Tanush Thopia
{{Short description|Albanian nobleman}}
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Tanush Thopia or Tanusio Thopia ({{Langx|sq|Tanush Topia}}, {{langx|la|Tanusas Thopius}}; d. 1467) was an Albanian nobleman and one of the closest collaborators of Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg.
Life
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Tanush Thopia descended from the Thopia family that converted from Orthodox Christianity to Catholicism.{{cite book|author=Kristaq Prifti|title=The Truth on Kosova|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YBq5AAAAIAAJ|accessdate=5 January 2014|year=1993|publisher=Encyclopaedia Publishing House|page=52|quote= Together with them, there was a religious personage like Tanush Topia from a family which passed easily from Orthodoxy to Catholicism and, then, the dubious experience of Patarinism.}}
In 1444, together with his uncle Andrea Thopia, he participated in the founding of the League of Lezhë, the military alliance led by Skanderbeg.Noli, Fan Stylian, George Castroiti Scanderbeg (1405–1468), International Universities Press, 1947{{quote|"p.36: Andrea Thopia of Scuria between Tirana and Durazzo with his nephew, Tanush Thopia"}} He was a commander of the infantry of the League of Lezhë, and his garrison became famous for their resistance during the Second Siege of Krujë. After that siege he is no longer mentioned in historical sources, and some suppose that he might have been killed in the end of that battle or died soon afterwards. He was a skillful commander and his loyalty to Skanderbeg was undeterred and that was the reason why he was appointed in that delicate position.Noli, Fan Stylian, George Castroiti Scanderbeg (1405–1468), International Universities Press, 1947
The name Tanush is an Albanian exonym for Athanassius.{{cite journal|last=Elsie|first=Robert|title=The Christian Saints of Albania|journal=Balkanistica |volume=13|publisher=American Association for South Slavic Studies|page=46|url=http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/modern_languages/BalkArticle2.html}}
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Category:15th-century Albanian people
Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:Albanian Roman Catholics
Category:Medieval Albanian generals
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