First Scutari War
Lufta e Parë e Shkodrës

Shkodër Castle
| Date| Early 1405 – 30 January 1413

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Location|

Shkodër and Coast of the Lordship of Zeta

Result|  Inconclusive, see aftermath
Belligerents
Zeta|  Republic of Venice
Commanders and leaders

* Balsha III
* Jelena Lazarević

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* Đurašević family
* Radič Humoj
* Nika Bogoje
* Petar Konte
* Nikola Lumbardini
* Andrija Sklavo
* Nikola Sigeci

* Fantin Marcello

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* Koja Zaharia
* Dhimiter Jonima

The First Scutari War (Albanian: Lufta e Parë e Shkodrës; Serbo-Croatian: Први скадарски рат) was an armed conflict in 1405–1412 between Zeta and the Venetian Republic over Shkodër and other former possessions of Zeta captured by Venice.

## Background

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Before this war, Zeta was governed by Gjergj II Balsha. His wife Jelena Lazarević was firmly opposed to his pro-Venetian policy and to his sales of Shkodër, Drisht, and other towns together with islands on Shkodër Lake to the Venetians in 1396. She did not approve Venetian obstruction of contacts between local Eastern Orthodox Christians with the Metropolitanate of Zeta and the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć, and also the fact that Venetians were cutting off Eastern Orthodox monasteries around Skadar Lake from their legally valid income and possessions. In addition to that, an aggressive trading policy of Venetians in the region significantly reduced Zeta′s earnings. She had significant influence on the way her son Balsha III governed Zeta after the death of Đurađ II.[1] Even before the First Shkodër War she was in dispute with Venetians about the jurisdiction of Zetan Orthodox Metropolitanate over the orthodox churches around the river Bojana and the Church of St. Peter in Shkodër.[2] In front of Venetians Balsha III, based on Jelena's instructions, protected the ancient rights of the Serbian church and Zetan Metropolitan bishop appointed by the Patriarchate of Peć.[3]

## Balsha's supporters

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After Đurađ II died in 1403, Balsha III took over control of Zeta and with Jelena′s support started an eight years long war against Venice in 1405.[4] Jelena and Balsha apparently started the war without much preparations hoping they would soon easily receive international support.[5] They especially counted on support of the Serbian Despot and Dubrovnik, the supporters of emperor Sigismund who had territorial aspirations in Dalmatia.[6] These hopes were not justified. In January and again in March 1405 they first approached Dubrovnik for help, but were politely rejected.[7]

Walls of Bar

During this war, Balsha was not fully supported by urban population of Bar and Ulcinj whose business interests were somewhat better preserved with good relations with powerful the Venetian Empire. His main supporters were warrior nobility in Zeta, pronoiers in the Shkodër region, and Serb and Albanian peasants unsatisfied with taxes.[8] The Đurašević family participated on Balsha's side, Koja Zaharia and Dhimiter Jonima supported Venetians, while Dukagjinis were neutral.[9]

## Beginning of the war

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The war began in 1405 when Balsha took advantage of the rebellion of local population in the region of Shkodër and captured all Shkodër region (including Drivast) except the Shkodër Castle itself. It is uncertain if he inspired the revolt which started in early 1405, but he certainly utilized it.[10] Radič Humoj and many other most distincted local Venetian pronoiers (like Nika Bogoje, Petar Konte, Nikola Lumbardini, Andrija Sklavo, and Nikola Sigeci[11]) deserted Venice and supported Balsha III in order to save their position and property. Balsha was intolerant of local nobles who would not support him and many of those who would dare to desert him were captured and crippled, i.e. deprived of a limb and nose.[12]

Venetians in return captured the three most important ports of Zeta: Bar, Ulcinj, and Budva.[13] They also offered 500 ducats for the person who would kill Jelena Balsha and her son Balsha III.[14] The reward was later increased to 2,000 ducats. Balsha found himself in a difficult situation because the Ottoman Empire (a possible ally against Venice) was weakened after the Battle of Ankara in 1402, and his ally the Serbian Despot was involved in the Ottoman civil war. To make things even worse, Sandalj Hranić intended to capture the whole Gulf of Kotor. In such circumstances Balsha decided to accept Ottoman suzerainty, which included a regular tribute payment to the sultan.[15] In early 1407 Balsha married Mara, a daughter of Niketa Thopia who had good relations with the Republic of Venice and since then became a mediator during the war.[16] In 1407 representatives of the Venetian Republic and Balsha III met on the territory in possession of Ratac in an attempt to negotiate peace. During negotiations held in June 1408, the Venetians insisted to keep Ratac in their possession.[17] Still, peace negotiations were not successful.

## Peace treaty of 1409

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Michele Steno, a Doge of Venice met Jelena during peace negotiations

In 1409 Jelena decided to go to Venice to personally negotiate a peace. At the end of May she arrived in Dubrovnik but had to wait for almost two months because her hosts warned her on the presence of the Neapolitan galleys in Adriatic Sea.[18] While she was waiting in Dubrovnik on 9 July 1409 Venice purchased the Dalmatian coast from Ladislaus of Naples for 100,000 ducats.[19] This made Jelena's negotiating position very difficult. At the end of July she finally arrived in Venice. Because of the long voyage she was financially broken so the Venetians had to support her with three ducats a day during negotiations which lasted for three months.[20] On 26 October 1409 a year-long peace agreement was signed without territorial changes for any of the parties.[21] Jelena traveled back to Zeta through Dubrovnik where she received 100 ducats worth of presents. Although both her and Michele Steno, a Doge of Venice, swore on the Gospel to respect the peace agreement, there was no peace in reality.[22]

## Continuation of the war

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Venetians directly broke the peace agreement they signed with Jelena when they refused to pay agreed provisions to Balsha who in return attacked their possessions in early 1410.[23] His fleet captured the whole Skadar Lake and forced Venetian fustas to retreat. In mid 1410 there was another rebellion in Shkodër.[24] After this rebellion Balsha III besieged Shkodër and plundered its surrounding.[25]

When Niketa Thopia was defeated and captured by Teodor II Muzaka at the end of 1411 Balsha divorced Mara because her imprisoned father was of no use to him anymore. At the end of 1412 or beginning of 1413 he married Bolja Zaharia, a daughter of Koja Zaharia who already married his other daughter to one of Đuraševići. Members of Đurašević family held the most distincted positions on the court of Balsha III.[26] To bring Koja even more close Balsha appointed him as castellan of Budva.[27]

## Aftermath

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Both parties were unsatisfied with the peace treaty and believed that the other party was in breach of the agreed terms and that the other party should pay more for the damage during the war. It seems that Venice continued to jeopardize the rights of the Orthodox Church in the region of Skadar Lake.[28] In such circumstances even a small conflict like a minor dispute between Hoti and Mataguži (two clans who lived north of the Skadar Lake, on the border of Zeta and Venetian Shkodër) over pasture lands started chain of events which led to the new war. Although Balsha III judged in favour of the Mataguži clan, Hoti attacked them and captured the disputed lands. Mataguži killed four Hoti clansmen during the counter-attack. Hoti complained to Balsha, who rejected their complaints with the words "You've got what you deserve!" (Serbian: Што сте нашли на туђој граници — то вам!). Two of disappointed Hoti's chieftains who led a minor part of the clan decided to leave Balsha and requested to be accepted under the Venetian suzerainty.[29] At first Balsha himself advised the Venetian governor in Shkodër to accept them because he wanted to divide them from the rest of Hoti tribesmen. When he became aware of their eventual influence on the rest of Hoti tribesmen who remained loyal to him he changed his mind and insisted that Paolo Quirin should reject their request. In November 1414 the Senate instructed Paolo Quirin to ignore Balsha′s advice and to grant Venetian citizenship to Hoti renegades. In response Balsha purchased weapons for his forces which in early spring 1415 attacked and burned village Kalderon near Shkodër.[30] Based on Senate's instructions Venetians bribed the leader of the major group of Hoti (Andrija Hot) to accept Venetian suzerainty.[31] By accepting Balsha's refugees, Venetians violated their previous agreements with Balsha who then decided not to respect their agreements anymore. He began to collect taxes on Venetian goods, confiscate Venetian grain, rob Venetian ships on Bojana and to prepare a military campaign against Hoti who organized a preventive attack against him at the beginning of 1418. In October 1418 Venetians started to confiscate goods owned by merchants from Ulcinj to compensate Venetians traders. In autumn 1418 Balsha decided to start a new war. He employed a Venetian garrison of about 50 mercenaries who guarded the Shkodër castle before they switched sides and went to Balsha. Balsha also arrested all Venetian citizens who were caught on the territory of Zeta. In March 1419 he started a new war—the Second Scutari War.[32]

## Notes

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1. ^ Fine 1994, p. 511

> ...Helen (Jelena) played an active role in Zeta′s affairs under Balsha...)

2. ^ Spremić 2004, pp. 73–108

> Још пре избијања Првог скадарског рата (1405-1413.), била је с њима у спору око надлежности зетског митрополита над православним црквама уз Бојану и над црквом Светог Петра у Скадру.)

3. ^ Spremić 2004, pp. 73–108

> Држећи се поука своје мајке Јелене Лазаревић, кћери кнеза Лазара, Балша III. иступао је пред представницима Венеције као заштитник старих права Српске цркве. Даровао је неколико православних манастира и трудио се да се не окрњи надлежност православног митрополита Зете, кога је постављао пећки патријарх.

4. ^ Ćirković 2004, p. 96

> У измењеној ситуацији после Ангорске битке породичну територију је преузео Ђурђев наследник Балша III (1403—1421), коме је помагала мајка Јелена Лазаревић. Они су се убрзо окренули против Венеције и упустили у десетогодишњи рат са њом.)

5. ^ Bešić 1970, p. 89

> По свему се чини да су Јелена и Балша III кренули против Млечана без велике припреме, у нади да ће им међународна си-туација омогућити успјех.

6. ^ Bešić 1970, p. 87

> Балшићимасе ипак чинило да ће многе локалне сукобе моћи да ријеше у своју корист и вратити изгубљене позиције, рачунајући на помоћ Жиг-мундрвих савезника, српског деспота и Дубровчана. Њихове су се наде, међутим, показале као сувише нестварне

7. ^ Bešić 1970, p. 87

> У први мах затражили су помоћ од Дубровчана, али су им се они извиншш, и у јавуару и у марту 1405. год...

8. ^ Bešić 1970, p. 86

> За такав став Јелена и Балша III нису се могли ћадати чврстој подршци градског живља у Бару и Улцињу... осло-' нац на моћну поморску Републику обећавао им је нешто безбјед-нији живот у ситном грађанском свијету, ...Посљедњи Балшићи моглису очекивати помоћ од ратничке властеле у Зети, од пронијара у самој скадарској области и стихијског негодовања српских иарбанаских сељака због фискалне политике млетачких господара)

9. ^ Fine 1994, p. 512
10. ^ Fine 1994, p. 511
11. ^ Bešić 1970, p. 91

> Балши су пришли најистакнутији међу њима Радич Хумој, Ника Богоје, Петар Конте, Никола Лумбардини, Андрија Склаво и Никола Сигеци.)

12. ^ Fine 1994, p. 512
13. ^ Fine 1994, p. 511
14. ^ Spremić 2004, pp. 73–108

> На његовом почетку, Млечани су уценили њену и главу Балше III. са 2000 дуката.

15. ^ Fine 1994, p. 512
16. ^ Fine 1994, p. 512
17. ^ Univerzitet u Beogradu. Filozofski fakultet (1964). Zbornik Filozofskog fakulteta. Naučno delo. p. 196. Retrieved 6 January 2014. "Већ 1407 на њеном терену састали су се ради преговора представници Балше III и Републике"
18. ^ Bešić 1970, p. 98

> Јелена Балшић се ријешила да сама оде у Млетке и настави преговоре,.. била је већ крајем маја 1409. год. у Дубровнику и ту се задржала готово два мјесеца, јер су је домаћини упозоравали на опасност од напуљских галија које су се налазиле у Јадранскоме мору.)

19. ^ "Croatia", by M. D. Kampotic, in The Catholic Encyclopedia, ed. by Charles G. Herbermann, et al., Volume IV (Robert Appleton Company, 1908) p.511
20. ^ Spremić 2004, pp. 73–108

> Сенатори су утврдили да је "врло сиромашна", јер је, због дугог пута, све потрошила. Давали су јој, на име издржавања, по три дуката дневно, и у Венецији је остала пута три месеца.

21. ^ Srejović, Gavrilović & Ćirković 1982, p. 79

> Имала је то да искуси Јелена Балшић приликом преговора које је повела у Венецији, и који су трајали више месеци. Крајем октобра 1409. окончани су договором да се склопи мир на годину дана без територијалних промена ...)

22. ^ Spremić 2004, pp. 73–108

> Крајем октобра склопила је мир и, заједно с млетачким представником, заклела се на јеванђељу да ће га поштовати. Затим се, преко Дубровника, у коме је добила богате поклоне у вредности од 100 дуката, крајем 1409. вратила у Зету.[26] У њој, међутим, и даље није било мира.

23. ^ Bešić 1970, p. 102

> Сада су Млечани погазили уговор склопљен у октобру 1409.год. с јеленом Балшић, Балши III није више ништа везивалоруке. Првих мјесеци 1410. год., још у току зиме, ударио је сасвојим снагама на млетачке посједе.

24. ^ Bešić 1970, p. 102

> Средином љета 1410. год. планула је нова побуна у скадарскојоколшш.

25. ^ Bešić 1970, p. 102

> Послије побуне појавио сеса својим одредима Балша III, опсјео Скадар и нанио великештете његовој околшш.

26. ^ Fine 1994, pp. 512, 513
27. ^ Fine 1994, p. 513
28. ^ Fine 1994, p. 515
29. ^ Fine 1994, p. 515
30. ^ Bešić 1970, p. 117

> Два хотска главара одметнула су се тада од Балше, прешла на скадарску територију и добила млетачку службу. Сам је Балша молио млетачког кнеза у Скадру да их прими, желећи да их одвоји од братства, али се убрзо уплашио њиховог утицаја...Видећи да Млечани узимају у службу његове одметнике,Балша је куповао у Дубровнику оружје и слао свог човјека у Сењ, вјероватно на преговоре са Жигмундовим људима. Није поштовао млетачке царинике и трговинске одредбе.

31. ^ Bešić 1970, p. 118

> Сенат јесавјетовао да се и та главна група Хота привуче на млетачку страну.Преговори су били успјешни. Андрија Хот ...

32. ^ Bešić 1970, p. 121

> У марту 1419. год. кренуо је у напад

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* Siege of Scutari
* Siege of Adrianople
* Siege of Odrin (1912–1913)
* Second Balkan War
* Battle of Bregalnica
* Battle of Kalimanci
* Battle of Knjaževac
* Siege of Vidin (1913)
* Ohrid–Debar uprising

World War I|

* Montenegrin campaign
* Battle of Mojkovac
* Battle of Lovćen
* Serbian campaign
* Battle of Cer
* Battle of the Crna Bend (1916)
* Battle of Bazargic
* Battle of Dobro Pole
* Battle of the Drina
* Battle of Florina
* Battle of Kaymakchalan
* Battle of Kolubara
* Kosovo offensive (1915)
* Liberation of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro (1918)
* Battle of Malka Nidzhe
* Macedonian front
* Monastir offensive
* Morava Offensive
* Ovče Pole Offensive
* Vardar offensive
* Srem Offensive
* Toplica Uprising

Interwar|

* Carinthia War
* Uprising in Drenica
* Christmas Uprising
* Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
* Albanian-Yugoslav Border War (1921)
* Drenica-Junik Uprising

World War II|

* Invasion of Yugoslavia
* Uprising in Serbia (1941)
* Uprising in Montenegro (1941)
* June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina
* Battle of Novi Pazar
* Battle of Pljevlja
* Battle of Kozara
* Battle of Loznica (1941)
* Battle of Livno
* Battle of Neretva
* Battle of the Sutjeska
* Raid on Drvar
* Battle of Knin
* Battle of Mostar
* Battle of Lijevče Field
* 1942 Montenegro offensive
* Bihać Operation
* Battle of Batina
* Belgrade Offensive
* Capture of Banja Koviljača
* Case Black
* Case White
* Operation Draufgänger
* Kozara Offensive
* Battle of Kupres (1942)
* Battle of Višegrad
* Mostar operation
* Nagykanizsa–Körmend Offensive
* Niš operation
* Battle of Odžak
* Capture of Olovo (1941)
* Operation Alfa
* Operation Delphin
* Operation Kopaonik
* Operation Kugelblitz
* Operation Mihailovic
* Operation Southeast Croatia
* Operation Trio
* Operation Uzice
* Battle of Poljana
* Operation Prijedor
* Siege of Rogatica (1941)
* Operation Rösselsprung (1944)
* Kosovo Operation (1944)
* Operation Spring Awakening
* Srb uprising
* Stratsin-Kumanovo operation
* Syrmian Front
* Battle of Zvornik
* Battle of Sarajevo (1945)
* Battle of Zelengora

Croatian War|

* Pakrac clash
* Plitvice Lakes incident
* Battle of Borovo Selo
* Operation Stinger
* 1991 Yugoslav campaign in Croatia
* Battle of Osijek
* Battle of Vukovar
* Battle of Gospić
* Battle of Šibenik
* Battle of Zadar
* Battle of Kusonje
* Battle of the Barracks
* Siege of Varaždin Barracks
* Siege of Bjelovar Barracks
* Battle of the Dalmatian Channels
* Siege of Dubrovnik
* Operation Otkos 10
* Operation Orkan 91
* Operation Whirlwind
* Operation Baranja
* Operation Jackal
* Battle of the Miljevci Plateau
* Operation Tiger
* Operation Maslenica
* Operation Medak Pocket
* Operation Winter '94
* Operation Flash
* Operation Summer '95
* Operation Storm

Bosnian War|

* Battle of Bosanski Brod
* Battle of Kupres
* Siege of Sarajevo
* Siege of Srebrenica
* Siege of Goražde
* Siege of Doboj
* Operation Jackal
* Siege of Bihać (1992–95)
* Operation Vrbas '92
* Operation Corridor 92
* Operation Bura
* Kravica attack
* Siege of Mostar
* Operation Irma
* Operation Bøllebank
* Operation Tiger
* Battle of Kupres
* Operation Amanda
* Operation Spider
* Operation Winter '94
* Battle of Vlašić
* Operation Leap 1
* Battle of Orašje
* Operation Leap 2
* Operation Summer '95
* Battle of Vrbanja Bridge
* Battle of Vozuća
* Operation Miracle
* Operation Mistral 2
* Operation Sana
* Operation Una
* Operation Southern Move
* NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina
* 1995 Pale air strikes
* Operation Deny Flight
* Operation Deliberate Force
* Operation Maritime Monitor

Kosovo War|

* Insurgency in Kosovo
* Albanian–Yugoslav border incident (December 1998)
* Albania–Yugoslav border incident (April 1999)
* April 23, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush
* Attack on Orahovac
* Attack on Prekaz
* Battle of Lođa
* Battle of Oraovica
* Battle of Belaćevac Mine
* Battle of Podujevo
* December 14, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush
* Battle of Glođane
* July 18, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border clashes
* Battle of Junik
* Battle of Košare
* Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
* Prizren incident (1999)
* NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
* Dubrava Prison bombings and executions
* 1999 F-117A shootdown

21st century|

| Peacekeeping|

* Central African Republic
* Cyprus
* DR Congo
* Ivory Coast
* Lebanon
* Liberia
* Mali
* Somalia

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