Voisava Balšić ( sr-Cyr, Воисава Балшић; ), also known as Vojislava, Vojsava or Voislava was a nobewoman related to the

Balšić noble family The House of Balšić ( sr-Cyrl, Балшићи; ), or Balsha, were a noble family that ruled " Zeta and the coastlands" (current-day southern Montenegro and northern Albania), from 1362 to 1421, during and after the fall of the Serbian Empire. ...

Life

Voisava was the daughter of Balsha I, a provincial lord who held the title Lord of Zeta. Her mother's identity remains unknown, and details about her early life are scarce. She was married to

Karl Thopia Karl Thopia (; – January 1388) sometimes written as Charles Thopia, was an Albanian feudal prince and warlord who ruled Albanian domains from 1358 until the first Ottoman conquest of Albania in 1388. Thopia usually maintained good relatio ...

Prince of Albania This is an archontological list of Albanian monarchs, containing monarchs of the medieval Albanian principalities, Albanian kingdoms and to heads of state of modern Albania. Starting from the first established monarch Progon of Kruja from th ...

around the year 1370. Her husband

died in 1388, where he was buried in Saint John Vladimir's Church. Their son,

Gjergj Thopia Gjergj Thopia (; October 1392), also known as Giorgio, Georg or George was an Albanian Prince and member of the Thopia family. He was the Prince of Albania and the Lord of Durrës from 1388 to 1392. His reign was marked by efforts to maintain co ...

, became Karl's successor.

Family

Voisava married

, in 1370. The pair had three children: *

(fl. 1388–d. 1392), Prince of Albania, Lord of Durrës, married Teodora Branković *

Helena Thopia Helena Thopia (; 1388–1403) was an Albanians, 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, was the eldest daughter of Karl Thopia and Voisa ...

(fl. 1388–1403), married Venetian count Marco Barbadigo (first marriage) and lord

Kostandin Balsha Kostandin is an Albanian masculine given name. It is also an Armenian masculine given name (), pronounced Kostandin in Eastern Armenian and Gosdantin in Western Armenian. Both are equivalent to the English name Constantine. Albanians bearing the n ...

(second marriage) *

Voisava Thopia Voisava Thopia (), also known as Voyasclava, Vojislava, Voyslava or Voisclava was an Albanian princess of the Thopia family. Life Princess Voisava, was the daughter of Karl Thopia and Voisava Balsha. Not much is known about the early life of Vo ...

, married N. Cursachio (first marriage) and in 1394, Progon Dukagjini, Lord of

Lezhë Lezhë (, sq-definite, Lezha) is a List of cities and towns in Albania, city in the Republic of Albania and seat of Lezhë County and Lezhë Municipality. It is one of Albania's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously i ...

and uncle of

Pal Dukagjini Pal Dukagjini (, 1411–1458) was an Albanian nobleman, a member of the Dukagjini family. He and his kinsman Nicholas Dukagjini were initially subjects of Lekë Zaharia, a Venetian vassal who had possessions around Shkoder. Nicholas murdered ...

(second marriage)

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* * * * * * * Albanian princesses Balšić noble family Place of birth missing Year of birth missing Year of death missing 14th-century Albanian people {{DEFAULTSORT:Balsha, Voisava

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