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Maria Balsha, Countess of Muro

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Maria Balsha
Countess of Acerenza and Muro
Alleged portrait of Maria as the Virgin Mary in the Cathedral of Acerenza by Giovanni Todisco
Coat of arms
PredecessorMaria Anna Rossi
Bornc. 1461[1]
Albania
Diedafter 22 March 1514[2]
Kingdom of Naples
BuriedSanta Maria La Nova, Naples
Noble familyBalsha
Arianiti
Spouse(s)Giacomo Alfonso Ferrillo
IssueBeatrice Ferrillo, Countess of Acerenza and Muro
Isabella Ferrillo, Lady of Montefredane
FatherCoico Balsha, Lord of Misia
MotherKomita Arianiti

Maria Balsha (Italian: Maria Balsa; Maria del Balzo; Serbian: Марија Балшић), (c. 1461–after 22 March 1514), was an Albanian noblewoman, who served as Countess Consort of Acerenza and Muro from her marriage to Giacomo Alfonso Ferrillo.[3]

References

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  1. ^

    Antonio Terminio, 1581

    — p. 26
    .
  2. ^ Il 22 marzo 1514, il sangiacco di Valona nella sua lettera al conte di Muro (Giacomo Alfonso Ferrillo) saluta la "[...] [con]sorte como e patre qnto ad n[ost]ra figliola p[ro]pria et non meno ad madamma Comita [Arianiti] sua matre n[ost]ra qnto e sore." (

    Alberto Rescio, 2018

    — p. 357
    .)
  3. ^ John Musachi (1515), Brief Chronicle on the Descendants of our Musachi Dynasty Archived 2010-09-10 at the Wayback Machine