Vojsava Kastrioti: Dallime mes rishikimesh

▲*[[Johann Georg von Hahn]] (1811-1869), nje njohes dhe studies gjerman i kulture shqipater qe ishte ne sherbim edhe te akademise austriak ete shkencave, had several thesis on the geneaology of Voisava in ''Albanesische Studien'' (1854), including a possible relation with the Branai family or [[Vrana Konti]].<ref>Hahn, [http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x387/byzas45/HahnBranai.jpg?t=1308124467 p. 309], elaborating on possible relation of Voisava with the Branai family or [[Vrana Konti]].</ref>

▲*[[Karl Hopf]] (1832-1873), German historian and expert in Byzantine studies, in ''Chroniques Greco-romanes'' (1873) concludes that Voisava was daughter of a Serbian lord from Polog.<ref>[http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x387/byzas45/FamilleCastriota.jpg K. Hopf, Castrioti family tree, p. 533]: "''fille du seigneur (Serbe) de Polog''”</ref>

▲*[[Fan S. Noli]] (1882–1965), an Albanian-American writer, in his biography of Skanderbeg (1947), adopted the view that Vojsava came from the Muzaka family.<ref>Noli 1947, p. 189, note 33.</ref><ref>Babinger 1992, [http://books.google.com/books?id=PPxC6rO7vvsC&pg=PA53 p. 53]</ref> [[Harry Hodgkinson (writer)|Harry Hodgkinson]], too, considers her a member of the Muzaka family.,<ref>Hodgkinson, p. 240</ref> although his work does not provide information from any modern original research.<ref>Schmitt 2009, p. 8: "Gelandekundige, wie etwa ein britischer Geheimdienstoffizier des Zweiten Weltkriegs (H.Hodgkinson), wiederum, hatten keine Archivarbeit betrieben"</ref>

▲*[[Strashimir Dimitrov]] (1892-1960), [[Bulgarian Academy of Sciences|Bulgarian Academician]], says that Vojsava was a daughter of a local Bulgarian [[boyar]] from Macedonia.<ref>Димитров, Страшимир: Георги Кастриоти-Скендербег и неговата освободителна борба, В: Г. Кастриоти Скендербег 1468-1968 г. София, сп. “Балкани”, БАН, No2, 1970, стр. 11.</ref>

▲*Boban Petrovski (b. 1972), a modern Macedonian historian, the author of ''Voisava Tribalda'' (2006), the only work about Voisava and her possible geneaologies, concludes that Voisava was of Slavic origin, most likely Serb, the daughter of a lord of the "Triballians" in Polog, that ruled before the Ottoman conquest.<ref>Petrovski, pp. 2, 3, 10</ref> He has several thesis on the ultimate identity of Voisava's father; "If the [[Branković|Branković family]] indeed governed Polog in the last decade of the 14th century, it arises the chance that Voisava was a daughter of [[Grgur Golubić|Kesar Grgur/Grgur Branković]] or even [[Vuk Branković]]."<ref>Petrovski, "Доколку ја прифатиме оваа варијанта, според која Бранковиките биле господари на/во Полог до почетког на последната деценија од XIV век, во тој случај произлегува дека Воисава била керка на Гргур или пак, можеби на Вук Бранковик."</ref>

▲*[[Oliver Schmitt]] (b. 1973), professor of South-East European history at [[Vienna University]], in his biography ''Skanderbeg. Der neue Alexander auf dem Balkan'' (2009) supports that she was Serbian, from the Branković, close relative to [[Mara Branković]].<ref>Schmitt (2009), pp. 44, 45.; [http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/buecher/Schweizer-Historiker-beleidigt-Albaner/story/19392466 "Skanderbegs Mutter Vojsava war eine Serbin aus der einflussreichen Familie Brankovic."]</ref>

▲{{Cnote2|A|'''Name:''' Barleti gives her name as simply "Voisava" ({{lang-lat|Voisava}}),<ref name=BarletiuslIfo2/> without any surname. According to Muzaka her name was "Voisava Tripalda".<ref>Hopf 1873, p. 301, quoting Muzaka: "Muzachi "E la madre de detto Signor Scanderbeg, moglie del detto Signor Giovanni, hebbe nome Signora Voisava Tripalda e venne da bonna parte"</ref> According to Potter,<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/pss/554790 JSTOR: The English Historical Review, Vol. 53, No. 209 (Jan., 1938), pp. 129-131]</ref> and Hahn, the surname added by Muzaka is a corruption or derivative from Barleti's quote on the Triballi.<ref>J.G. von Hahn, Reise durch die Gebiet des Drin und Wardar, p. 305: "Skanderbeg's Mutter wird von dem Despoten einmal Visava Tribalda (*), ein andersmal Voisava Tripalda genannt, ...". (*)(Footnote 3) "Dieser Name mag vielleicth Anlass zu der sonderbaren Angabe des Barletius S. 4 gegeben haben, dass ihr Vater nobilissimus Tribalorum princeps gewesen sei." ("Tribalda" or "Tripalda" is a corruption or derivative from Barleti's quotation on Triballi)</ref><ref>Denkschriften Vol. 16, 1869, [http://books.google.com/?id=ri3mAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA117 p. 117]</ref> The given name is also rendered as '''Vojsava''', and her possible surname as '''Tribalda'''.