Andreas Thopia
Andreas Thopia († around 1340 in Naples ) was an Albanian nobleman. In 1338 he inherited the county of Mati from his predecessor Tanush .
Andreas had become the son-in-law of the Napoleonic king Robert of Anjou without his consent. It should end up costing him his head. Robert sent his biological daughter Fiametta , whom he had promised to be a wife to a potentate in Morea , to Greece via Durres . In the Albanian port city, she met Andreas von Thopia, they fell in love and got married. The marriage resulted in two sons, Georg and Karl . However, King Robert did not accept the violation of his will to rule. He invited the couple to Naples on the pretext of wanting to reconcile with them and had them executed there.
The sons who remained in Albania survived, and so Prince Karl Thopia was later able to rightly invoke his family ties to a royal house, even though he pursued a policy directed against Anjou throughout his life, because he could not forgive King Robert for the murder of his parents.
See also
Web links
- General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts, ed. v. Johann Samuelersch, Johann Gottfried Gruber. Leipzig 1868. Theil 86, p. 41 ( Memento from September 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Andreas Thopia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Albanian nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th century or 14th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1340 |
| Place of death | Naples |