Summary
Andrea I Thopia (died in 1342 in Naples) was an Albanian nobleman. In 1338 he inherited the county of Mat from his predecessor Tanusio Thopia.
Andrea I Thopia Ndrea I Topiaj | |
|---|---|
| Count of Mat | |
 Andrea I Thopia and Princess Hélène | |
| Reign | 1338-1342 |
| Predecessor | Tanusio Thopia |
| Successor | Karl Thopia |
| Born | ? |
| Died | 1342 Neapolitan court |
| Cause of death | Decapitation |
| Noble family | House of Thopia |
| Spouse(s) | Hélène of Anjou |
| Issue | Gjergj Thopia, Domenicus Thopia, and Karl Thopia[1] |
| Father | Tanusio Thopia |
| Mother | Unknown |
Andrea had become the son-in-law of the Neapolitan King Robert of Anjou without his consent. It would end up costing him his life. Robert sent his biological daughter Hélène, Countess of Matia, whom he had promised to be a wife to a potentate in Morea, via Durres to Greece. In the Albanian port city she met Andreas Thopia, they fell in love and got married. The marriage resulted in two sons, Georg Thopia and Karl Thopia. However, King Robert did not accept the violation of his will to rule. He invited the couple to Naples on the pretext of wanting to reconcile with them and had them executed there.[1][2][3][4]
The sons who remained in Albania survived, and so Prince Karl Thopia was later able to rightly invoke his family ties to a royal house, even though he pursued a policy directed against Anjou throughout his life, because he was not able forgive the one who killed his parents.
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- ^ a b Sainty, Guy Stair (2018). The Constantinian Order of Saint George: and the Angeli, Farnese and Bourbon families which governed it. Boletín Oficial del Estado. p. 503. ISBN 978-84-340-2506-6.
- ^ Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse (in German). Gerold. 1869. p. 106-107.
- ^ Carl Hermann Friedrich Johann Hopf (1960). Geschichte Griechenlands vom Beginn des Mittelalters bis auf unsere Zeit. B. Franklin.
… da deren Besitzungen bald darauf in der Hand jenes Tanussio Thopia (1328–1338) waren, dem König Robert von Neapel 1338 den Besitz der Grafschaft Mat bestätigte. Des letztern Sohn oder Bruder Andreas war es, der sich mit dem Hause Capet verschwägerte. König Robert, so erzählt Musachi, hatte seine natürliche Tochter dem Bailli von Morea – vielleicht dem Bertrand de Baux – zur Gattin bestimmt und sie nach Durazzo gesandt, wo damals Thopia weilte. Er verliebte sich in sie, entführte und heirathete sie. Zwei Söhne, Karl und Georg, entsprossen dieser Ehe. Aber schwer traf die Gatten bald die Rache des erzürnten Vaters; unter dem Scheine der Versöhnung lud er beide zu sich nach Neapel ein und ließ sie dort hinrichten; die Kinder aber, in denen somit wirklich das Blut der Angiovinen floß, wurden gerettet; in der festen Burg Kroja , die er später ausbaute, nicht, wie die Sage meldet , erst gründete "), wuchs Karl auf, entschlossen, den Mord des vaters zu rächen
- ^ "1515 John Musachi:Brief Chronicle on the Descendants of our Musachi Dynasty". Retrieved 28 December 2023.