Zaharia family | |
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Current region | Albania |
Members | Nicholas Zakarija, Koja Zaharia, Lekë Zaharia, Pjetër Zaharia |
Estate(s) | Budva, Dagnum, Sati, Gladri and Dushmani |
14th and 15th century nobility |
The Zaharia family was an Albanian noble family, most prominent during the 14th and 15th century.
The Zaharia family is mentioned for the first time in the 14th century. [1] A certain Nicholas Zakarija is first mentioned in 1385 as a Balšić family commander and governor of Budva in 1363. [2] After more than twenty years of loyalty, Nicholas Zakarija revolted in 1386 and became ruler of Budva. However, by 1389 Đurađ II Balšić had recaptured the city. [2]
The name of Nicholas Zaharia appears in the form of Nikola Sakat in many original Venetian and Ragusan documents (as governor of Budva in 1383, influential person in Zeta in 1386 and lord of Dagnum during a period of cooperation with Balšić family). [3] [4] [5] That is a basis for some concluding that that Nicholas Zaharia and Nikola Sakat are the same person, who is related to Koja Zaharia. [6]
Komnen Arianiti of Arianiti family married the daughter of Nicholas Zaharia Sakati, ruler of Budva. They had three sons ( Gjergj, Muzaka, and Vladan), and one daughter who married Pal Dukagjini. [7]
In 1396, due to a favorable political situation, Koja Zaharija captured the castle of Dagnum and declared himself a vassal of the Ottomans. In 1412 or at the beginning of 1413, in his second marriage, Balša III married Bolja, a daughter of Koja Zaharia. [8] In 1415 their only son and the only male descendant of the Balša family died. [9] Koja maintained the control of the region until his death.
Upon the death of Koja Zaharija, control of the region was passed to his only son, Lekë Zaharia. According to Marin Barleti, in 1445, during the wedding ceremony of Skanderbeg's sister Mamica Kastrioti, Lekë Zaharia had a dispute with Lekë Dukagjini. The reason of this dispute was a woman named Irene Dushmani, the heir of Dushmani family. She seemed to prefer Zaharia, while this was not accepted by Dukagjini. A skirmish happened and Lekë Dukagjini remained wounded, saved only by the intervention of Vrana Konti. Two years later, in 1447, Lekë Zaharia was killed in an ambush and Lekë Dukagjini was accused of this murder.
Original Venetian documents show that this murder happened in 1444. [10] According to Venetian chronicler Stefano Magno, it was Nicholas Dukagjin, Zaharia's vassal, who killed Lekë Zaharia in battle, not Lekë Dukagjin, as stated by Marin Barleti. [11] Stefano Magno also stated that, before he died, Lekë Zaharia expressed the wish that his properties should be handed over to Venetian Republic. [12]
Bozha Zaharia, the mother of Lekë Zaharia, died in the fire which devastated Venetian Scutari in October 1448. [13]
Having left no heirs, the fortress of Dagnum was claimed by Skanderbeg in the name of League of Lezhë, in which Lekë Zaharia had been a participant. However, his mother surrendered the castle to the Venice Republic. This events triggered the two-year-long Albanian–Venetian War (1447–1448). In the end the castle of Dagnum remained in Venetian hands toward an annual tribute to Skanderbeg. [14]
According to Eqrem Vlora, some members of the Zaharia family were initially Eastern Orthodox Christians, only converting to Roman Catholicism in 1414, after which they disappeared from history. [15]
Koja Zaharia | Boža | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balša III Petar Pavlović or Petar Vojsalić | Bolja | Lekë Zaharia | Daughter (unknown name) | Đurašević | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Koja | Dorothea | Helen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
почетком 1383... заповједник Будве Никола Сакат...наводно испољили жељу да Ђурђа II Страцимировића лише власти Никола и Андреја Сакат, па их је зетски господар по савету Дукађина, казнио...Никола Сакат помиње се у одлукама дубровчког Малог вијећа крајем марта 1386 год. као утицајна личност у Зети...[Google translation: at the beginning of 1383 ... the commander of Budva Nikola Sakat ... allegedly expressed a wish to deprive Đurđe II Stracimirović of power Nikola and Andrej Sakat, so the lord of Zeta, on the advice of Dukađin, punished them ... Nikola Sakat is mentioned in the decisions of the Dubrovnik Small Council at the end of March 1386 as an influential person in Zeta ...]
Zaharia family | |
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Current region | Albania |
Members | Nicholas Zakarija, Koja Zaharia, Lekë Zaharia, Pjetër Zaharia |
Estate(s) | Budva, Dagnum, Sati, Gladri and Dushmani |
14th and 15th century nobility |
The Zaharia family was an Albanian noble family, most prominent during the 14th and 15th century.
The Zaharia family is mentioned for the first time in the 14th century. [1] A certain Nicholas Zakarija is first mentioned in 1385 as a Balšić family commander and governor of Budva in 1363. [2] After more than twenty years of loyalty, Nicholas Zakarija revolted in 1386 and became ruler of Budva. However, by 1389 Đurađ II Balšić had recaptured the city. [2]
The name of Nicholas Zaharia appears in the form of Nikola Sakat in many original Venetian and Ragusan documents (as governor of Budva in 1383, influential person in Zeta in 1386 and lord of Dagnum during a period of cooperation with Balšić family). [3] [4] [5] That is a basis for some concluding that that Nicholas Zaharia and Nikola Sakat are the same person, who is related to Koja Zaharia. [6]
Komnen Arianiti of Arianiti family married the daughter of Nicholas Zaharia Sakati, ruler of Budva. They had three sons ( Gjergj, Muzaka, and Vladan), and one daughter who married Pal Dukagjini. [7]
In 1396, due to a favorable political situation, Koja Zaharija captured the castle of Dagnum and declared himself a vassal of the Ottomans. In 1412 or at the beginning of 1413, in his second marriage, Balša III married Bolja, a daughter of Koja Zaharia. [8] In 1415 their only son and the only male descendant of the Balša family died. [9] Koja maintained the control of the region until his death.
Upon the death of Koja Zaharija, control of the region was passed to his only son, Lekë Zaharia. According to Marin Barleti, in 1445, during the wedding ceremony of Skanderbeg's sister Mamica Kastrioti, Lekë Zaharia had a dispute with Lekë Dukagjini. The reason of this dispute was a woman named Irene Dushmani, the heir of Dushmani family. She seemed to prefer Zaharia, while this was not accepted by Dukagjini. A skirmish happened and Lekë Dukagjini remained wounded, saved only by the intervention of Vrana Konti. Two years later, in 1447, Lekë Zaharia was killed in an ambush and Lekë Dukagjini was accused of this murder.
Original Venetian documents show that this murder happened in 1444. [10] According to Venetian chronicler Stefano Magno, it was Nicholas Dukagjin, Zaharia's vassal, who killed Lekë Zaharia in battle, not Lekë Dukagjin, as stated by Marin Barleti. [11] Stefano Magno also stated that, before he died, Lekë Zaharia expressed the wish that his properties should be handed over to Venetian Republic. [12]
Bozha Zaharia, the mother of Lekë Zaharia, died in the fire which devastated Venetian Scutari in October 1448. [13]
Having left no heirs, the fortress of Dagnum was claimed by Skanderbeg in the name of League of Lezhë, in which Lekë Zaharia had been a participant. However, his mother surrendered the castle to the Venice Republic. This events triggered the two-year-long Albanian–Venetian War (1447–1448). In the end the castle of Dagnum remained in Venetian hands toward an annual tribute to Skanderbeg. [14]
According to Eqrem Vlora, some members of the Zaharia family were initially Eastern Orthodox Christians, only converting to Roman Catholicism in 1414, after which they disappeared from history. [15]
Koja Zaharia | Boža | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balša III Petar Pavlović or Petar Vojsalić | Bolja | Lekë Zaharia | Daughter (unknown name) | Đurašević | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Koja | Dorothea | Helen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
почетком 1383... заповједник Будве Никола Сакат...наводно испољили жељу да Ђурђа II Страцимировића лише власти Никола и Андреја Сакат, па их је зетски господар по савету Дукађина, казнио...Никола Сакат помиње се у одлукама дубровчког Малог вијећа крајем марта 1386 год. као утицајна личност у Зети...[Google translation: at the beginning of 1383 ... the commander of Budva Nikola Sakat ... allegedly expressed a wish to deprive Đurđe II Stracimirović of power Nikola and Andrej Sakat, so the lord of Zeta, on the advice of Dukađin, punished them ... Nikola Sakat is mentioned in the decisions of the Dubrovnik Small Council at the end of March 1386 as an influential person in Zeta ...]