| Boglia Zaharia Bolja Zahariajt | |
|---|---|
| Princess of Zeta | |
 Fragment of the Zaharia Family Coat of Arms | |
| Princess Consort of Zeta | |
| Tenure | 1412-1421 |
| Predecessor | Mara Thopia |
| Born | 14th century |
| Spouse | Balsha III |
| Issue | Unknown Son Teodora Balsha |
| House | Zaharia |
| Father | Koja Zaharia |
| Mother | Bosa Dukagjini |
Boglia Zaharia (Albanian : Bolja Zahariajt), also known as Bolja Zakaria or Boya Zaharia was an Albanian Princess and member of the Zaharia family.
Boglia Zaharia was the daughter of Koja Zaharia, an Albanian nobleman, and Bosa Dukagjini, a member of the prominent Dukagjini family. [1] [2] [3] Her father held the titles of Lord of Shati and Danjë. [4] Details about her early life remain scarce.
Boglia Zaharia became the second wife of Balsha III, the Lord of Zeta. The couple married around late 1412 or early 1413, following Balsha's divorce from his first wife, Mara, daughter of Niketa Thopia. [5] [6] With Boglia, Balsha had two children: a son who died in infancy and a daughter Teodora Balsha. Balsha also had a daughter, Jelena Balsha, from his first marriage to Mara. [7] [8]
Boglia Zaharia married Balsha III. The couple had two children:
The House of Balšić, or Balsha, were a noble family that ruled "Zeta and the coastlands", from 1362 to 1421, during and after the fall of the Serbian Empire. Balša, the founder, was a petty nobleman who held only one village during the rule of Emperor Dušan the Mighty, and only after the death of the emperor, his three sons gained power in Lower Zeta after acquiring the lands of gospodin Žarko under unclear circumstances, and they then expanded into Upper Zeta by murdering voivode and čelnik Đuraš Ilijić. Nevertheless, they were acknowledged as oblastni gospodari of Zeta in edicts of Emperor Uroš the Weak. After the death of Uroš (1371), the family feuded with the Mrnjavčevići, who controlled Macedonia.
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The term Albanian Principalities refers to a number of principalities created in the Middle Ages in Albania and the surrounding regions in the western Balkans that were ruled by Albanian nobility. The 12th century marked the first Albanian principality, the Principality of Arbanon. It was later, however, in the 2nd half of the 14th century that these principalities became stronger, especially with the fall of the Serbian Empire after 1355. Some of these principalities were notably united in 1444 under the military alliance called League of Lezhë up to 1480 which defeated the Ottoman Empire in more than 28 battles. They covered modern day Albania,western and central Kosovo, Epirus, areas up to Corinth, western North Macedonia, southern Montenegro. The leaders of these principalities were some of the most noted Balkan figures in the 14th and 15th centuries such as Gjin Bua Shpata, Andrea II Muzaka, Gjon Zenebishi, Karl Topia, Andrea Gropa, Balsha family, Gjergj Arianiti, Gjon Kastrioti, Skanderbeg, Dukagjini family and Lek Dukagjini.
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Family tree of the Balšić noble family
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...које је био посадио Која Захарија, па чак и сама његова удовица Боса. Још је занимљивије да се удовица Боса...
Члановима породице Леке Закарије — мајци Боши, сестри Бољи"
Na papiru ili pergameni predaje Djurdje tom zgodom Mlečanima i »grad Sati s carinom na Danju«. Ali dočim Skadar i Drivast domala i bez zapreke preuzimaju mletački provedituri, mali gradići u gudurama Drina, Danj i Sati, ostaju za njih Tih mjesta, u kojima 1395 vlada Kostadin Balšić, ne će izručiti njegov kaštelan, Arbanas Coya Zaccaria. On se poslije nazivao »dominus Sabatensis et Dagnensis« i bio čas turski kletvenik, čas mletački saveznik.
...Balsa III had two marriages. In 1407 he married Mara, daughter of Niketa Topia, the lord of Krujë and the son of Karl Topia, Prince of Albania. In his second marriage, Balsa III married a daughter of the Albanian nobleman Koja Zaharia, circa 1412...
...But Balsa was in no position to lead a major campaign. He was much sicker and, realizing that death was approaching, was concerned with his succession. His one son had died as an infant. His eldest daughter–who was to marry Sandalj's nephew Stefan Vukcic in 1424—was then only about thirteen...
...They had two daughters, Jelena (named after Balsa's mother) and Teodora….Balsa's only son and the only male descendant of the Balsa family died in 1415....
...But Balsa was in no position to lead a major campaign. He was much sicker and, realizing that death was approaching, was concerned with his succession. His one son had died as an infant...
...Balsa's only son and the only male descendant of the Balsa family died in 1415...
...They had two daughters, Jelena (named after Balsa's mother) and Teodora...