Balšić dynasty

E672360

medieval dynasty noble family ruling house

The Balšić dynasty was a medieval noble family that rose to power in the 14th century as rulers of the Zeta region in the western Balkans, playing a key role in the politics of late medieval Serbia and its coastal territories.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Balšić dynasty canonical	1
Zeta under the Balšići	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval dynasty ⓘ noble family ⓘ ruling house ⓘ
capital	Prizren NERFINISHED ⓘ Shkodër NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulcinj NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArms	two-headed eagle ⓘ
country	Zeta NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolutionReason	loss of territories to Venice and the Ottomans ⓘ
endTime	early 15th century ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Albanian ⓘ Serbian ⓘ
floruit	second half of the 14th century ⓘ
historicalEra	Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	conflicts with Venice and local Albanian and Serbian lords ⓘ involvement in Adriatic coastal politics ⓘ rule over Zeta after the decline of the Serbian Empire ⓘ
language	Serbian ⓘ Slavic ⓘ
laterReligion	Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Balša I NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember	Balša I NERFINISHED ⓘ Balša II NERFINISHED ⓘ Balša III NERFINISHED ⓘ Stracimir Balšić NERFINISHED ⓘ Đurađ I Balšić NERFINISHED ⓘ Đurađ II Stracimirović Balšić NERFINISHED ⓘ Đurađ Stracimirović Balšić NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	history of Montenegro ⓘ history of Serbia ⓘ
politicalRole	allies of the Republic of Venice ⓘ occasional vassals of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ regional power in late medieval Serbia ⓘ rivals of the Mrnjavčević family ⓘ vassals of the Serbian Empire ⓘ
predecessor	Nemanjić dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	western Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
ruledTerritory	Zeta NERFINISHED ⓘ coastal regions of the Adriatic ⓘ parts of northern Albania ⓘ
startTime	14th century ⓘ
successor	Crnojević noble family NERFINISHED ⓘ
titlesHeld	Lord of Zeta NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedScript	Cyrillic ⓘ Latin ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zeta → ruledByDynasty → Balšić dynasty ⓘ

Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) → successor → Balšić dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zeta under the Balšići