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After the death of Bayezid (1402), many Albanian lords recognised Venetian suzerainty, such as Niketa, [[John Kastrioti|Gjon Kastrioti]] and [[Koja Zaharija]].<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>{{Contradict-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 Bayezid (1402), many Albanian lords recognised Venetian suzerainty, such as Niketa, [[John Kastrioti|Gjon Kastrioti]] and [[Koja Zaharija]].<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>{{Contradict-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>


His daughter Mara married [[Balša III|Balsha III]] in 1407 and had a daughter Jelena, named after her grandmother [[Jelena Balšić|Jelena Balsha]].<ref>{{harvnb|Spremić|2004|pp=73–108}}{{blockquote|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.}}</ref> Balsha III and Niketa entered an alliance in order to drive out the Venetians.<ref>{{cite book|author=Aleks Buda|title=Problems of the formation of the Albanian people, their language and culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIlpAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=8 Nëntori|page=317}}</ref> Niketa then started to be a mediator between Balsha and Venetians during the [[First Scutari War]].<ref>{{harvnb|Fine|1994|p=512}}</ref> At the end of 1411, Niketa Thopia suffered a heavy defeat from the forces of [[Teodor II Muzaka|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.<ref name=Anamali/>
His daughter Mara married [[Balša III|Balsha III]] in 1407 and had a daughter Jelena, named after her grandmother [[Jelena Lazarević]].<ref>{{harvnb|Spremić|2004|pp=73–108}}{{blockquote|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.}}</ref> Balsha III and Niketa entered an alliance in order to drive out the Venetians.<ref>{{cite book|author=Aleks Buda|title=Problems of the formation of the Albanian people, their language and culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIlpAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=8 Nëntori|page=317}}</ref> Niketa then started to be a mediator between Balsha and Venetians during the [[First Scutari War]].<ref>{{harvnb|Fine|1994|p=512}}</ref> At the end of 1411, Niketa Thopia suffered a heavy defeat from the forces of [[Teodor II Muzaka|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.<ref name=Anamali/>


He married the daughter of [[Komnen Arianiti]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Shuteriqi|first=Dhimitër|editor=Zana Prela|title=Aranitët: Historia- Gjenealogjia-Zotërimet|year=2012|publisher=Toena|isbn=978-99943-1-729-5|page=97}}</ref>
He married the daughter of [[Komnen Arianiti]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Shuteriqi|first=Dhimitër|editor=Zana Prela|title=Aranitët: Historia- Gjenealogjia-Zotërimet|year=2012|publisher=Toena|isbn=978-99943-1-729-5|page=97}}</ref>

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Niketa Thopia
Lord of Krujë
Reign1392—1394, 1403—1415
Died1415
Noble familyThopia family
SpouseA daughter of Komnen Arianiti
IssueMara
FatherKarl Topia

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

Life

Niketa was the son of Karl Topia. His mother is unknown. Upon Karl Topia's death (1388), Marco Barbarigo inherited Krujë through his marriage with Helena, Niketa's older sister; Niketa's older brother Gjergj succeeded as Lord of Durazzo. Niketa held a territory south of Durazzo.

After the death of Bayezid (1402), many Albanian lords recognised Venetian suzerainty, such as Niketa, Gjon Kastrioti and Koja Zaharija.[2][[[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.[3]

His daughter Mara married Balsha III in 1407 and had a daughter Jelena, named after her grandmother Jelena Lazarević.[4] Balsha III and Niketa entered an alliance in order to drive out the Venetians.[5] Niketa then started to be a mediator between Balsha and Venetians during the First Scutari War.[6] At the end of 1411, Niketa Thopia 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.[3]

He married the daughter of Komnen Arianiti.[7]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Nicolae Iorga (1908). Geschichte des Osmanischen reiches. F. A. Perthes aktiengsellschaft. p. 331. comes Nicetas
  2. ^ Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb (1967). The Encyclopaedia of Islam. Brill. p. 654.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Aleks Buda (1984). Problems of the formation of the Albanian people, their language and culture. 8 Nëntori. p. 317.
  6. ^ Fine 1994, p. 512
  7. ^ 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
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