Peter Losha

The Chronicle of the Tocco is an important primary source for his life and the Albanians in medieval Epirus in general.

In 1358–59, Albanian clans overran the regional feudal rulers and established themselves under Gjin Bua Shpata and Pjetër Losha.

In 1360, Simeon Uroš, the titular Serbian Emperor, in an attempt to avoid conflict with the Albanians and as an acknowledgment of their military strength decided to the leave the areas of Arta and Aetolia to Shpata and Losha.

His rule marked a renewal of hostilities in the region as from 1367 to 1370, Ioannina, the capital of Preljubović, came under constant siege and was blocked by the Mazaraki and Malakasi clans under Losha.

[8] His estates included the Epirote cities of: He had a son named Gjin, who married Irina Preljubović, the daughter of Thoma.

Map of the Serbian Empire with magnate provinces in c. 1360.