Ruđina Balšić
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Ruđina Balšić (Serbian Cyrillic: Руђина Балшић, Albanian: Rugjina Balsha; fl. 1396–1420) was a Zetan noblewoman and ruled upon today Montenegro and Albanian territory from the Balšić family. She married Mrkša Žarković and inherited his realm, the Principality of Valona, when he died in 1414. After unsuccessful negotiations to sell her duchy to the Venetians, the Ottomans captured it in 1417. Ruđina fled Valona to Zeta where she was governess of Budva from 1418. In 1420, during the Second Scutari War, she surrendered Budva to the Venetians without any resistance and moved to Dubrovnik with the town's treasury.
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Ruđina Balšić Rugjina Balsha | |
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Reign | 1414 – 1417 |
Predecessor | Mrkša Žarković |
captured by | Ottoman Empire |
Noble family | Balšić |
Spouse(s) | Mrkša Žarković |
Father | Balša II |
Mother | Komnena Asen |
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