Đurađ II Balšić

Đurađ II ( Engl. George) Stracimirović Balšić († 1403 ) was a prince from the Serbian noble family of Balsici. When his father died in 1373 Stracimir, Đurađ was I of his two uncles Đurađ and Balša II accepted as co-regent over Zeta, Skadar and the other dominions of the family. As 1379 also Đurađ I died to Balša II made ​​sole ruler by letting Đurađ II disappear in the dungeon. He came only after the death of his uncle in 1385 free and was able to take his succession as Prince in the Zeta and northern Albania; the gentry in southern Albania, he could not say it.

Đurađ II married in 1386 Jelena, a daughter of Prince Lazar of Raszien. The couple had a son, Balša III. , Who succeeded his father in the rule.

Đurađ II could not maintain the dominant position of his family in the region. The smaller feudal lords of Northern Albania renounced by him and ruled independently on their possessions. From the North, he was beset by the Bosnian king Tvrtko I, who wanted to seize the port city of Kotor. So it remained essentially the area around the Skadar Lake and the nearby Adriatic coast. His residence struck Đurađ II on in Ulcinj.

In 1389 he sent his father, the Prince and later Emperor of the Serbs Lazar Hrebeljanovic, auxiliary troops who fought in the Battle of Kosovo Polje.