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{{Infobox royalty
{{Infobox royalty
|name = Karl Thopia
| name = Karl Thopia<br />{{small|{{lang|sq|Karl Topia}}}}
| title = Prince of Albania
|image =Karl Topia, by Kostandin Shpataraku, Ardenica Monastery.png
| image = Karl Thopia.jpg
|succession=[[Principality of Albania (medieval)|Prince of Albania]]
| succession = [[Principality of Albania (medieval)|Prince of Albania]]
|reign = 1358–1388
| reign = 1358–1388
⚫
|predecessor = [[Andrea I Thopia]]
|successor1 = [[George Thopia]]
| predecessor = [[Andrea I Thopia]]<br>(as Count of Mat)
⚫
| successor1 = [[Gjergj Thopia]]
|spouse = Voisava Balsha
|issue = [[George Thopia|Gjergj Thopia]]<br/>[[Helena Thopia]]<br/>Voisava Thopia<br/>Maria Thopia<br/>[[Niketa Thopia]]
| spouse = [[Voisava Balsha]]
| issue = [[Gjergj Thopia]]<br/>[[Helena Thopia]]<br/>[[Voisava Thopia]]<br/>[[Maria Thopia]]<br/>[[Niketa Thopia]]
|house =[[Thopia family|Thopia]], [[Capetian House of Anjou|Anjou-Naples]]
| house = [[Thopia family|Thopia]]<br/>[[Capetian House of Anjou|Anjou-Naples]]
|house-type = Dynasty
| house-type = Dynasty
|father = [[Andrea I Thopia]]
| father = [[Andrea I Thopia]]
|mother=[[Hélène of Anjou]]|birth_date = 1331
| mother = [[Hélène of Anjou]]
| birth_date = 1331
|birth_place = [[Durrës]], [[Principality of Albania (medieval)|Princedom of Albania]], [[Kingdom of Naples]] (modern day [[Albania]])
| birth_place = [[Durrës]], [[Principality of Albania (medieval)|Princedom of Albania]], [[Kingdom of Naples]] (modern day [[Albania]])
|death_date = 1388 (aged 57)
| death_date = 1388 (aged 57)
|death_place = [[Elbasan]], [[Principality of Albania (medieval)|Princedom of Albania]]
| death_place = [[Elbasan]], [[Principality of Albania (medieval)|Princedom of Albania]]
|place of burial = [[St. Gjon Vladimir's Church]], Albania
| place of burial = [[St. Gjon Vladimir's Church]]
|religion = [[Roman Catholic]]
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]
}}
}}


'''Karl Thopia''' ({{lang-sq|Karl Topia}}) was an [[Albanians|Albanian]] feudal prince and warlord who ruled [[Principality of Albania (medieval)|Albanian domains]] from the middle of the 14th century until the first [[Ottoman wars in Europe|Ottoman conquest]] of Albania.<ref>{{cite book|title=Albania|author= Gillian Gloyer|year= 2008|isbn= 9781841622460|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=K_trOWbGcbkC&pg=PA101|access-date=15 November 2011}}</ref> Thopia usually maintained good relations with the [[Roman Curia]].
'''Karl Thopia''' ({{lang-sq|Karl Topia}}; 1331 – January 1388) was an [[Albanians|Albanian]] feudal prince and warlord who ruled [[Principality of Albania (medieval)|Albanian domains]] from 1358 until the first [[Ottoman wars in Europe|Ottoman conquest]] of Albania in 1388.<ref>{{cite book|title=Albania|author= Gillian Gloyer|year= 2008|publisher= Bradt Travel Guides|isbn= 9781841622460|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=K_trOWbGcbkC&pg=PA101|access-date=15 November 2011}}</ref> Thopia usually maintained good relations with the [[Roman Curia]].


==Family==
==Family==
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==Control of Durrës and the Princedom of Albania==
==Control of Durrës and the Princedom of Albania==
The long protracted turmoil of dynastic wars had made germinate in their real victims, the Albanians, the seeds of national sentiment which contained great promise, so that, when after Emperor [[Stefan Dušan]]'s death, a descendant of [[Stefan Uroš I]], returned to the province, the inhabitants rose en masse and, under the leadership of Karl Thopia, cut down the pretender and his entire force in the battle of [[Acheloos (municipality)|Acheloos]].<ref name=Houtsma-456>{{cite book|title=E. J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913–1936|author= M. Th. Houtsma|year= 1987|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=zJU3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA456|page=456|isbn= 9004082654|access-date=15 November 2011}}</ref>
The long protracted turmoil of dynastic wars had made germinate in their real victims, the Albanians, the seeds of national sentiment which contained great promise, so that, when after Emperor [[Stefan Dušan]]'s death, a descendant of [[Stefan Uroš I]], returned to the province, the inhabitants rose en masse and, under the leadership of Karl Thopia, cut down the pretender and his entire force in the battle of [[Acheloos (municipality)|Acheloos]].<ref name=Houtsma-456>{{cite book|title=E. J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913–1936|author= M. Th. Houtsma|year= 1987|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=zJU3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA456|page=456|publisher= BRILL|isbn= 9004082654|access-date=15 November 2011}}</ref>


In 1358, Karl rose against the rule of the [[County of Anjou|Anjou]] and managed to drive them out of Durrës from [[Epirus]] and Albania. He ruled most of modern central Albania from 1358 to 1388 and claimed the title of ''princeps Albaniae''.
In 1358, Karl rose against the rule of the [[County of Anjou|Anjou]] and managed to drive them out of Durrës from [[Epirus]] and Albania. He ruled most of modern central Albania from 1358 to 1388 and claimed the title of ''princeps Albaniae''.
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Since 1362, Karl sought [[Durrës]], which was in the possession of Duchess [[Joanna, Duchess of Durazzo|Joanna]]. The first, certainly still unsuccessful siege lasted from April 1362 until May 1363. Then, Thopia had to withdraw his troops, who were weakened by an epidemic disease. Only in 1367 could Karl conquer Durrës, who had attained in the meantime the tacit agreement of the Venetians for his project and turn this important port into his residence.
Since 1362, Karl sought [[Durrës]], which was in the possession of Duchess [[Joanna, Duchess of Durazzo|Joanna]]. The first, certainly still unsuccessful siege lasted from April 1362 until May 1363. Then, Thopia had to withdraw his troops, who were weakened by an epidemic disease. Only in 1367 could Karl conquer Durrës, who had attained in the meantime the tacit agreement of the Venetians for his project and turn this important port into his residence.
[[File:Stema e Karl Topisë.svg|150px|thumb|Stone engraving attributed to Karl Thopia, found in [[Saint Gjon Vladimir's Church]] (1381)]]
[[File:Stema e Karl Topisë.svg|150px|thumb|Stone engraving attributed to Karl Thopia, found in [[Saint Gjon Vladimir's Church]] (1381)]]
Karl gained control of [[Durrës]] in 1368, which was where the [[Duchy of Anjou|Angevins]] held out due to their [[Kingdom of Albania (medieval)|Kingdom]] becoming smaller in size. In 1374, [[Pope Gregory XI]] awarded him the title "Grande Conte d'Albania" (Great Count of Albania).<ref>Fine, 1994 [https://archive.org/details/latemedievalbalk00fine p. 371]</ref> Karl lost [[Durrës]] in 1376, conquered by Joanna's husband [[Louis, Duke of Durazzo|Louis]] at the [[Battle of Durazzo (1376)|Battle of Durazzo]], but recovered it in 1383 when the last mercenaries of the [[Navarrese Company]] moved to Greece.<ref>{{cite book|author=John V. A. Fine (jr.), John Van Antwerp Fine |title=The Late Medieval Balkans A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=978-0-4720-8260-5|page=384|quote=...The Angevins retained Durazzo for a time, for in 1379 Joanna's new husband, Robert of Artois, is found issuing to Dubrovnik a charter pertaining to Durazzo. Karlo Thopia, who held the territory both north and south of the city, soon, probably in 1383, regained possession of Durazzo...}}</ref>{{sfnp|Fine|1994|p=384}}
Karl gained control of [[Durrës]] in 1368, which was where the [[Duchy of Anjou|Angevins]] held out due to their [[Kingdom of Albania (medieval)|Kingdom]] becoming smaller in size. In 1374, [[Pope Gregory XI]] awarded him the title "Grande Conte d'Albania" (Great Count of Albania).<ref>Fine, 1994 [https://archive.org/details/latemedievalbalk00fine p. 371]</ref> Karl lost [[Durrës]] in 1376, conquered by Joanna's husband [[Louis, Duke of Durazzo|Louis]] during the [[Durrës Expedition]], but recovered it in 1383 when the last mercenaries of the [[Navarrese Company]] moved to Greece.<ref>{{cite book|author=John V. A. Fine (jr.), John Van Antwerp Fine |title=The Late Medieval Balkans A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest|date=1994 |publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=978-0-4720-8260-5|page=384|quote=...The Angevins retained Durazzo for a time, for in 1379 Joanna's new husband, Robert of Artois, is found issuing to Dubrovnik a charter pertaining to Durazzo. Karlo Thopia, who held the territory both north and south of the city, soon, probably in 1383, regained possession of Durazzo...}}</ref>{{sfnp|Fine|1994|p=384}}


Thopia ruled over the regions of [[Durrës]], [[Kruja]], [[Peqin]], [[Elbasan]], Mokra and Gora, that is, along both sides of the [[Via Egnatia]] as far east as [[Lake Ohrid]].
Thopia ruled over the regions of [[Durrës]], [[Kruja]], [[Peqin]], [[Elbasan]], Mokra and Gora, that is, along both sides of the [[Via Egnatia]] as far east as [[Lake Ohrid]].


==Rivalry with Balsha II==
==Rivalry with Balsha II==

[[Balsha II]] and the Thopia had been fighting for the control of the region between [[Lake Skadar]] and Durrës since 1363. Balsha, allied with the Albanian tribe [[Mataruge]], tried to invade [[Principality of Albania (medieval)|Albania]] in 1364. In the summer of the same year, Balša was defeated by Karl and [[Đurađ I Balšić|Gjergj I Balsha]] was captured in a skirmish. It would not be until 1366 that [[Republic of Ragusa]] would mediate peace between them and procured the release of Gjergj.<ref>Fine 1994, [https://archive.org/details/latemedievalbalk00fine p. 372]</ref>
[[Balsha II]] and the Thopia had been fighting for the control of the region between [[Lake Skadar]] and Durrës since 1363. Balsha, allied with the Albanian tribe [[Mataruge]], tried to invade [[Principality of Albania (medieval)|Albania]] in 1364. In the summer of the same year, Balša was defeated by Karl and [[Đurađ I Balšić]] was captured in a skirmish. It would not be until 1366 that [[Republic of Ragusa]] would mediate peace between them and procured the release of Gjergj.<ref>Fine 1994, [https://archive.org/details/latemedievalbalk00fine p. 372]</ref>


In 1380, Karl Thopia tried to make an alliance with King [[Louis I of Hungary]], who confirmed it in the possessions he had in Durrës and the surrounding area. This alliance was not welcomed by either the [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]] or the [[Roman Curia]], as long as the Hungarian king supported Avignon's antipope. Rejecting Charles's legitimacy over [[Durrës]], the Pope turned his brother-in-law Balša II against him.
In 1380, Karl Thopia tried to make an alliance with King [[Louis I of Hungary]], who confirmed it in the possessions he had in Durrës and the surrounding area. This alliance was not welcomed by either the [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]] or the [[Roman Curia]], as long as the Hungarian king supported Avignon's antipope. Rejecting Charles's legitimacy over [[Durrës]], the Pope turned his brother-in-law Balša II against him.
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==St. Gjon Vladimir's Church==
==St. Gjon Vladimir's Church==
[[File:Shijon, Albania - St Jovan Vladimir's Church 2018 01.jpg|240px|thumb|The [[St. Gjon Vladimir's Church]] was founded by Karl Thopia]]
[[File:Shijon, Albania - St Jovan Vladimir's Church 2018 01.jpg|240px|thumb|The [[St. Gjon Vladimir's Church]] was founded by Karl Thopia]]

In 1381, Karl built the [[St. Gjon Vladimir's Church]] in the proximity of [[Elbasan]], where [[Jovan Vladimir]]'s remains were held until 1995.<ref>{{citation|last=Anamali|first=Skënder|title=Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime|volume=I|year=2002|page=294|publisher=Botimet Toena|language=Albanian|oclc=52411919}}</ref>
In 1381, Karl built the [[St. Gjon Vladimir's Church]] in the proximity of [[Elbasan]], where [[Jovan Vladimir]]'s remains were held until 1995.<ref>{{citation|last=Anamali|first=Skënder|title=Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime|volume=I|year=2002|page=294|publisher=Botimet Toena|language=Albanian|oclc=52411919}}</ref>
He is depicted in the icon of St. Vladimir, painted by [[Onufri]], wearing a crown and standing by the Church of the Saint.
He is depicted in the icon of St. Vladimir, painted by [[Onufri]], wearing a crown and standing by the Church of the Saint.
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|6= 6. [[Robert, King of Naples]]
|6= 6. [[Robert, King of Naples]]
|7= 7. Unknown Mistress
|7= 7. Unknown Mistress
|8= 8. Sevasto Thopia
|12= 12. [[Charles II of Naples]]
|12= 12. [[Charles II of Naples]]
|13= 13. [[Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples]]
|13= 13. [[Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples]]
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|26= 26. [[Stephen V of Hungary]]
|26= 26. [[Stephen V of Hungary]]
|27= 27. [[Elizabeth the Cuman]]
|27= 27. [[Elizabeth the Cuman]]
|48=48. [[Louis VIII of France]]
|49=49. [[Blanche of Castille]]
|50=50. [[Ramon Berenguer V, Count of Provence]]
|51=51. [[Beatrice of Savoy]]
|52=52. [[Béla IV of Hungary]]
|53=53. [[Maria Laskarina]]
|54=54. [[Köten]]
}}
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* [[Principality of Albania (medieval)]]
* [[Principality of Albania (medieval)]]
* [[Saint Gjon Vladimir's Church]]
* [[Saint Gjon Vladimir's Church]]
==References==
==Muzaka-Serbian war of 1340==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist|2}}


Revision as of 00:17, 29 August 2024

Karl Thopia
Karl Topia
Prince of Albania
Prince of Albania
Reign1358–1388
PredecessorAndrea I Thopia
(as Count of Mat)
SuccessorGjergj Thopia
Born1331
Durrës, Princedom of Albania, Kingdom of Naples (modern day Albania)
Died1388 (aged 57)
Elbasan, Princedom of Albania
Burial
St. Gjon Vladimir's Church
SpouseVoisava Balsha
IssueGjergj Thopia
Helena Thopia
Voisava Thopia
Maria Thopia
Niketa Thopia
DynastyThopia
Anjou-Naples
FatherAndrea I Thopia
MotherHélène of Anjou
ReligionRoman Catholic

Karl Thopia (Albanian: Karl Topia; 1331 – January 1388) was an Albanian feudal prince and warlord who ruled Albanian domains from 1358 until the first Ottoman conquest of Albania in 1388.[1] Thopia usually maintained good relations with the Roman Curia.

Family

Main article: Thopia family

The first mention of the Thopia is from 1329,[2] when Tanusio Thopia was mentioned as one of the counts of Albania.[3] In 1338, Tanusio was mentioned as Count of Mat (conte di Matia).[4] According to Karl Hopf, Tanusio's son or brother Andrea I, as told by Gjon Muzaka (fl. 1510), had fallen in love with an illegitimate daughter of King Robert of Naples when her ship, en route to the Principality of the Morea to be wed with the bailli, had stopped at Durrës where they met. Andrea abducted and married her, and they had two sons, Karl and George. Karl was named after his great great grandfather Charles I of Anjou. King Robert, enraged, under the pretext of reconciliation had the couple invited to Naples where he had them executed.[5] Karl Thopia is first mentioned in 1350, at a time when Anjou still owned Durrës.

Control of Durrës and the Princedom of Albania

The long protracted turmoil of dynastic wars had made germinate in their real victims, the Albanians, the seeds of national sentiment which contained great promise, so that, when after Emperor Stefan Dušan's death, a descendant of Stefan Uroš I, returned to the province, the inhabitants rose en masse and, under the leadership of Karl Thopia, cut down the pretender and his entire force in the battle of Acheloos.[6]

In 1358, Karl rose against the rule of the Anjou and managed to drive them out of Durrës from Epirus and Albania. He ruled most of modern central Albania from 1358 to 1388 and claimed the title of princeps Albaniae.

Since 1362, Karl sought Durrës, which was in the possession of Duchess Joanna. The first, certainly still unsuccessful siege lasted from April 1362 until May 1363. Then, Thopia had to withdraw his troops, who were weakened by an epidemic disease. Only in 1367 could Karl conquer Durrës, who had attained in the meantime the tacit agreement of the Venetians for his project and turn this important port into his residence.

Stone engraving attributed to Karl Thopia, found in Saint Gjon Vladimir's Church (1381)

Karl gained control of Durrës in 1368, which was where the Angevins held out due to their Kingdom becoming smaller in size. In 1374, Pope Gregory XI awarded him the title "Grande Conte d'Albania" (Great Count of Albania).[7] Karl lost Durrës in 1376, conquered by Joanna's husband Louis during the Durrës Expedition, but recovered it in 1383 when the last mercenaries of the Navarrese Company moved to Greece.[8][9]

Thopia ruled over the regions of Durrës, Kruja, Peqin, Elbasan, Mokra and Gora, that is, along both sides of the Via Egnatia as far east as Lake Ohrid.

Rivalry with Balsha II

Balsha II and the Thopia had been fighting for the control of the region between Lake Skadar and Durrës since 1363. Balsha, allied with the Albanian tribe Mataruge, tried to invade Albania in 1364. In the summer of the same year, Balša was defeated by Karl and Đurađ I Balšić was captured in a skirmish. It would not be until 1366 that Republic of Ragusa would mediate peace between them and procured the release of Gjergj.[10]

In 1380, Karl Thopia tried to make an alliance with King Louis I of Hungary, who confirmed it in the possessions he had in Durrës and the surrounding area. This alliance was not welcomed by either the Venetians or the Roman Curia, as long as the Hungarian king supported Avignon's antipope. Rejecting Charles's legitimacy over Durrës, the Pope turned his brother-in-law Balša II against him.

Balsha II made a fourth attempt to conquer Durrës, an important commercial and strategic center, which was ruled by his rival, Karl Thopia. In 1385, Balsha II started an offensive, capturing Durrës from Karl Thopia the following year, and proclaimed himself Duke of Durazzo (Durrës). Thopia called on the Turks for assistance. Murad I gladly sent an army of 40,000 men from Macedonia. In the plain of Savra between Elbasan and Lushnjë, Balsha II fought the Turks and was defeated and killed.[citation needed] Thopia again gained control over Durrës, probably under Ottoman suzerainty.[11]

Venetian alliance

In the last decade of his rule, Karl closely followed the Republic of Venice, particularly with regard to foreign policy. On 17 August 1386, Karl Thopia allied himself with Venice and committed himself to participate in all wars of the Republic or pay auxiliary funds and supply grain. In addition, he promised the Venetian buyers protection in his lands. In return, Venice supplied a galley, permitted recruitment of Thopia's mercenaries in Venetian areas and instructed the captain of their Adriatic fleet to protect Karl's coasts from the Ottomans. The Ottomans undertook several heavy attacks on Durrës, which also still persisted as Karl died in January 1388. His son, Gjergj, became Karl's successor.

St. Gjon Vladimir's Church

The St. Gjon Vladimir's Church was founded by Karl Thopia

In 1381, Karl built the St. Gjon Vladimir's Church in the proximity of Elbasan, where Jovan Vladimir's remains were held until 1995.[12] He is depicted in the icon of St. Vladimir, painted by Onufri, wearing a crown and standing by the Church of the Saint.

Inscriptions:

  • A calligraphic inscription in Greek says: "ΚΑΡΛΑ ΘΕΩΠΙΑϹ ΚΑΙ ΚΤΗΤΩΡ ΤΗϹ ΑΓΙΑϹ ΜΟΝΗϹ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ" (Karla Theopias, builder of the Holy Monastery of the Saint).
  • Another Greek inscription in the building refers to him as: "... ο πανυψηλώτατος πρώτος Κάρλας Θεωπίας ανεψιός δε και αίματος ρύγας της Φραγγίας... οικοδόμησεν τον πάνσεπτον ναόν τούτον του αγίου Ιωάννου του Βλαδιμήρου ..." (the highest and prime Karlas Theopias, nephew and by blood king of Francia ... built this holy church of St. John Vladimir ... ) dated 1382. This inscription is currently located in the Albanian Historical Museum in Tirana.[13]
  • "These signs of a great lord ... Carla Thopea" (ετούτα τα σιμάδηα αυθέντου μέγα ... Κάρλα Θοπήα).[14]

Issue

Karl married Voisava Balsha, in c. 1370. The pair had four children:

Karl had two more children but the parentage is unknown:

Family tree

See also

References

  1. ^ Gillian Gloyer (2008). Albania. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 9781841622460. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  2. ^ Johann Georg von Hahn (1867). Reise durch die Gebiete des Drin und Wardar: im Auftrage der K. Akademie der Wissenschaften unternommen im Jahre 1863. Aus der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. p. 282.
  3. ^ Émile G. Léonard (1932). Histoire de Jeanne 1re, reine de Naples, comtesse de Provence (1343–1382): La jeunesse de la reine Jeanne. Imprimerie de Monaco. p. 107.
  4. ^ Bollettino della Badia Greca di Grottaferrata. Scuola Tipografica Italo-Orientale "S.Nilo". 1978.
  5. ^ Carl Hermann Friedrich Johann Hopf (1960). Geschichte Griechenlands vom Beginn des Mittelalters bis auf unsere Zeit. B. Franklin. … da deren Besitzungen bald darauf in der Hand jenes Tanussio Thopia (1328–1338) waren, dem König Robert von Neapel 1338 den Besitz der Grafschaft Mat bestätigte. Des letztern Sohn oder Bruder Andreas war es, der sich mit dem Hause Capet verschwägerte. König Robert, so erzählt Musachi, hatte seine natürliche Tochter dem Bailli von Morea – vielleicht dem Bertrand de Baux – zur Gattin bestimmt und sie nach Durazzo gesandt, wo damals Thopia weilte. Er verliebte sich in sie, entführte und heirathete sie. Zwei Söhne, Karl und Georg, entsprossen dieser Ehe. Aber schwer traf die Gatten bald die Rache des erzürnten Vaters; unter dem Scheine der Versöhnung lud er beide zu sich nach Neapel ein und ließ sie dort hinrichten; die Kinder aber, in denen somit wirklich das Blut der Angiovinen floß, wurden gerettet; in der festen Burg Kroja , die er später ausbaute, nicht, wie die Sage meldet , erst gründete "), wuchs Karl auf, entschlossen, den Mord des vaters zu rächen
  6. ^ M. Th. Houtsma (1987). E. J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913–1936. BRILL. p. 456. ISBN 9004082654. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  7. ^ Fine, 1994 p. 371
  8. ^ John V. A. Fine (jr.), John Van Antwerp Fine (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-4720-8260-5. ...The Angevins retained Durazzo for a time, for in 1379 Joanna's new husband, Robert of Artois, is found issuing to Dubrovnik a charter pertaining to Durazzo. Karlo Thopia, who held the territory both north and south of the city, soon, probably in 1383, regained possession of Durazzo...
  9. ^ Fine (1994), p. 384.
  10. ^ Fine 1994, p. 372
  11. ^ Fine 1994, p. 390.
  12. ^ Anamali, Skënder (2002), Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime (in Albanian), vol. I, Botimet Toena, p. 294, OCLC 52411919
  13. ^ Icons from the Orthodox Communities of Albania, catalog of the exhibition of the collection of icons of the National Museum of Medieval Art of Korce, held in Thessaloniki in 2006. Published by the European Centre of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments – Museum of Byzantine Culture (Greece), p. 138.
  14. ^ von Hahn Johann Georg, Albanesische studien, vol. 1, pp. 119, 120
  15. ^ Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë; K. Prifti; Xh. Gjeçovi; M. Korkuti; G. Shpuza; S. Anamali; K. Biçoku; F. Duka; S. Islami; S. Naçi; F. Prendi; S. Pulaha; P. Xhufi (2002). Historia e Popullit Shqiptar. Tirana, Albania: Toena. p. 309. ISBN 99927-1-622-3. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

Sources

Regnal titles
Preceded by Lord of Krujë
1355–1388 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Joanna of Durrës
as Duchess of Durrës
 Prince of Albania
1368–1383 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prince of Albania
1385–1388 		Succeeded by
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