Balša Hercegović

Balša Hercegović
Duke of St. Sava
Noble family Kosača
Spouse Mara (?)
Father Vladislav Hercegović
Mother Anna Kantakouzene
Religion Christian

Balša Hercegović (Serbian Cyrillic: Балша Херцеговић, fl. 1455) was the titular "Duke of St. Sava" (dux sancti Save),[1] as son of Vladislav Hercegović, the Duke of Saint Sava, sprung from the marriage to Byzantine princess Anna Kantakouzene. Historian D. Lovrenović noted that it was possible that he was Jelena Nelipić's son.[2] Some time after 1455, Vladislav sent Anna and Balša and his niece Mara to live in the Republic of Ragusa.[3] Balša's brother was Petar. His father was given the estate of Kalnik near Križevci, Croatia in 1469 by Matthias Corvinus, where Balša seems to have retired.

References

  1. Radovan Samardžić (1892). Istorija srpskog naroda: Doba borbi za očuvanje i obnovu države 1371-1537. Srpska knjiiževna zadruga. У главној повељи наведен је и деспот Ђорђе (Georgius regni Rascie despotus), а у повељи хрватског и славонског племства Балша Херцеговић (dux sancti Save).
  2. Dubravko Lovrenović, Da li je Jelena Nelipčić bila majka Balše Hercegovica, Istorijski zbornik 7, Banja Luka, 1986
  3. Donald M. Nicol, The Byzantine Family of Kantakouzenos (Cantacuzenus) ca. 1100-1460: a Genealogical and Prosopographical Study (Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 1968), p. 208
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