Maria Thopia

Maria Thopia
Maria Topia
Baroness of Botrugno
Coat of arms of the Thopia family
PredecessorIsabella Antoglietta
Bornc. mid 1300s
Principality of Albania
Diedunknown
Kingdom of Naples
Noble familyThopia
Spouse(s)Filippo Maramonte
Issue3 children
FatherKarl Thopia
MotherUnknown mistress

Lady Maria Thopia (Albanian: Maria Topia) was a 14th-15th century Albanian princess and a recognised illegitimate daughter of Karl Thopia, Prince of Albania by an unknown mistress. She married Filippo Maramonte, 1st Baron of Botrugno, chancellor and marshal of Ladislaus of Naples.[1][2]

  1. ^ Stefano Maramonte figlio del barone di Botrugno fu capitano di fanti in Lombardia." (Rivista storica salentina, 1905, p. 12)
  2. ^ Arditi, Giacomo (1889). La corografia fisica e storica della provincia di Terra d'Otranto. Lecce: Ammirato Scipione.