancing [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] army.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} In 1403, Niketa Thopia managed to capture the city of [[Krujë]] from his sister, [[Helena Thopia]], thus gaining another part of the territory previously held by the Thopia family.<ref name=Anamali>Anamali, Skënder and Prifti, Kristaq. Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime. Botimet Toena, 2002, {{ISBN|99927-1-622-3}} p.251-252</ref>
After the death of Sultan Bayezid in 1402, many Albanian lords, including Niketa Thopia, [[Gjon Kastrioti]] and [[Koja Zaharija]] recognised Venetian suzerainty.<ref>{{cite book|author=Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb|title=The Encyclopaedia of Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DXcRAQAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Brill|page=654}}</ref>{{Contradictory inline|article=Gjon Kastrioti|date=March 2015}} The Venetians were interested in having some buffer zone between them and the advancing [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] army.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} In 1403, Niketa Thopia managed to capture the city of [[Krujë]] from his sister, [[Helena Thopia]], thus gaining another part of the territory previously held by the Thopia family.<ref name=Anamali>Anamali, Skënder and Prifti, Kristaq. Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime. Botimet Toena, 2002, {{ISBN|99927-1-622-3}} p.251-252</ref>
Line 60: Line 63:
|8= 8. [[Tanusio Thopia]]
|8= 8. [[Tanusio Thopia]]
|10= 10. [[Robert, King of Naples]]
|10= 10. [[Robert, King of Naples]]
|11= 11. Unknown mistress
|11= 11. Daughter of [[Komnen Arianiti]]
|20= 20. [[Charles II of Naples]]
|20= 20. [[Charles II of Naples]]
|21= 21. [[Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples|Mary of Hungary]]
|21= 21. [[Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples|Mary of Hungary]]

Revision as of 17:01, 29 August 2024

Niketa Thopia
Niketa Topia
Lord of Krujë
Lord of Krujë
Reign1392—1394
1403–1415
PredecessorHelena Thopia
BornPrincipality of Albania
Died1415
SpouseDaughter of Komnen Arianiti
IssueMara Thopia
HouseThopia
FatherKarl Thopia
MotherUnknown mistress
ReligionRoman Catholic

Niketa Thopia (Albanian: Niketa Topia, Template:Lang-la;[1] fl. 1388 – d. 1415) was the Lord of Krujë between 1392—1394 and 1403–1415. He was a member of the Albanian Thopia family and an illegitimate son of Karl Thopia, the Prince of Albania (r. 1368–1388).

Life

Niketa Thopia was an illegitimate son of Albanian Prince Karl Thopia born to an unknown mother. Together with his sister Maria Thopia, they are Karl's only recognised illegitimate children. Upon his fathers death in 1388, Marco Barbarigo inherited Krujë through his marriage with Helena, Niketa's older sister. Moreover, his older brother Gjergj succeeded their father as Lord of Durrës and styled himself Prince of Albania.[2] Niketa, on the other hand inherited a territory south of Durazzo.

After the death of Sultan Bayezid in 1402, many Albanian lords, including Niketa Thopia, Gjon Kastrioti and Koja Zaharija recognised Venetian suzerainty.[3][[[Gjon Kastrioti#{{{section}}}|contradictory]]] The Venetians were interested in having some buffer zone between them and the advancing Ottoman army.[citation needed] In 1403, Niketa Thopia managed to capture the city of Krujë from his sister, Helena Thopia, thus gaining another part of the territory previously held by the Thopia family.[4]

From his marriage Thopia had one daughter, Mara Thopia. She married Balsha III in 1407 and had a daughter Jelena, named after her grandmother Jelena Lazarević.[5] Balsha III and Niketa entered an alliance in order to drive out the Venetians.[6] Niketa then started to be a mediator between Balsha and Venetians during the First Scutari War.[7] At the end of 1411, he suffered a heavy defeat from the forces of Teodor III Muzaka during one skirmish. He himself was held prisoner and with the intervention of the Ragusan Republic was released, but only after conceding some territories around the Shkumbin river to the Muzaka family. Upon his death in 1415, the castle of Krujë fell into Ottomans' hands.[4]

He married the daughter of Komnen Arianiti.[8]

Family tree

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Nicolae Iorga (1908). Geschichte des Osmanischen reiches. F. A. Perthes aktiengsellschaft. p. 331. comes Nicetas
  2. ^ Molina, Grabiela. Decoding Debate in the Venetian Senate Short Stories of Crisis and Response on Albania (1392-1402). Brill. p. 83. ISBN 978-9-0045-2093-6. ...George declared himself princeps Albaniae...
  3. ^ Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb (1967). The Encyclopaedia of Islam. Brill. p. 654.
  4. ^ a b Anamali, Skënder and Prifti, Kristaq. Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime. Botimet Toena, 2002, ISBN 99927-1-622-3 p.251-252
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Aleks Buda (1984). Problems of the formation of the Albanian people, their language and culture. 8 Nëntori. p. 317.
  7. ^ Fine 1994, p. 512
  8. ^ Shuteriqi, Dhimitër (2012). Zana Prela (ed.). Aranitët: Historia- Gjenealogjia-Zotërimet. Toena. p. 97. ISBN 978-99943-1-729-5.

Sources

Preceded by Lord of Krujë
1392—1394 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Konstantin Balšić
 Lord of Krujë
1403—1415 		Succeeded by
Ottoman Empire
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Niketa_Thopia&oldid=1242947578"