Depë Zenebishi

Depë Zenebishi
Lord of Gjirokastër[1]
Predecessor	Gjon Zenebishi
Successor	Simon Zenebishi
Born	c. 1379^[citation needed] Corfu
Died	1436
Noble family	Zenebishi
Issue	Simon Zenebishi
Father	Gjon Zenebishi
Mother	daughter of Gjin Bua Shpata

Depë Zenebishi, also Depas or Thopia Zenevisi^[a] (Albanian: Depë Zenebishi, c. 1379–1435), was an Albanian nobleman. The son of Gjon Zenebishi, he had settled in his father's estate in Corfu after the conquest of Gjirokastër by the Ottoman Empire in 1418. He was called to lead the rebels in the area of Gjirokastër during the Albanian Revolt of 1432-1436 and was defeated by Turahan Bey in early 1433. He was captured and later executed.

Life

The castle of Gjirokastër was besieged by Depë Zenebishi, who was defeated by Turahan Bey

The son of Gjon Zenebishi he had settled in his father's estate in Corfu after the conquest of Gjirokastër by the Ottoman Empire in 1418.^[2] He was called to lead the rebels in the area of Gjirokastër during the Albanian Revolt of 1432-1436 and was defeated by Turahan Bey in early 1433.^[2] He was captured and later executed.^[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Depë Zenebishi
2. Gjon Zenebishi 1. Thopia Zenebishi 6. Gjin Bua Shpata 3. Unknown name

See also

• Albanian Principalities

Annotations

1. Chalkokondyles calls him "Depas".^[2] In historiography, his name is mostly spelled Thopia Zenevisi.

References

1. Elsie, Robert (2003). Early Albania A Reader of Historical Texts, 11th-17th Centuries. Harrassowitz. p. 53. ISBN 978-3-4470-4783-8. ...Lord John Sarbissa (Zenevisi) was lord of the town of Gjirokastra and the region of Vagenetia and Paracalo (Parakalamo). This then passed to the son of Lord John, called Lord Amos Sarbissa (Zenevisi)...
2. Imber, Colin (1990). The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1481. Isis Press. pp. 114–5. ISBN 9789754280159. Retrieved 31 July 2012. Arianit's easy victory encouraged the Albanians of Gjirokaster to call on a lord whom Chalkokondylas calls "Depas", whose father the ...