1360 – 15 January 1373) was a Lord of Zeta, alongside his two brothers Đurađ I and Balša II, in ca.

[3] Some years after the death of the Emperor, Balša I and his sons managed to expand their local power, beginning by taking lands previously held by Lord Žarko (south of Lake Skadar, Lower Zeta).

[2] They were called "oblastni gospodari" ("provincial lords") in charters of Emperor Uroš V the Weak (r.

The brothers converted from Serbian Orthodoxy to Roman Catholicism in 1368–1369, in order to further their coastal ambitions.

[7] He had three sons with Milica: Stracimir became a monk and was tonsured before his death on 15 January 1373, and the power was now shared by Đurađ I, Balša II, and Stracimir's son Đurađ II, who each held an individual appanage.