Pal Gropa

Pal Gropa, also known as Paul or Paulo Gropa, was an Albanian feudal ruler of Ohrid and Dibër from the 13th century and a member of the Gropa family. He held the title of Sebastos.

Biography In 1273, the Angevin rulers of Albania record that sebastos Pal Gropa was the lord of an extensive mass of territory in Dibër. He was granted privileges on 18 May 1273 by Charles of Anjou; he was assigned seven villages in the Devoll valley and other properties in Ohrid and Debar.

In 1275, Sevast Paul Gropa (Ropa) and Johannes Muzaki presented themselves to Vicar General de Tucu in Durrës, a representative of King Charles of Anjou.