Theodore Bua or Theodore Bouas (Greek: Θεόδωρος Μπούας) was a 15th-century Greek military commander from Albania who served as a captain of the stradioti regiments of the Republic of Venice.[1][2]
Biography
After the Venetian-Ottoman peace treaty of 1479, Theodore Bouas defected from the Venetian army and joined the rebellion of Krokodeilos Kladas in the Morea.[1][2] In his Dispacci al Senato e ad Altri, Bartolomeo Minio describes an incident in which the Venetian commander of Nafplio sent a contingent of stratioti against him and Mexa Busichi but the soldiers refused to attack them because of their compatriotism.[3] The rebellion ultimately failed after the two commanders broke their alliance.[2] Afterwards, Bouas returned to Venetian territory but was jailed in Monemvasia.[2]
References
Citations
- ^ a b Trombley 2009, p. 270: "Kladas attracted support from the pro-Venetian Greek militia of Nauplion, who were nominally under Venetian control, and whose Greek commander Theodore Bouas marched across the Peloponnesos to join Kladas."
- ^ a b c d Setton 1978, pp. 328–329.
- ^ Sathas 1885, p. 159.
Sources
- Sathas, Konstantinos N. (1885). Μνημεία Ελληνικής Ιστορίας: Documents inédites rélatifs à l’histoire de la Grèce au moyen âge. Vol. 6. Paris: Maissoneuve Frère et Ch. Leclerc.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Setton, Kenneth M. (1978). The Papacy and the Levant, Vol. 1. Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society. ISBN 978-960-98903-5-9.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Trombley, Frank (2009). "The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 and Late Medieval Greek Culture: The Experience of Defeat". Veldslagen. 184: 267‒284.
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