Đurađ II Balšić

Đurađ II Balšić
Gjergj II Balsha
Lord of Zeta and the Coast
Coat of arms of the Balsha family
Lord of Zeta and the Coast
ReignSeptember 18th, 1385 – April 1403
PredecessorBalsha II
SuccessorBalsha III
DiedApril 1403
Ulcinj
Burial
Church of St. Catherine, Ulcinj
SpouseJelena Lazarević
IssueBalsha III
HouseBalsha
FatherStrazimir Balsha
MotherMilica Mrnjavčević

Đurađ II Balšić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђурађ II Балшић; Albanian: Gjergj II Balsha) or George II Balsha fl. 1385 April 1403)[a], was the Lord of Zeta from 1385 to 1403, as a member of the Balšić noble family. He was the son of Stracimir Balšić, and succeeded his paternal uncle Balša II in ruling Zeta. He reigned from 1386 up to 1389 in the still officially undissolved Serbian Empire in the form of a family alliance, then up to 1395 as an Ottoman vassal. He ruled until his death in 1403, when he was succeeded by his only son, Balša III. According to some historians, Serbian epic poetry identifies Đurađ II with Strahinja Banović.