Maria Balsha (Italian: Maria Balsa; Maria del Balzo; Albanian: Maria Balsha; Serbian: Марија Балшић), (c. 1461–after 22 March 1514), was an Albanian noblewoman from the House of Arianiti and House of Balsha, she served as the Countess Consort of Acerenza and Muro from her marriage to Giacomo Alfonso Ferrillo.[3]
Maria Balsha | |
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| Countess of Acerenza and Muro | |
 Alleged portrait of Maria as the Virgin Mary in the Cathedral of Acerenza by Giovanni Todisco | |
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| Predecessor | Maria Anna Rossi |
| Born | c. 1461[1] Albania |
| Died | after 22 March 1514[2] Kingdom of Naples |
| Buried | Santa Maria La Nova, Naples |
| Noble family | Balsha Arianiti |
| Spouse(s) | Giacomo Alfonso Ferrillo |
| Issue | Beatrice Ferrillo, Countess of Acerenza and Muro Isabella Ferrillo, Lady of Montefredane |
| Father | Coico Balsha, Lord of Misia |
| Mother | Komita Arianiti |
See also
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.Antonio Terminio, 1581
— p. 26 - ^ 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 - ^ John Musachi (1515), Brief Chronicle on the Descendants of our Musachi Dynasty Archived 2010-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
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