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Gjin Bue Shpata, or John Bua Spata (see below about names) (d. 1399) was an Albanian despot of Despotate of Arta.1. He is part of the noble Shpata family2. Gjin Bue Shpata was born in Delvina. He was despot of Angelokastron and Acheloos (1358-1399), Lord of Arta 1375, Lord of Lepanto, despot of Arta and Lepanto.3
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Ruler and Despot of Arta
In the summer of 1358, Nikephoros II Doukas, the last despot of Epirus that belonged to the Orsini dynasty, fought with the Albanian chieftains in Acheloos, Acarnania. Albanian chieftains won the war and they managed to create two new states in Southern Despotate of Epirus. After the fall of the Orsini dynasty of the Despotate of Epirus, the Serbian lords of Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, divided the territory between them and the Albanian chieftains that supported the Serbian campaign.
The two Albanian lead states were: the first with its capital in Arta was under the Albanian nobleman Peter Losha, and the second, centered in Angelokastron, was ruled by Gjin Bua Shpata. After the death of Peter Losha in 1374, the Albanian despotates of Arta and Angelocastron were united under the rule of Despot Gjin Bua Shpata. The territory of this Despotate was from the Corinth Gulf to Acheron River in the North. The Despotate of Epirus, just north of the Despotate of Arta, managed to control in this period only the eastern part of Epirus, together with Vagenetia (Thesprotia), Ioannina was its capital.
North of the Despotate of Epirus was another Albanian state, the Principality of Gjon Zenebishti.
During this period the Despotate of Epirus was ruled by Thomas II Preljubović, who was in an open conflict with Gjin Bue Shpata. In 1375, Gjin Bue Shpata started a offensive in Ioannina, but he couldn`t invade the city. Although Shpata married with the sister of Thomas II Preljubović (the Despot of Epirus), Helena their war did not stop. In the same period Shpata started a war with Leonardo I Tocco, who was the ruler of Cefalonia and Leucada. Shpata died in 29 October of 1339, under the continuous pressure of Preljubović and Tocco, whose son would become the next despot of Epirus.4
Name
Gjin Bua Shpata is called in different names by different sources. In Albanian, his name is Gjin Bua Shpata, or Gjin Bue Shpata. Other sources use for him the names: English: Ghin Bue Spata, or Ghin Bua Spata, or Ghin Bue Shpata, or Ghin Bua Shpata, or John Bue Spata, or John Bua Spata, or John Bua Shpata, or John Boba Shpata, or John Bova Spata.
Shpata family
Gjin Bue Shpata was part of a noble Albanian family of Epirus. This family starts with his grandfather N. Bua, a nobleperson from Finiq, near Saranda. His genealogical family was as follows:
- A1. Nicolo, Protovestarios of Stefan Dushan King of Serbia (1345-49)
- B1. Pietro, Lord of Angelokastron and Delvina 1354
- C1. Gjin Bua Shpata
- D1. Irene, fl 1403; m.1396 Esau de' Buondelmonti, Despot of Ioannina (+1403)
- D2. a daughter, fl 1392; m.Gjon Zenebishti
- D3. [illegitimate] Paolo Spata, Lord of Lepanto (1400-07), sold to Venetians, +after 1408
- E1. a daughter, heiress of Dragomeste in 1402; m.N.H. Francesco Foscari, Patrizio Veneto (+before 1427)
- E2. [parentage uncertain] Rosso Bua, "Baron of Morea" in 1423
- F1. Gjin Bua, Baron of Morea in 1457
- G1. Pietro Bua, albanian master of clan in Morea (1453-89)
- H1. Nicolo, "Stratiota" in 1500
- I1. Mercurio/Maurizio, Count of Holy Empire 1510, +after 1527; m.1519 Caterina Bocalis
- H1. Nicolo, "Stratiota" in 1500
- G1. Pietro Bua, albanian master of clan in Morea (1453-89)
- F2. Alessio Bua, Baron of Morea in 1457
- F1. Gjin Bua, Baron of Morea in 1457
- C2. Maurizio Bua Sgouros, Despot of Arta (1400) +killed by Carlo I Tocco Duke of Leucada 1418
- C3. Comneno Spatas, fl 1392-1407
- C1. Gjin Bua Shpata
- B2. a daughter; m.Marco de Gozze, Noble of Ragusa (living 1349)
- B1. Pietro, Lord of Angelokastron and Delvina 1354
- A2. Michele, +1350
References
- ^ Encyclopedia Britannica "He (Stefan Dusan)was able to assert Serbian control over northern Epirus and fought with the Albanian lords of Arta (Ghin Bua Spata and Peter Ljoša) in the south, eventually defeating them with Ottoman help"
- ^ The Albanians: An Ethnic History from Prehistoric Times to the Present. Edwin E. Jacques. P. 166 ISBN 0899509320
- ^ [1]
- ^ "History of Albanian People" Albanian Academy of Science.ISBN 9992716231
- ^ [2]
| Preceded by Post created |
Despot of Angelokastron and Lepanto 1358–1374 |
Succeeded by Post abolished |
| Preceded by Peter Losha |
Despot of Arta 1374–1399 |
Succeeded by Muriq Shpata |
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