The House of Crnojević was a medieval Serbian noble family that held Zeta, or parts of it; a region north of Lake Skadar corresponding to southern Montenegro and northern Albania, from 1326 to 1362 CE, then 1403 until 1515.
Andrija Paltašić also known as Andrija Paltašić-Kotoranin was a Venetian printer and publisher who was active from 1476 to 1492. He was born in Kotor and was part of the Paltašić noble family. He moved to Venice in the 1470s where he became one of the first printers. He died in Venice in ca. 1500. Paltašić is the first known South Slavic printer.
The Croats have a minority in Boka Kotorska, a coastal region in Montenegro, the largest of their kind in Tivat. The three municipalities making up the Bay of Kotor include 4,519 Croats or 6.70%. They are also known as Bokelji, a common name for all inhabitants for of Boka Kotorska. Tivat is home to the minority political party Croatian Civic Initiative, and to the National Council of Croats in Montenegro. Kotor is home to Croatian Civic Society of Montenegro.
Vićentije "Vićenco" Vuković was a printer and editor of books in Serbian in the Republic of Venice, and son of the predecessor, Božidar Vuković, and partner of Jerolim Zagurović, Jakov of Kamena Reka and Stefan Marinović. He had succeeded the noble title from his father, but was patriotically self-styled as Serbian Despot, since the last official Serbian Despot, Pavle Bakić, had died in 1537.
The Second Scutari War was an armed conflict in 1419–1426 between Zeta (1419–1421) and then the Serbian Despotate (1421–1423) on the one side and the Venetian Republic on the other, over Scutari and other former possessions of Zeta captured by Venice.
Ivan Božić was a Yugoslavian historian and academic. He was expert in history of medieval Zeta and the Venetian Republic's policy toward its coastal areas.
Đurađ Đurašević Crnojević was the lord of Paštrovići of the Lordship of Zeta and a voivode of the Serbian Despotate, alongside his younger brother Aleksa (Lješ).
The Moneta were a 15th-century noble family of Zeta, Serbian Despotate and Venetian Republic in the region of Scutari. They first served Zeta's Lord Balša III and Serbian despot Stefan Lazarević before they became pronoiars of the Venetian Republic in 1423. Their religion was Eastern Orthodox and they ruled the land between rivers Bojana and Drin. The most notable members of the Moneta family include Rajko Moneta, his wife Jelena and their three sons. First Rajko and then his sons participated in numerous military conflicts including the Second Scutari War, the Albanian–Venetian War (1447–1448) and the Ottoman sieges of Scutari, first in 1474 and then 1478/1479. After Scutari was captured by the Ottomans in 1479 Nicholas, one of the sons who became voivode of Scutari, went to Venice to join his wife and their five children who took refuge in Venice in 1478 before the last Ottoman siege of Scutari started.
Shirgj was an important market town on the left bank of the river Bojana, 6 miles (9.7 km) away from Shkodër, in what is today northern Albania. It was a medieval trading center, until it lost its population and ceased to exist in the early Ottoman period.
The House of Paltašić was a late Medieval noble family from Kotor, modern-day Montenegro.
Stefan Marinović, also known as Stefan of Scutari was a 16th-century Serb printer from Scutari. He printed his books first in Venice and then in Scutari. Marinović always emphasized that he was "of the city of Scutari".
Stefan Crnojević, or Stephen II was a nominal ruler of the Principality of Zeta between 1496 and 1499.
Jerolim Zagurović was a Serbian-Venetian printer of Serbian Cyrillic books (srbulje). Zagurović and Vićenco Vuković were the last printers of srbulje books.
The Vuković printing house was 16th century printing house established in Venice by Božidar Vuković.
Mazarek was an Albanian nobleman and general in the service of the Serbian Despotate, with the title of vojvoda. At the beginning of the 15th century he was the governor of Rudnik and Ostrvica in Serbia. He was one of the commanders of Serbian troops during the Second Scutari War (1419–23) between Serbia and Venice. After death of Balša III in 1421 Mazarek was appointed the governor of Zeta.
The Battle on Vrtijeljka was fought on the hill of Vrtijeljka near Cetinje between a Venetian irregular force and an advancing Ottoman force on 7 May 1685 at the start of the Morean War. The Venetian force was made up of fighters from the neighbouring areas, including the band of acclaimed hajduk Bajo Pivljanin, and several Christian tribes. The large Ottoman force was led by sanjak-bey Süleyman of Scutari.
Süleyman Pasha was an Albanian Ottoman sanjak-bey of Scutari, a Vizier and a member of the House of Bushati.
Grujica Žeravica was a Serb hajduk commander active in the Ottoman territories of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia during the Venetian–Ottoman war (1645–69). The hajduks, Ottoman subjects, crossed into Venetian territory from where they "jumped into" Ottoman territory. These guerilla forces closely cooperated and were recruited by the Republic of Venice to defend the Venetian–Ottoman frontier during the war. He was a comrade of acclaimed Bajo Pivljanin.
Logosit was a Serbian nobleman who served Despot Stefan Lazarević, with the title of vojvoda (general). He was mentioned in 1422 as fighting in Kotor during the Second Scutari War (1419–26); he commanded a Serbian force that carried out a second attack on Venetian-held Kotor. The surroundings were said to have been devastated by him.
Jevrosima, or Alena or Aljena, also known as Jelena "Lena" Mrnjavčević, was a wife of King Vukašin of Serbia.
Crnojević noble family