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Vladan Jurica

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Vladan Gjurica
DiedApril 1465
Known foradvisor of Skanderbeg during theSkanderbeg's rebellion

Vladan Gjurica[a](d. April 1465) was anAlbaniannobleman andSkanderbeg's main advisor duringSkanderbeg's rebellion.[2][3]He is thought to be fromGjoricë,in modern-dayDibër Countyfrom which he got the surname Gjurica/Jurica.[4]He was most likely a member of theArianiti family.During theBattle of Vajkalhe was captured and sent toConstantinoplewhere he was skinned alive.[2]

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    In modern Albanian sources, his name is also spelled "Vladan Gjurica". An English transliteration is "Vladan Yuritza". The South Slavic (Serbo-Croatian) given nameVladanis a diminutive ofVladimir.[5]
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  1. ^50 Great Military Leaders Of All Time.Jann Tibetts. 30 July 2016.ISBN9789385505669.
  2. ^abNoli (2009), p. 36 // Noli (1967), p. 140: "Dora e dytë qe vdekjeprurëse për disa nga gjeneralët më të zotë të Skënderbeut: [...] Vladan Jurica, këshilltari i tij më i besueshëm"
  3. ^Encyclopaedia moderna (1968), p. 109: "[...] istaknuti njegovi komandanti: [...] Vladan Jurica"
  4. ^Frashëri (2002), p. 192
  5. ^Živko Bjelanović (2007).Onomastičke teme.Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada. p. 345.ISBN9789531691550.

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