Gjin Bua Shpata (sometimes anglicized as John Spata) (fl. 1358 – 29 October 1399) was an Albanian ruler in Western Greece with the title of Despot. Together...

form of Gjin Aleksi's Mosque. Gjin is typically held as a given name by Albanian Christians, including these notable personalities: Gjin Bua Shpata, despot...

Albanian leader Tatiana Búa (born 1990), Argentine tennis player Theodore Bua, Albanian officer of the Republic of Venice Gjin Bua Shpata (fl. 1358 – 29 October...

the involvement of Gjin Bua Shpata in the region. The Bua are believed to be not patrilineally kin (blood relatives) with the Shpata tribe. The Meksi family...

vassals. The family's progenitors were the brothers Gjin Bua Shpata and Skurra Bua Shpata. Shpata means "sword" in Albanian. In the first half of the...

the most noted Balkan figures in the 14th and 15th centuries such as Gjin Bua Shpata, Andrea II Muzaka, Gjon Zenebishi, Karl Topia, Andrea Gropa, Balsha...

Muriq was a scion of the Albanian Shpata family. He was a grandson of Gjin Bua Shpata, the first Albanian ruler of Arta. He was born in the 14th century...

Zenebishi was married Irene, the daughter of Gjin Bua Shpata, Despot of Arta, and thus became the son-in-law of Shpata and the brother-in-law of the wife of...

under Gjin Bua Shpata. After the death of Pjetër Losha in 1374, the Albanian despotates of Arta and Angelocastron were united under the rule of Gjin Bua Shpata...

Bua Shpata 1399–1403 Brother of Gjin Bua Shpata. Lord of Arta Muriq Shpata 1403–1415 Grandson of Gjin Bua Shpata and had one brother Jakob Bua Shpata...

Pietro Bua Shpata the lord of Angelokastron and Delvina (1354). Sgouros was a descendant of both Bua and Shpata tribes. Shortly before Gjin Bua Shpata died...

Shqiptaro-Epirote) was waged between the Despotate of Arta, led by Gjin Bua Shpata, and the Despotate of Epirus, led by Thomas II Preljubović. During...

feudal rulers and established themselves under Gjin Bua Shpata and Pjetër Losha. He had a son named Gjin. Losha led the Albanian force against Nikephoros...

Despotate of Arta, ruled by Gjin Bua Shpata. The invasion was sanctioned by Pope Gregory XI. In 1376–1377, Gjin Bua Shpata led a campaign to capture Nafpaktos...

Albanians invade Epirus. Pjetër Losha forms the Despotate of Arta and Gjin Bua Shpata forms the Despotate of Angelokastron and Lepanto. Serbs take control...

Muzaka in southern Albania. Her father was Prince Andrea III Muzaka, son of Gjin I Muzaka and Lady Suina Arianites Comneniates. Her mother, Chiranna "Anna"...

Despotate of Arta, led by Gjin Bua Shpata and the Despotate of Epirus, led by Esau de' Buondelmonti.[citation needed] Gjin Bua Shpata laid siege to the Epirote...

Arta, led by Gjin Bua Shpata and the Despotate of Epirus, led by Thomas II Preljubović. In 1367, Pjetër Losha together with his son, Gjin, launched an...

Gjin Bua Shpata. After the death of Pjetër Losha in 1374, the Albanian Despotate of Arta and Angelocastron were united under the rule of Despot Gjin Bua...

Preljubović attempted to pacify the Albanians of Epirus; however, under Gjin Bua Shpata, the Albanians - particularly the Mazaraki of the Kalamas Valley -...

target. In 1374, Pjetër Losha died of the plague in Arta, after which Gjin Bua Shpata took over the city. At this time he was not bound by agreement to Thomas;...

ruler Gjin Bua Shpata of Arta in the 1390s. Vonko, who was also vassal of the Venetians in Fanari, was the governor Parga at this time. After Shpata's death...

the properties confiscated by him. In 1389, Ioannina was besieged by Gjin Bua Shpata, and only with the aid of an Ottoman army was Esau able to repel the...

and even a different leader for the Albanians (claimed by some to be Gjin Bua Shpata and Peter Losha rather than Karl Thopia) are probably based on misunderstandings...

Carlo's continuous territorial expansion, Albanians who had served Gjin Bua Shpata were employed by Carlo as mercenaries, and he bolstered his ranks with...

Preljubović attempted to pacify the Albanians of Epirus; however, under Gjin Bua Shpata, the Albanians defeated him. The reign of Esau de' Buondelmonti (1385–1411)...

of the "Despotate of Arta", until 1374 under Pjetër Losha and then Gjin Bua Shpata. The Albanian rulers managed to withstand attacks by the Angevins (sometime...

Brother-in-law of Stephen Dušan. Ruler of a region in the Kumanovo region. Gjin Bua Shpata c. 1360/1365 – c. 1399/1400 Simeon Uroš Palaiologos Albanian clan leader...

difficult, however, to reach an agreement with the Albanians. In 1385 Gjin Bua Shpata, despot of Arta, advanced on Ioannina, but Esau managed to prepare...

Gjin Bua Shpata. After the death of Peter Losha in 1374, the Albanian despotates of Arta and Angelocastron were united under the rule of Despot Gjin Bua...