Pal (Paulo, Paulo) Gropa () was an Albanian feudal ruler of

Ohrid Ohrid ( mk, Охрид ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the List of cities in North Macedonia, eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording ...

and

Debar Debar ( mk, Дебaр ; Albanian: ''Dibër''/''Dibra'' or ''Dibra e Madhe;'' ) is a city in the western part of North Macedonia, near the border with Albania, off the road from Struga to Gostivar. It is the seat of Debar Municipality. Debar has ...

from the 13th century.

Biography

Pal Gropa from Ohrid is known as the lord of Debar. It belongs to the medieval

Gropa family The Gropa family was an Albanian noble family which ruled the region between Pogradec, Ohrid and Debar in the period 12th — 14th century.Vlora 19565. Gropa: "The sphere of influence of the Gropas was no doubt concentrated in the region between ...

. Chroniclers call him "a vassal of the Crown of Naples" ("feudatario della corona di Napoli").

Charles I of Anjou Charles I (early 1226/12277 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the Capetian House of Anjou, second House of Anjou. He was Count of Provence (1246–85) and County of Fo ...

on May 18, 1273 with a gold seal he gave Pal Gropa seven villages in the Devoll valley and other property in

and

vir Sevasto Paulus Gropa ... Serenitati nostre devotius exhibuit casalia Radicis maioris et Radicis minoris, nec non Cobocheste, Zuadigorica, Sirclani et Сraye. Zessizan sitam in valle de Abu“. In 1275, Sevast Paul Gropa (Ropa) and Johannes Muzaki presented themselves to Vicar General de Tucu in Durrës, a representative of King

Charles of Anjou Charles I (early 1226/12277 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou. He was Count of Provence (1246–85) and Forcalquier (1246–48, 1256–85) i ...

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Bibliography

* *{{cite book, first=Milan , last=Šufflay , publisher=Seminar za arbanasku filologiju, year=1925, title=Srbi i Arbanasi: (njihova simbioza u srednjem vijeku), url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qpMaAAAAIAAJ 13th-century births 14th-century deaths 13th-century Albanian people Gropa family