Andrea Gropa
Andrea Gropa | |
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| Lord of Ohrid gospodar | |
| Wars and battles | Battle of Kosovo |
| Noble family | Gropa |
| Spouse | Anne (Kyranna) Muzaka[3] |
| Occupation |
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Andrea Gropa was a 14th-century
Life
Andrea was a member of the Albanian
After
After the death of King Vukašin and his brother
After Maritsa, the Dejanovići became Ottoman vassals.[8] By 1377, Vuk Branković extended his rule over Skopje, and Gropa is mentioned as lord of Ohrid.[9][10] Bogdan, Gropa and Marko, and the rest of the rulers in Western Macedonia became vassals to Murad I.[11] The vassals had to pay tribute to the Ottoman sultan and supply troops in case of war.[11]
Gropa is mentioned as megas zupanos (
According to the Muzaka chronicles, Gropa joined Andrea II Muzaka and the Balšić family against Marko; He gained Kostur and Debar, and became virtually independent from Marko.
Gropa also minted coins,[14] findings dating to c. 1377 – c. 1385,[15] inscribed in Old Serbian with his title as župan and gospodar, with his signature as "Po milosti Božijoj župan Gropa".[12] He was the last Christian ruler of Ohrid before the Ottoman conquest.[16] His signature is found in the scriptorium of the Church of St. Sofia in Ohrid.[17]
The date of his death is unknown, the Muzaka chronicles says there were no descendants and that his lands were assigned to the Muzaka family after his death.
Family
Gropa married Anne (Kyranna), the daughter of
Legacy
Gropa is, like some the other provincial lords during the breakdown and
References
- ^ Altimari;Stanič 1984, p. 31: "Andrea Gropa, gospodar Ohrida"
- ^ a b Parry;Yapp 1975, p. 167: "In southwest Macedonia, the Albanian Andrea Gropa (Cropa) set himself up as the 'Grand Zupan' (Prefect) of Ohrid."
- ^ Soulis, p. 142
- ^ Sufflay, p. 126
- ^ a b Sufflay 2000, p. 145: "U vrijeme srpskog prodiranja u Makedoniju pomiču se i Grope prema jugu, postaju susjedi Arianita i Spata, a po smrti kralja Vukašina, Andrija Gropa, koji se na grčkom kamenom natpisu (1378.) naziva megas zupanos (župan velji)"
- ^ a b Soulis 1984, p. 142
- ^ Srejović, Gavrilović, Ćirković 1982, p. 24
- ^ Soulis, p. 100
- ^ Fine 1994, p. 380: "By 1377 Vuk Brankovic had Skopje and an Albanian named Andrew Gropa had Ohrid"
- ^ Mihaljčić, p. 170: "Негде у исто време када је Вук Бранковић запосео Скопље, арбанашки властелин Андрија Гропа јавља се као господар Охрида."
- ^ a b Soulis 1984, p. 100
- ^ a b Stanojević 1925, p. 213
- ^ Mandić, p. 85: Само са презименом поме- нут је, на пример, и жупан Андрија Гропа, 1380. године, у посмртном натпису Остоје Рајаковића V цркви Богородице Перивлепте у Охриду („зет жупана Гропе")
- ^ American Numismatic Society 1964, p. 293
- ^ Dimitrijević 1997, p. 103: "47. Dinar issued by Zhupan Andrija Gropa (c. 1377 – c. 1385)"
- ^ Šufflay 1925, p. 126
- ^ Slovanský ústav, p. 208: "Signatures of Andrea Gropa, Tsar Uros, Marko Kralevich and a concept for letter to the archbishop from the scriptorium of St. Sofia Church in Ohrid"
- ^ "Андрија Гропа - ИСТОРИЈСКА БИБЛИОТЕКА". istorijskabiblioteka.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ Stanojević 1915, Delo, Volume 72, A.M. Stanojević, p. 270
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- Marko Šuica, „Nemirno doba srpskog srednjeg veka“, Beograd, 2000. ISBN 86-355-0452-6
- М. Шуица, Немирно доба српског средњег века. Властела српских обласних господара, Београд 2001.
- Велики жупан у Лексикон српског средњег века, приредили С. Ћирковић и Р. Михаљчић, Knowledge, Београд 1999.
- Sergije Dimitrijević, Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti, 1997, Srednjovekovni srpski novac
- American Numismatic Society., 1964, Numismatic literature, Issues 58-65, p. 293
- Soulis, George Christos (1984). The Serbs and Byzantium during the reign of Tsar Stephen Dušan (1331-1355) and his successors. Dumbarton Oaks Library and Collection. ISBN 978-0-88402-137-7. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- Altimari, Francesco; Stanič, Janez (1984). Albanci. Cankarjeva založba. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- Fine, John Van Antwerp (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- Parry, Vernon J.; ISBN 9780197135815. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
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- Srejović, Dragoslav; Gavrilović, Slavko; Ćirković, Sima M. (1982). Istorija srpskog naroda: knj. Od najstarijih vremena do Maričke bitke (1371). Srpska književna zadruga.