Thopia Zenevisi

Thopia Zenevisi
Noble family	Zenevisi
Father	John Zenevisi
Mother	daughter of Gjin Bua Spata
Born	c. 1379
Died	1435

Depas or Thopia Zenevisi^[a] (Albanian: Depë Zenebishi, c. 1379–1435) was an Albanian nobleman. The son of John Zenevisi, he had settled in his father's estate in Corfu after the conquest of Gjirokastër by the Ottoman Empire in 1418. He was called to lead the rebels in the area of Gjirokastër during the Albanian Revolt of 1432-1436 and was defeated by Turahan Bey in early 1433. He was captured and later executed.

Life

The son of John Zenevisi he had settled in his father's estate in Corfu after the conquest of Gjirokastër by the Ottoman Empire in 1418.^[1] He was called to lead the rebels in the area of Gjirokastër during the Albanian Revolt of 1432-1436 and was defeated by Turahan Bey in early 1433.^[1] He was captured and later executed.^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Thopia Zenevisi

2. John Zenevisi

1. Thopia Zenevisi

6. Gjin Bua Shpata

3. Unknown name

Annotations

^ Chalkokondyles calls him "Depas".^[1] In historiography, his name is mostly spelled Thopia Zenevisi. A common Albanian neologism is "Depë Zenebishi".

References

1 2 3 4 Imber, Colin (1990). The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1481. Isis Press. pp. 114–5. ISBN 9789754280159. Retrieved 31 July 2012. Arianit's easy victory encouraged the Albanians of Gjirokaster to call on a lord whom Chalkokondylas calls "Depas", whose father the ...

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