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Balša III (
1387 -
28 April 1421,
Belgrade) was the fifth and last ruler of
Zeta from the
House of Balša, from April
1403 - May
1421. He was the son of
Đurađ II. His wife was Mara, the granddaughter of the
Balša Family rival,
Karl Thopia.
Reign
In April
1403,
Đurađ II's 17-year old son, Balša III, inherited the rule of
Zeta as his father died in consequence of the injuries suffered in the
Battle of Gračanica. As he was young and inexperienced, his main advisor was his mother, Jelena, a sister of the ruler of
Serbia at the time,
Stefan Lazarević. Under the influence of his mother, Jelena, Balša III reverted the order of the state religion, passing the law whereby declaring
Christian Orthodox as the official confession of the state, while
Catholicism became a tolerant confession.
Balša III waged a 10-year war against Venice. In 1405, Ulcinj, Bar and Budva were seized by the Venetians. Balša then became a vassal to the Ottoman Turks. In 1409, however, Venice had purchased the rights to Dalmatia from Ladislas of Naples and began fighting for control of Dalmatian cities. After a huge effort, Balša seized Bar from the Venetians in 1412. Venice, pressed with difficulties, had no choice but to agree to return territories it had previously seized.
Balša had waged a new war against Venice, which was connected to the war with the Hungaians and the Turks. In
1418, he conquered
Shkodër from the
Venetians, but lost
Budva and Luštica with its salt works. In the next year,
1419, he made an unsuccessful attempt to recapture Budva. He went to
Belgrade to ask for aid from
Stefan Lazarević, but never returned to Zeta. In 1421, before his death and under the influence of his mother Jelena, he passed the rule of Zeta to his uncle, Despot
Stefan Lazarević.
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