Simon Zenevisi
Simon Zenevisi (fl. 1443–61) was an Albanian nobleman (signore[1]) and vassal of the Kingdom of Naples, who held the castle of Strovilo (Castrovilari), and was a member of the Zenevisi family of southern Albania. He probably dwelled in Corfu, and subject to the sovereignty of Alphonse of Naples.
Thopia Zenevisi | |
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| Lord in Albania (signore in Albania) | |
| Lord of Strovilo | |
| Successor | Alessandro Zenevisi |
| Died | 1461 |
| Noble family | Zenevisi |
| Spouse | daughter of Maurice Spata |
| Father | Thopia Zenevisi |
| Occupation | Venetian nobleman, Napolitan vassal |
Life
In 1443, Simon Zenevisi, John Zenevisi's grandson, built the Strovili fortress with Venetian approval and support.[2] It was located near Saiata (Sayada),[2] and above Vagenetia, the lands of his grandfather John Zenevisi.[3] In 1454–55 he was recognized by Alphonso V as a vassal of the Kingdom of Naples.[4]
He had a son, born and raised in Turkey, who had deserted from the Turks in 1454, who in 1455 asked the King of Naples to be baptized.[5]
He married a daughter of Maurice Spata.[6]
Ancestry
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Name
In Catalan documents, his name is also spelled Simone Gimlixi[7] and Gimbixi.[8] An Albanian neologism of his name is Simon Zenebishi.
References
- Monumenti storici: Documenti. Serie prima. 1901.
Trattato stipulato da Giovanni Gradonigo bailo in Corfù, e Roberto Priuli e Giovanni Moro suoi consiglieri, con Simone (Zenevisi) signore di Strivali: E perdonata a questo e ai suoi ogni offesa recata a Venezia; ...
- Byzantino Bulgarica. Éditions de l'Académie des sciences de Bulgarie. 1981. p. 268.
...und 1413 konnte sich Venedig diesen begehrten, auch Bu^tia genannten Stützpunkt sichern.30 Die Festung Strobili in der Nähe von Saiata wurde 1443 von Simon Zenebisi mit venezianischer Zustimmung oder auch Unterstützung errichtet.
- Chroniques gréco-romanes inédites ou peu connues. Weidmann. 1873. pp. 194–.
In terra firme. insulae opposite. castrum Struvili a. ,,Ser Guino Zenebisi“ ,,sopra il cape di Vagenetia“ exstruetum esse, Arsenius Pendamodi refert.
- Setton, Kenneth Meyer (1978). The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The fifteenth century. American Philosophical Society. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-87169-127-9.
- Makushev 1874, p. 147
- Nicol 2010, p. 255
- Archivio storico per le province Napoletane. Presso gli editori Detken & Rocholl e F. Giannini. 1902.
Simone Gimlixi
- Spomenik Srpske kraljevske akademije. 95–97. U Državnoj štampariji Kraljevne Srbije. 1942.
Magnifico viro Simoni Gimbixi, domino castri Uillari in Albania, fideli nostro dilecto. (Archivo de la Cor. de ...
Sources
- Nicol, Donald MacGillivray (2010). The Despotate of Epiros 1267–1479: A Contribution to the History of Greece in the Middle Ages. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13089-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Makushev, Vikentij (1874). Monumenta historica slavorum meridionalium vicinorumque populorum ..., Volume 1. Typis Districtu Scolastici Varsaviensis.