Simon Zenevisi

Thopia Zenevisi
Lord
(signore)
Lord of Strovilo
Successor Alessandro Zenevisi
Spouse daughter of Maurice Spata
Noble family Zenevisi
Father Thopia Zenevisi
Died 1461
Occupation Venetian nobleman, Napolitan vassal

Simon Zenevisi (fl.1443–61) was a Venetian nobleman (signore[1]) and vassal of the Kingdom of Naples, who held the castle of Strovilo, and was a member of the Zenevisi family of southern Albania.

Life

In 1443, Simon Zenevisi, John Zenevisi's grandson, built the Strovili fortress with Venetian approval and support.[2] It was located near Saiata (Sayada),[2] and above Vagenetia, the lands of his grandfather John Zenevisi.[3] In 1454–55 he was recognized by Alphonso V as a vassal of the Kingdom of Naples.[4]

He married a daughter of Maurice Spata.[5]

Ancestry

Name

In Catalan documents, his name is also spelled Simone Gimlixi[6] and Gimbixi.[7] An Albanian neologism of his name is Simon Zenebishi.

References

  1. Monumenti storici: Documenti. Serie prima. 1901. Trattato stipulato da Giovanni Gradonigo bailo in Corfù, e Roberto Priuli e Giovanni Moro suoi consiglieri, con Simone (Zenevisi) signore di Strivali: E perdonata a questo e ai suoi ogni offesa recata a Venezia; ...
  2. 1 2 Byzantino Bulgarica. Éditions de l'Académie des sciences de Bulgarie. 1981. p. 268. ...und 1413 konnte sich Venedig diesen begehrten, auch Bu^tia genannten Stützpunkt sichern.30 Die Festung Strobili in der Nähe von Saiata wurde 1443 von Simon Zenebisi mit venezianischer Zustimmung oder auch Unterstützung errichtet.
  3. Chroniques gréco-romanes inédites ou peu connues. Weidmann. 1873. pp. 194–. In terra firme. insulae opposite. castrum Struvili a. ,,Ser Guino Zenebisi“ ,,sopra il cape di Vagenetia“ exstruetum esse, Arsenius Pendamodi refert.
  4. Setton, Kenneth Meyer (1978). The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The fifteenth century. American Philosophical Society. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-87169-127-9.
  5. Nicol 2010, p. 255
  6. Archivio storico per le province Napoletane. Presso gli editori Detken & Rocholl e F. Giannini. 1902. Simone Gimlixi
  7. Spomenik Srpske kraljevske akademije. 95-97. U Državnoj štampariji Kraljevne Srbije. 1942. Magnifico viro Simoni Gimbixi, domino castri Uillari in Albania, fideli nostro dilecto. (Archivo de la Cor. de ...

Sources

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