Vladan Jurica

Vladan Jurica
Died April 1465
Constantinopel, Ottoman empire[1]
Known for advisor of Skanderbeg during the Skanderbeg's rebellion

Vladan Jurica[a] (d. April, 1465) was Skanderbeg's main advisor during Skanderbeg's rebellion.[2][3] He is thought to hail from Gjoricë, present Dibër County.[4] During the Battle of Vaikal he was caught prisoner and sent to Constantinople where he was skinned alive and subsequently killed.[2]

References

Notes
  1. ^ In modern Albanian sources, his name is also spelled "Vladan Gjurica". An English transliteration is "Vladan Yuritza". The South Slavic (Serbo-Croatian) given name Vladan is a diminutive of Vladimir.[5]
Sources
  1. 50 Great Military Leaders Of All Time. Jann Tibetts.
  2. 1 2 Noli (2009), p. 36 // Noli (1967), p. 140: "Dora e dytë qe vdekjeprurëse për disa nga gjeneralët më të zotë të Skënderbeut: [...] Vladan Jurica, këshilltari i tij më i besueshëm"
  3. Encyclopaedia moderna (1968), p. 109: "[...] istaknuti njegovi komandanti: [...] Vladan Jurica"
  4. Frashëri (2002), p. 192
  5. Živko Bjelanović (2007). Onomastičke teme. Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada. p. 345.

Sources


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.