Gojčin Crnojević

Gojčin Crnojević
Lord of Zeta
Coat of arms
1435–1451
Predecessor Đurađ Đurašević
Successor Stefan I Crnojević

Issue

Aleksandar
Noble family Crnojević
Father Đurađ Đurašević
Mother A daughter of Koja Zaharia
Died after 1451
Religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Occupation
  • Serbian vassal
  • Venetian vassal

Gojčin Crnojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Гојчин Црнојевић, 1398–d. after 1451) was a Lord of Zeta, initially as a vassal of the Serbian Despotate until he revolted against Despot Stefan Lazarević. He disappeared from sources in 1451.

Life

Gojčin was the son of Đurađ Đurašević of the Crnojević noble family. The Crnojevići, initially vassals of the Serbian Despotate, revolted against the Despot; Gojčin was particularly participating.[1]

Gojčin was registered as a citizen of the Republic of Venice in July 1444. He and his two younger brothers defected to Venice after their older brother concluded his alliance with Stjepan Vukčić Kosača.[2]

He had a son, Aleksandar ("Aleksa" or "Leka").

Ancestry

Annotations

References

  1. "Опорављена Србија". Против деспота нарочито су се бунили Црнојевићи, а посебно Гојчин Црнојевић. Да казни и њега и његове поданике, који су имали лепих користи од дубровачких трговачких каравана, деспот је био наредио, да дубровачки трговци једно време обилазе Зету.
  2. Fine 1991, p. 193
Gojčin Crnojević
Crnojević family
Born: 1398 Died: 1451
Political offices
Preceded by
Đurađ Đurašević
Lord of Zeta
1435–1451
Succeeded by
Stefan I