Gojko Strez Balšić

Gojko Balšić
Lord of Misia
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Died	after 1468
Noble family	Balšić
Spouse	Komnina Arianiti
Issue Maria of Muro
Father	Pavle Balšić
Mother	Jela Kastrioti
Occupation	Member of the League of Lezhë (1444-?)

Gojko Balšić (Serbian: Гојко Балшић, Albanian: Gojko Balsha,Latin: Coico Balsa; fl. 1444) and his brothers George Strez and John were the lords of Misia, a coastal area from the White Drin towards the Adriatic. The brothers were members of the Serbian noble house of Balšić, which earlier held the Lordship of Zeta. They participated in founding the League of Lezhë, an alliance led by their maternal uncle Skanderbeg. Gojko supported Skanderbeg until the latter's death in 1468, and then continued to fight against the Ottomans within Venetian forces.

There are two views of his genealogy. According to Gjon Muzaka and Karl Hopf, Ivan (John, Gjon) and Gojko Strez Balšić were in fact children of Vlajka Kastrioti and Stefan Strez who was a son of Đurađ Balšić, an illegitimate child of Đurađ I Balšić. According to Fan Noli, Gojko had two brothers (George Strez and Ivan), both children of Jela Kastrioti and Pavle Balšić. Both views confirm that Gojko was Skanderbeg's nephew.

Gojko married Komnina, a daughter of Gjergj Arianiti. According to Gjon Muzaka, they had two sons and one daughter, Maria. The sons died in Hungary. Muzaka stated that Maria married the Count of Muro and had two daughters, Beatrice and Isabel. Beatrice, married Prince Ferdinand Orsino, Duke of Gravina while Isabel, married Lord Louis of Gesualdo, Count of Conza.

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