Andrea II Muzaka

Andrea II. Muzaka (also Andreas Musachi; born 1319 - died 1372) was the ruler and the despot of the Albanian lordship of Berat, which existed from the late of the XIII centuries with some interruptions until 1444.

Life

Andrea II Muzaka came from the wealth Muzaka family of central Albania. His grandfather Andrea I Muzaka established an de facto independent territorial rule in the area named after the family Myzeqe west of Berat. [1]

History

After the murder of the Despot of Epirus, Thomas Komnenos Dukas Angelos (1296–1318), by his nephew Nikola Orsini, the Palatine of Kefalonia , became this new despot from Epirus. This usurpation of the throne called Byzantine, Anjou and Serbs onto the scene. Everyone tried to secure their share of the smashed despot. The Serbian king Stefan Uroš II. Milutin prepared for the submission of Albania. Already in June 1319 he assumed the title of ruler of Rascia, Douclea, Albania and the Seeküste. His next destination was Dyrrachion in what is now Albania, which had belonged to the Kingdom of Naples since 1271. There Stefan Uroš II tried to win a party for himself. An uprising against the Anjou took place in 1319 and the inhabitants of the city paid homage to the King of Serbia. [2]

In order to counter the further advance of the enemies, who were rushing towards the Angevin lands from all sides, Philip of Toranto from Anjou (Prince of Kingdom of Albania from 1294 to 1332) his brother, the king Charles Martel of Hungary and the Ban Wladin of Bosnia to win the covenant against the Serbs.

References
  1. John Van Antwerp Fine : Late Medieval Balkans. P. 415.
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