Koja Zachariah

In the documents of Dubrovnik, he is referred to as Koychin or Goychin . Therefore, many historians, such as Nicolae Jorga , Ludwig Talloci and Konstantin Irechek mistakenly believed that he was Goychin Chernoyevich.

His wife was Bosa, daughter of Leka Ducagini. They had one son Lek and two daughters. The husband of one of Koji's daughters was George Chernoevich. According to Kiro Trukhelka , the other daughter of Koji Bol Zachariah was the wife of Peter Voysalich, and according to Alex Ivich, she was the wife of Peter I Pavlovich ( 1415 - 1420 ). Boza, the widow of Koji Zachariah, died in a fire on September 19, 1448 in Shkoder .

Until 1395, Koja Zakharia was a chestnut in the castle of Sati, which was part of the possessions of Konstantin Balshich (d. 1402 ). In 1395, Balshichi ceded the castles of Sati and Dano together with Shkoder and Drivast to the Venetian Republic to create a buffer zone between the Principality of Zeta and the Ottoman possessions. But Koja Zachariah refused to cede the castle of Sati to the Venetians.

In 1396, Koja Zachariah conquered the castle of Dano, proclaiming himself the ruler of Sati and Dano. He began to manage castles and the surrounding area as a vassal of the Ottoman Turks. In 1402, along with other Albanian feudal lords, he fought as part of the Ottoman army of Bayazid at the Battle of Ankara .

In 1403, Koja Zachariah and his vassal Dimiter Gionima recognized their vassal dependence on the Republic of Venice. During the First Shkodra War ( 1405 - 1412 ) he supported Venice.

Around 1412, the daughter of Koji Bol became the second wife of Prince Zeta Balsha III . The Zeta Prince appointed his father-in-law to the Budva Castle Cottage . His other daughter was the wife of Georgy Chernoevich. After the death of Balsha III ( April 28, 1421 ), the daughter of Koji Bola, together with her two daughters, returned to her father in Dano.

Koja Zakharia supported the Serb despot Stefan Lazarevich until his defeat from the Venetians in 1422 . In April 1423, Venetian Admiral Francesco Bembo offered bribes to the princes Gyon Kastrioti , Ducagini and Koja Zachariah, and in return they had to go over to the side of the Venetians in the war against Serbia. But the Albanian princes refused. Also, the Serbian despot Stefan Lazarevich, in order to put pressure on Koji Zakharia, suggested that Dubrovnik merchants travel to Serbia through Lezha , and not through Dano, which belonged to Koja Zakharia.

In 1430, Ishaq Bey seized Dano Castle from Koji Zachariah, which was included in the Ottoman possessions under the control of Ali Bey , Sanjakbey of Albania. Koja Zachariah was imprisoned or exiled. After the Albanian uprising ( 1432 - 1436 ), Leka Zakharia , the son of Koji, became the ruler of Dano.

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