Gojčin Crnojević

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Gojčin Crnojević

Coat of arm
Born Gojčin Đurašević Crnojević
1398
Budva
Died 1451+
Religion Serbian Orthodox Christianity
Parents Đurađ Đurašević Crnojević

Gojčin Crnojević (Serbian: Гојчин Црнојевић, Којчин, Latin: Goycinus, also Kojčin) (born 1398 in Budva, modern Montenegro[1]) was a 15th-century Montenegrin Lord that ruled over the Principality of Zeta of the Serbian Despotate briefly til 1451 when he disappears from political life.

He was the son of Đurađ Đurašević Crnojević of the Serbian noble House of Crnojević.

He is registered as citizen of Venice in July 1444.[2] He and his two younger brothers defects to Venice after their older brother concluded his alliance with Stjepan Vukčić Kosača.[3] He had a son, named Leka.

Political offices
Preceded by
Đurađ and
Aleksa
Lord of Zeta
under Đurađ Branković
(Serbian Despotate)

–1451
Succeeded by
Stefanica

References

  1. ES III 182.
  2. Fine (1991), p. 193.


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