Vladislav Jonima

Vladislav Jonima (fl. 1303–19) was an Albanian nobleman that initially served Serbian King Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321), holding areas of the Kingdom of Serbia in the region of Doclea and northern Albania. He was last mentioned in 1319, as a participant of a Catholic coalition of the Kingdom of Albania led by Philip of Taranto (r. 1294–1332, seemingly having switched sides against Milutin. He is an ancestor of the Jonima family.

Croatian historian Milan Šufflay (1879–1931) treated him as undoubtedly a descendant of sevast Jonima, mentioned in Angevin sources dating to 1274. Swiss historian Oliver Schmitt (born 1973) regards his Slavic name and position in a Slavic-dominated state, as an Albanian, a sign of close relations between the two ethnic groups in the region.In 1303 he appears present in the Serbian court. In 1306 he held the title of župan in the service of Serbian King Stefan Milutin; Jonima was among the witnesses mentioned in a charter issued to Ratac by Milutin in 1306. His rank in the hierarchy of the Serbian Kingdom was below the rank of kaznac Miroslav and čelnik Branko.

Mentioned in a papal bull of 1319, Philip I, Prince of Taranto, who claimed the title Latin Emperor, had succeeded in uniting many lords inthe Kingdom of Albania (barones regni Albanie) south of Scutari: William Arianit, Paul Matarango, count Vladislav Jonima, count Mentol Musachi, commander Andrew Musachi, protosebastos Theodore Musachi, protosebastos William Blenist and count Kaloyan Blenist. Jonima was mentioned as a "count of Doclea and coastal Albania" (dilecto filio Bladislao Gonome, Dioclee et Maritime Albanie comiti). The areas under his control appear to be related with the promotion of Catholicism by Queen Helen of Anjou. According to some this alliance was set against the Serbian Kingdom.

• Šufflay, Milan (1924). Chapter. Arhiv za arbanasku starinu, jezik i etnologiju. 2. Albanološki institut u Prištini. p. 202. ... s Blinistima, ali tek privremeno, iscezava i obitelj J о n i m a (Gonoma, Guonimi) u osobi Vladislava Jonime, zu* pana Duklje i primorske Albanije (1319 papinska bula: dilecto filio Bladislao Gonome, Dioclee et Maritime Albanie comiti), koji g. 1303 zivi na dvoru srpskog kralja, a bez dvojbe je potomak "sevasta Jonime", sto ga spominje anzuvinska isprava od g. 1274. Kako se iz naslova papinske bule vidi, župan Vladislav bio je katolik. Obitelj Jonima javlja se ponovno početkom 15 vijeka oko gradića Danja i Šatija na Drinu, ravnopravna s ondje* šnjim Zaharijama (1365 Nikola Zaharija kaštelan Budve) i ...CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Blagojević, Miloš (2001). Državna uprava u srpskim srednjovekovnim zemljama (in Serbian). Belgrade: Službeni list SRJ. p. 210. Retrieved 8 July 2012. Када је краљ Милутин издао повељу манастиру Богородице Ратачке, међу присутнима је било и црквених и световних достојанственика. Од световних лица помињу се: казнац Мирослав, челник Бранко и жупан Владислав (Јонима) ... За челника Бранка може се са знатном сигурношћу рећи да је... по рангу био нижи од казнаца Мирослава а виши од жупана Владислава ...CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Francuski Institut (1941), Annales, p. 167, Philippe de Tarente, qui avait pris le titre d'empereur latin, réussit à rallier de nombreux seigneurs albanais (barones regni Albanie) du sud de Scutari: Guillaume Arianit, Paul Matarango, Vladislav Jonima, comte de Dioclée et de l'Albanie ...CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Leskovac, Mladen; Forišković, Aleksandar; Popov, Čedomir (2004). Српски биографски речник. Budućnost. p. 246. Retrieved July 5, 2012. ... Унет је у списак сведока у повељи краља Милутина за манастир Богородице ратачке из 1306. ...CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Schmitt, Oliver Jens (2001), Das venezianische Albanien (1392-1479), München: R. Oldenbourg Verlag GmbH München, p. 87, ISBN 3-486-56569--9, ...erscheint ein Angehöriger eines alten ethnisch albanischen Adelsgeschlechts, Vladislav Jonima, als Zupan, später als „Graf von Dioclea und Küstenalbanien" Vladislav Jonima, als Zupan, später als „Graf von Dioclea und Küstenalbanien". Der slawische Vorname und die Stellung dieses vornehmen Albaners in einem slawisch dominierten Staat zeigt die enge Verbindung beider ethnischer Elemente, deren Oberschicht im Mittlerlater miteinander verschmolzen war.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Lala, Etleva; Jaritz, Gerhard (2008). "Regnum Albaniae and the Papal Curia" (PDF). Central European University. pp. 142, 150.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)