George Thopia ( sq, Gjergj Topia, it, Giorgio Topia; 1388 – d. 1392) was the Lord of
Durazzo (Durrës) from 1388 to 1392. He was the son of
Karl Topia
Karl Thopia ( sq, Karl Topia) was an Albanian feudal prince and warlord who ruled Albania from the middle of the 14th century until the first Ottoman conquest of Albania. Thopia usually maintained good relations with the Roman Curia.
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and
Vojislava Balšić Vojislava ( sr-Cyrl, Војислава) is a South Slavic given name, a feminine form of Vojislav
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. George married
Teodora
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Notable people with the name include:
*Teodora Sava (born 2001), Romanian singer
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, the daughter of ''sevastokrator''
Branko Mladenović
Branko ( sr-cyr, Бранко; 1331–65) was a Serbian magnate who served to king and Serbian Empire, emperor Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55), and emperor Stefan Uroš V (r. 1355–71), with the titles of ''sluga'' and later ''sevastokrator''. A me ...
, of the Serbian
Branković family.
George was required to return Durazzo to the
Republic of Venice
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in 1392.
Later that year, he died without issue. His sister, Elena, gained the bulk of the rest of his holdings, whilst a smaller portion was left to his younger sister, Vojsava.
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14th-century births
1392 deaths
Gjergj
Medieval Albanian nobility
People from Durrës