Son of: Balsa I.
Husband of: Komnina, daughter of John Komnenos Asen, mar 1372
His lover was:
Yelena, Wife of Prince Marko.
"Epic singers liked to portray Prince Marko as a faithful and devoted husband, while his wife appears faithful in some songs and unfaithful on others' Prince Marko's historical wife was named Yelena, while in the epic poems she is also called Andjeliya, Groazdanka, Yanya, Katica, or whatever other name might have momentarily caught the fancy of the bard. Historical facts that Yelena and King Marko were separated, and that her lover was Balsa II Balsic gave rise to a series of epic songs in which Yelena was accurately shown as unfaithful and cunning, collaborating with Prince Marko's enemies in order to destroy him." (Prince Marko: The Hero of South Slavic Epics: 90)
(1470-1517)
His lover was:
Serpega.
"John III of Moldavia " . . . was the grandson of Stephen the Great and the son of Bogdan III and his Armenian mistress Serpega. . . ." (Wikipedia)
His lover was:
Katharina of Brandenburg
Princess of Transylvania
Katharina von Brandenburg, Princess of Transylvania (1604-1649)
Wife of: Gabor Bethlen of Hungary mar 1626
". . . Her relationship with Count Istvan Csaky (1603-62), a married man, was common knowledge. Csaky was elegant, the same age as Catherine, and according to common opinion, the best-looking Hungarian at the time. Moreover, he was educated and spoke excellent German." (Cruz & Suzuki: 84)
". . . There were many rumors concerning Catherine's affairs during their marriage; after Bethlen's death, the rumors continued to circulate; it was said that Catherine had an affair with with a Moravian nobleman, then with her doctor. Her long relationship with Count Istvan. . ., a married man, was common knowledge. . . . " (Cruz & Suzuki: 84)
". . . There were many rumors concerning Catherine's affairs during their marriage; after Bethlen's death, the rumors continued to circulate; it was said that Catherine had an affair with with a Moravian nobleman, then with her doctor. Her long relationship with Count Istvan. . ., a married man, was common knowledge. . . . " (Cruz & Suzuki: 84)
Konstantin Balsic (d.1402)
Lord of Kruje 1394-1402.
Son of: Durad I Balsci, Lord of Zeta, Lord of Skadar, & Teodora Dejanovic, daughter of Despot Dejan.
Husband of:
Helena Thopia, Lady of Kruje
Albanian princess
daughter of Karlo Thopia.
His lover was:
The wife of Marko Barbarigo, a Venetian nobleman
"..."Marko Barbarigo is also reported to have had poor luck with his wife, who,life the wife of Prince Marko,is represented in the chronicles as being unfaithful. Furthermore, during Barbarigo's absence from home, his wife left him and even managed to transfer Kroya over to her lover Konstantin Balsic, a relative of Balsa II who took Kastoria from King Marko. (Prince Marko: The Hero of South Slavic Epics: 23)
His lover was:
Aristitza Dissesscu.
Aristitza Dissesscu.
"The queen's generous spirit shone forth as she invited the king's longtime mistress, Aristitza Dissesscu, to his bedside. Marie even lightheartedly encouraged Ferdinand to start listing.
"According to Mauro Orbini, Marko married Yelena, the daughter of Radoslav Hlapen, Lord of Berria and Voden. His married life was turbulent and he abandoned Yelena because of her immoral life. Then, in 1380, while Marko was fighting in campaigns on the Sultan's behalf, Yelena ceded Kastoria to Balsa II Balsic and to the Albanian magnate Andriya Musaki. Marko tried several times to recapture Kastoria by force and, although he had the support of the Turkish troops, he failed. Yelena was not the only woman in King Marko's life. He was known for his love affairs... King Marko gave his father-in-law, Radoslav Hlapen, a certain Todora, the wife of Grgur, in exchange for the return of his own wife Yelena. King Marko historically had no offspring, although Bulgarian folk tradition hints that he did have an illegitimate child. . . ." (Prince Marko: The Hero of South Slavic Epics: 189)
His lovers were:
1) Irina Botezata.
a gypsy.
"His first marriage to Maria Amirali was arranged in childhood, and failed. Petru soon fell in love with a gypsy named Irina who became his mistress since marriage to a gypsy was inconceivable. He had Irina freed from slavery and baptized, hence her nickname "Botezata" (the Baptized). Together they moved to the city of Bolzano in present day Italy's Tyrol. Sadly for Irina, Peter fell in love again with a seductive Circassian lady named Maria, a lady-in-waiting at his mini-court. The gypsy died presumably of a broken heart at 25 years-old and buried in a small cemetery in Bolzano. Their son Stefanita, never ruled but instead was raised as a Catholic and placed in a Jesuit seminary in Innsbruck. He was known to be an obedient student, but died of tuberculosis in 1585. He is buried beside his parents in Bolzano." (Wikipedia)
2) Maria, a Circassian.
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| Vlad II Dracul of Wallachia |
Caltuna
"In addition to his wife, Vlad Dracul, like his predecessors, had a number of mistresses; one of these was a Wallachian boyar lady known simply as Caltuna. She later took the veil and adopted the name of Mother Eupraxia when she became the abbess of a monastery. It was Caltuna who mothered Vlad the Monk, one of Dracula's half-brothers and later a bitter foe, who eventually became prince of the land. . . ." (Dracula, Prince of Many Faces: His Life and His Times)
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