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konstantin balšić after 1440 helena thopia lord before 1402 vlajka kastrioti march 2014 stefan maramonte
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stefan maramonte

stefan balšić -lrb- ; fl .
1419-40 -rrb- , known as stefan maramonte , was a zetan nobleman .
he was the son of konstantin balšić and helena thopia .
after konstantin 's death -lrb- 1402 -rrb- , helena entered the republic of venice and then lived with her sister maria .
since maria was married to phillip maramonte , the venetians and ragusans often referred to stefan balšić with the name `` maramonte '' .
he was initially a close associate to zetan lord balša iii -lrb- r. 1403-1421 -rrb- , being his vassal .
balša iii and stefan fought against the republic of venice , and stefan helped in the administration of the land as co-ruler with balša iii , he did however not succeed balša iii .
balša iii , who died on 28 april 1421 , had decided to pass the rule of zeta to his uncle , the serbian despot stefan lazarević .
when the second scutari war between venice and despot stefan began , he -lsb- ... -rsb- .
stefan left apulia in the summer of 1426 , seeking to take zeta .
during the 1427 -- 28 conflict , maramonte went to the ottoman court where he sought the support of sultan murad ii for his appointment as the lord of zeta .
there , he met skanderbeg , who was a hostage at the ottoman court .
maramonte married vlajka kastrioti , the sister of skanderbeg .
supported by the ottomans , maramonte , accompanied by gojčin crnojević and little tanush , plundered the region around scutari and ulcinj , and attacked drivast in 1429 , but failed to capture it .
since his attempts failed , maramonte surrendered to the venetians and served as their military officer in the campaigns in flanders and lombardia .
