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for leave to deposit his property there for safekeeping. In 1398, Mrkša again attempted to transfer his possessions to the
Venetians, who decided to send an admiral to inquire about the revenues and conditions of said possessions. However, the inquiry was not yet complete by 1400, prompting Mrkša to
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by marrying Đurađ I, Mrkša's marriage to another member of the Balšić was therefore contrary to the canon law of the
Eastern church. In 1394, Mrkša sent a monk by the name of Athanasius to the
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