Pal Gropa
Paulo Gropa Albanian: Pal Gropa | |
|---|---|
| Lord of Deabolis and Debar | |
 Coat of arms of the Gropa as depicted in the 1680 catalogue "La Universita delle Insegne Ligustiche Delineate da Gio Andrea Musso" | |
| Feudalism | Vassal to the Kingdom of Sicily |
| Noble family | House of Gropa |
| Issue | Possibly father of Teodor I’s wife. |
Pal Gropa, also known as Paul or Paulo Gropa, (Pal Gropa) was an Albanian feudal ruler of Ohrid and Dibër from the 13th century and a member of the Gropa family.[1] He held the title of Sebastos.
Biography
In 1273, the Angevin rulers of Albania record that sebastos Pal Gropa was the lord of an extensive mass of territory in Dibër.[2] He was granted privileges on 18 May 1273 by Charles of Anjou; he was assigned seven villages in the Devoll valley and other properties in Ohrid and Debar.[3][4]
In 1275, Sevast Paul Gropa (Ropa) and Johannes Muzaki presented themselves to Vicar General de Tucu in Durrës, a representative of King Charles of Anjou.
Notes
- ^ Lala & Jaritz 2008, p. 20
- ^ Xhufi, Pëllumb (2011). "Maqedonia Perëndimore në historinë e arbërve të shek. VII-XV". Studime Historike (1–2): 7–24.
- ^ Šufflay 1925, p. 126
- ^ Lala, Etleva (2004). "Mbretëria e Arbërisë në dokumentet Papnore në dhjetëvjeçarin e dytë të shekullit XIV". Phoenix. 8 (1–6): 12–18.
Bibliography
- Lala, Etleva; Jaritz, Gerhard (2008). "Regnum Albaniae and the Papal Curia" (PDF). Central European University. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- Šufflay, Milan (1925). Srbi i Arbanasi: (njihova simbioza u srednjem vijeku). Seminar za arbanasku filologiju.