Family tree of the Balšić noble family
Paternal Balšić family members in bold.
Balša I (fl. 1356–1362) Stracimir Đurađ II Balšić Balša III Jelena (married herzog Stjepan Vukčić Kosača) Vladislav Hercegović Petar Matija Miklos Ivan Andrija Tomaš Unknown Daughter Unknown Daughter Vladislav Hercegović Katarina, married King of Bosnia Stephen Thomas Sigismund (Šimun) Kotromanić (converted to Islam and changed his name to Ishak-beg Kraljević (Ishak-bey Kraloglu)) Katarina Kotromanić Vlatko Hercegović Marija Jovan Hercegović Isabella Sava Vlatko Giovanni Vlatko Elisabeta Ferante Unknown Son Teodora (Dorotea) Đurađ I with Olivera Mrnjavčević (first wife) and Teodora Dejanović Dragaš (second wife) Jelisaveta (or Jelisanta) Unknown Child Jelena Nikola Jakov Monćino Dabiživ Monetić Goisava Jevdokija (Eudokia), married Esau de' Buondelmonti, ruler of Epirus 1385–1411) Giorgio de' Buondelmonti, ruler of Epirus 1411 Konstantin (Košta) (married Helena Thopia, a daughter of Karl Thopia) Stefan Balšić "Maramonte" (fl. 1419–40), pretender to Zeta Đorđe Đorđe Another son Jelena Đurađ (illegitimate), his son Stefan Strez Balšić married Vlajka Kastrioti (Skanderbeg's sister) and had two sons: Ivan and Gojko who in 1444 were among the founders of the League of Lezhë. Balša II married Comita Muzaka († 1392), daughter of Andrea II Muzaka, Despot of Berat) Ruđina Voisava Balšić, married Karl Topia, the Prince of Albania, with whom she had one son, Gjergj Thopia, Prince of Albania, and two daughters, Helena Thopia, Lady of Krujë, married Konstantin Balšić, and Voisava Thopia, Lady of Lezhë
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