Family tree of the
Balšić noble family
Paternal Balšić family members in bold.
*Balša I (
fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
1356–1362)
**
Stracimir
***
Đurađ II Balšić
****
Balša III
*****Jelena (married ''herzog''
Stjepan Vukčić Kosača
Stjepan Vukčić Kosača ( sr-Cyrl, Стјепан Вукчић Косача; 1404–1466) was the most powerful Bosnian nobleman whose active political career spanned the last three decades of medieval Bosnian history, from 1435 to 1465. D ...
)
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Vladislav Hercegović
Vladislav Hercegović ( sr-Cyrl, Владислав Херцеговић; 1426 or 1427 – 1489) was oldest son of Stjepan Vukčić. The Kosača noble family held lands in the region of Herzegovina. Vladislav received his father's land and the tit ...
*******Petar
********Matija
*********Miklos
**********Ivan
**********Andrija
**********Tomaš
**********Unknown Daughter
*********Unknown Daughter
********Vladislav Hercegović
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Katarina, married ''King of Bosnia''
Stephen Thomas
*******
Sigismund (Šimun)
Kotromanić (converted to Islam and changed his name to Ishak-beg Kraljević (Ishak-bey Kraloglu))
*******Katarina Kotromanić
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Vlatko Hercegović
Vlatko Hercegović (Cyrillic: Влатко Херцеговић), (born 1428 – died 1489), was the second and the last ''Herzog of Saint Sava'', succeeding his father Stjepan Vukčić in 1466.
Succession
After the fall of the kingdom in 146 ...
*******Marija
*******Jovan Hercegović
********Isabella
********Sava
********Vlatko
*********Giovanni
**********Vlatko
***********Elisabeta
********Ferante
*****Unknown Son
*****Teodora (Dorotea)
**
Đurađ I
Đurađ ( sr-Cyrl, Ђурађ, ; ) is a Serbian masculine given name, derived from the Greek ''Georgios''. It is also transliterated as Djuradj.
It is, along with the variant '' Đorđe'', the equivalent of the English ''George''. It was widesp ...
with Olivera Mrnjavčević (first wife) and Teodora Dejanović Dragaš (second wife)
***Jelisaveta (or Jelisanta)
****Unknown Child
*****Jelena
******Nikola
******Jakov
******Monćino
******Dabiživ Monetić
***Goisava
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Jevdokija (Eudokia), married
Esau de' Buondelmonti, ruler of Epirus 1385–1411)
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Giorgio de' Buondelmonti
Giorgio de' Buondelmonti ( gr, Γεώργιος Μπουοντελμόντι, 1411–53) was briefly the ruler of Ioannina in 1411.
Giorgio was the son of Esau de' Buondelmonti by his third wife, Jevdokija Balšić. When his father died on Fe ...
, ruler of Epirus 1411
***
Konstantin (Košta) (married
Helena Thopia
Helena Thopia ( 1388–1403) was an Albanian princess of the Thopia family who held the Krujë region as sovereign lady for two terms; 1388-1392 and 1394–1403.
Life
Princess Helena Thopia was the eldest daughter of Karl Thopia and Voisava Bal ...
, a daughter of
Karl Thopia)
****
Stefan Balšić "Maramonte" (fl. 1419–40), pretender to Zeta
***Đorđe
****Đorđe
****Another son
***Jelena
***Đurađ (illegitimate), his son Stefan Strez Balšić married
Vlajka Kastrioti
The House of Kastrioti ( sq, Dera e Kastriotëve) was an Albanian noble family, active in the 14th and 15th centuries as the rulers of the Principality of Kastrioti. At the beginning of the 15th century, the family controlled a territory in the ...
(
Skanderbeg's sister) and had two sons:
Ivan and
Gojko Gojko ( Serbian script: Гојко) is a masculine given name of an old South Slavic origin. Meaning is little hidden but is connected with peace, as Pacific. It may refer to:
*Gojko Balšić, 15th-century nobleman
*Gojko Berkuljan (1923–1989), p ...
who in 1444 were among the founders of the
League of Lezhë.
**
Balša II married Comita Muzaka († 1392), daughter of
Andrea II Muzaka,
Despot of
Berat)
***
Ruđina
**
Vojislava, married
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.
Family ...
, the "Prince of Albania", with whom she had one son,
George Thopia, Duke of
Durazzo, and two daughters,
Helena Thopia
Helena Thopia ( 1388–1403) was an Albanian princess of the Thopia family who held the Krujë region as sovereign lady for two terms; 1388-1392 and 1394–1403.
Life
Princess Helena Thopia was the eldest daughter of Karl Thopia and Voisava Bal ...
, Lady of
Krujë
Krujë ( sq-definite, Kruja; see also the etymology section) is a town and a municipality in north central Albania. Located between Mount Krujë and the Ishëm River, the city is only 20 km north from the capital of Albania, Tirana.
Kruj ...
, married
Konstantin Balšić, and Vojislava
References
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