Jevdokija Balšić was the daughter of Đurađ I Balšić, lord of Zeta, and Theodora Dejanović from noble house of Dejanović, daughter Dejan, despot of Kumanovo.

[1] She is a half-sister of Mrkša Žarković and cousin of Ruđina Balšić, princess of Valona.

Around 1402, Esau de' Buondelmonti, despot of Ioannina, got divorce of his second wife Irene Spata and he married with Jevdokija.

When she wanted to get married with a Serbian noble, she was deposed by the nobility of Ioannina;[5] they gave the city to Carlo I Tocco, Count Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos and Esau’s nephew.

[6] After she was expelled, Jevdokija went to the court of the Albanian John Zenevisi, prince of Gjirokastër.