Voisava

Voisava
The Dream of Skanderbeg's Mother – Jörg Breu II 1533
Other names	Vojsava, Vojislava; Tribalda, Tripalda
Known for	Mother of Skanderbeg
Spouse(s)	Gjon Kastrioti
Children	9 children, see Family
Relatives	Presumably Branković dynasty

Voisava (fl. 1402–05) was the wife of Gjon Kastrioti (fl. 1386–d. 1437), an Albanian nobleman with whom she had nine children, one of whom was the most powerful Albanian nobleman in history, regarded a national hero, George Kastrioti "Skanderbeg" (1405–1468). She is mentioned in passing in two sources from the start of the 16th century. The first source, a biography on her son, mentions her as the daughter of a "Triballian nobleman", which is interpreted as her being Serbian, modern scholars pointing to the Branković dynasty. Her name is Slavic, as are several of her children's names.

The earliest works mentioning Voisava are:

Voisava married Gjon Kastrioti, the "Lord of a part of Albania" (dominus partium Albanie). She bore 9 children with Gjon, 4 sons and 5 daughters: