Karl Thopia

Karl Thopia
Karl Topia
Prince of Albania
Grand Count of Albania
Duke of Durrës
Lord of Krujë
Portrait of Karl Thopia at the Skanderbeg Museum.
Prince of Albania & Duke of Durrës
Reign1358–1388
PredecessorAndrea I Thopia
SuccessorGjergj Thopia
Lord of Krujë
Reign1358–1388
SuccessorHelena Thopia
Bornc.1330s
Durrës, Princedom of Albania
DiedJanuary 1388 (aged 57)
Elbasan, Princedom of Albania
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1370)
IssueGjergj Thopia
Helena Thopia
Voisava Thopia
Maria Thopia
Niketa Thopia
DynastyThopia
Anjou-Naples
FatherAndrea I Thopia
MotherHélène of Anjou
ReligionRoman Catholic

Karl Thopia (Albanian: Karl Topia; c.1330s – January 1388) sometimes written as Charles Thopia, was an Albanian feudal prince and warlord who ruled Albanian domains from 1358 until the first Ottoman conquest of Albania in 1388. Thopia usually maintained good relations with the Roman Curia.