Aleksa Đurašević Crnojević ( sr-cyr, Алекса Ђурашевић Црнојевић, 1413–27), known as Lješ (Љеш) was the lord of
Paštrovići
The Paštrovići (, ; it, Pastrouichi, Pastrouicchi) is a historical tribe and region in the Montenegrin Littoral. Paštrovići stretches from the southernmost part of the Bay of Kotor, from the cape of Zavala to Spič. Its historical capital ...
(a
coastal tribe) of the
Lordship of Zeta and a
voivode of the
Serbian Despotate, alongside his older brother
Đurađ.
Đurađ and his brother Aleksa (Lješ) were lords of the territory of Paštrovići (
Luštica
Luštica ( Montenegrin: Луштица, ) is a peninsula on the south Adriatic Sea, located at the entrance of the Bay of Kotor ( sh, Boka kotorska or ''Boka'') in southwestern Montenegro. It effectively separates Tivat Bay from the Adriatic.
The ...
and hills above
Kotor and
Budva) during the reign of
Balša III.
[ ] The Đurašević family was a branch of the Kalođurđević family.
Its members held the most distinct positions in the court of Balša III.
After the death of Balša III they refused Venetian invitations to switch sides and to accept Venetian suzerainty remaining loyal to new lord of Zeta, Serbian Despot
Stefan Lazarević
Stefan Lazarević ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Лазаревић, 1377 – 19 July 1427), also known as Stefan the Tall ( sr, Стефан Високи / ''Stefan Visoki''), was the ruler of Serbia as prince (1389–1402) and despot (1402–1427), ...
. They controlled 10
salt ponds in Grbalj valley near
Kotor.
[ ] Đurađ and his brother Aleksa built the
Kom Monastery in the period between 1415 and 1427, when Upper Zeta was held by the Crnojevići.
On 10 March 1420 Venetians promised to appoint Đurađ and his brother Aleksa (Lješ) as governors of Budva.
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15th-century Serbian nobility
Princes of Zeta
Crnojević noble family
People of the Serbian Despotate
15th-century deaths
Bay of Kotor
Year of birth unknown