1444–1469)[A] and his brothers George Strez and Gojko Balšić were the lords of Misia, a coastal area from the White Drin towards the Adriatic.

[4][5] According to Fan Noli, Ivan had two brothers (George Strez and Gojko) who were all children of Jela Kastrioti[6] and Pavle Balšić.

[11] After Skanderbeg's death Ivan and his brother Gojko Balšić, together with Leke, Progon and Nicholas Dukagjini, continued to fight for Venice.

Ivan insisted that Venetian grain supplies to the Ottoman besieged Krujë could only be transported through his territory after a yearly licence was paid to him.

Of these only George Stresi Balsha betrayed him, while the two others, John and Gioka, served him loyally to the enddie Skanderbegs Personlichkeit gelassen hatte, nicht zu füllen.