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A member of the [[Dushmani family]] he ruled over the region of [[Zadrima]], in modern [[Shkodër District]].<ref name=Nolip19/> In Venetian documents he is also mentioned along with his relative Damian as lord of [[Pult]] in 1446.<ref name="VeneziaValentini1967">{{cite book|last=Valentini|first=Giuseppe|title=Acta Albaniae Veneta saeculorum XIV et XV.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JzINAQAAIAAJ|access-date=27 November 2011|year=1967|publisher=Typis Josephi Tosini|page=319}}</ref>
A member of the [[Dushmani family]] he ruled over the region of [[Zadrima]], in modern [[Shkodër District]].<ref name=Nolip19/> In Venetian documents he is also mentioned along with his relative Damian as lord of [[Pult]] in 1446.<ref name="VeneziaValentini1967">{{cite book|last=Valentini|first=Giuseppe|title=Acta Albaniae Veneta saeculorum XIV et XV.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JzINAQAAIAAJ|access-date=27 November 2011|year=1967|publisher=Typis Josephi Tosini|page=319}}</ref>


Leka joined the [[League of Lezhë]], an alliance formed by their maternal uncle Skanderbeg, after meeting in the St. Nicholas Church in [[Lezhë]] on March 2, 1444. The other members included [[Lekë Zaharia]], [[Peter Spani (League of Lezhë)|Peter Spani]], [[Andrea Thopia]], [[Gjergj Arianiti]], [[Theodor Corona Musachi|Theodor Korona Muzaka]], [[Stefan Crnojević]], [[George Strez Balšić|George Strez Balsha]], and their subjects.{{Cref2|B}} Skanderbeg was elected its leader, and commander in chief of its armed forces numbering a total of 8,000 warriors.<ref>{{citation|last=Fox|first=Robert|title=The inner sea: the Mediterranean and its people|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GGwTAQAAIAAJ&cd=10&dq=league+of+lezhe&q=%22league+of+lezhe%22#search_anchor|year=1993|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|page=195|isbn=9780394574523}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last=Vlora |first=Ekrem Bey |title=The Ruling Families of Albania in the pre-Ottoman Period in: Contributions to the History of Turkish Rule in Albania: an Historical Sketch |url=http://www.albanianhistory.net/texts20_2/AH1956_1.html |year=1956 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124031209/http://www.albanianhistory.net/texts20_2/AH1956_1.html |archive-date=2011-11-24 }}</ref><ref name=Nolip19>{{harvnb|Noli|1947|p=36}}</ref>
Leka joined the [[League of Lezhë]], an alliance formed by their maternal uncle Skanderbeg, after meeting in the St. Nicholas Church in [[Lezhë]] on March 2, 1444. The other members included [[Lekë Zaharia]], [[Peter Spani (League of Lezhë)|Peter Spani]], [[Andrea Thopia]], [[Gjergj Arianiti]], [[Theodor Corona Musachi|Theodor Korona Muzaka]], [[Stefan Crnojević]], [[George Strez Balšić|George Strez Balsha]], and their subjects.{{Cref2|B}} Skanderbeg was elected its leader, and commander in chief of its armed forces numbering a total of 8,000 warriors.<ref>{{citation|last=Fox|first=Robert|title=The inner sea: the Mediterranean and its people|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GGwTAQAAIAAJ&q=%22league+of+lezhe%22|year=1993|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|page=195|isbn=9780394574523}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last=Vlora |first=Ekrem Bey |title=The Ruling Families of Albania in the pre-Ottoman Period in: Contributions to the History of Turkish Rule in Albania: an Historical Sketch |url=http://www.albanianhistory.net/texts20_2/AH1956_1.html |year=1956 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124031209/http://www.albanianhistory.net/texts20_2/AH1956_1.html |archive-date=2011-11-24 }}</ref><ref name=Nolip19>{{harvnb|Noli|1947|p=36}}</ref>


His descendants include among others [[Antonio Dusmani|Antonio]], [[Sofoklis Dousmanis|Sofoklis]] and [[Viktor Dousmanis]].<ref name="Sicilianos1960">{{cite book|last=Sicilianos|first=Demetrios|title=Old and new Athens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4WloAAAAMAAJ&q=Lekas+Dousmanis&dq=Lekas+Dousmanis|access-date=27 November 2011|year=1960|publisher=Putnam}}</ref>
His descendants include among others [[Antonio Dusmani|Antonio]], [[Sofoklis Dousmanis|Sofoklis]] and [[Viktor Dousmanis]].<ref name="Sicilianos1960">{{cite book|last=Sicilianos|first=Demetrios|title=Old and new Athens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4WloAAAAMAAJ&q=Lekas+Dousmanis|access-date=27 November 2011|year=1960|publisher=Putnam}}</ref>


== Annotations ==
== Annotations ==
{{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=upper-alpha}}
{{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=upper-alpha}}
{{Cnote2|A|'''Name:''' Other versions of his name include: '''Lek Dushmani''', '''Lek Dushman''', '''Leccas Dusmanus''', '''Leccha Dusmanus''', '''Lek Dusman''', etc. His given name is a diminutive of [[Alexander]], and may also be spelled "Luka".
{{Cnote2|A|'''Name:''' Other versions of his name include: '''Lek Dushmani''', '''Lek Dushman''', '''Leccas Dusmanus''', '''Leccha Dusmanus''', etc. His given name is a diminutive of [[Alexander]], and may also be spelled "Luka".}}
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{{Cnote2|B|'''League of Lezhe:'''<ref name=Nolip19>{{harvnb|Noli|1947|p=36}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Božić |1979|pp=364-}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Schmitt|2001|p=297}}{{quote|Nikola und Paul Dukagjin, Leka Zaharia von Dagno, Peter Span, Herr der Berge hinter Drivasto, Georg Strez Balsha sowie Johann und Gojko Balsha, die sich zwischen Kruja und Alessio festgesetzt hatten, die Dushman von Klein-Polatum sowie Stefan (Stefanica) Crnojevic, der Herr der Oberzeta}}</ref>
{{Cnote2|B|'''League of Lezhe:'''<ref name=Nolip19>{{harvnb|Noli|1947|p=36}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Božić |1979|pp=364-}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Schmitt|2001|p=297}}{{quote|Nikola und Paul Dukagjin, Leka Zaharia von Dagno, Peter Span, Herr der Berge hinter Drivasto, Georg Strez Balsha sowie Johann und Gojko Balsha, die sich zwischen Kruja und Alessio festgesetzt hatten, die Dushman von Klein-Polatum sowie Stefan (Stefanica) Crnojevic, der Herr der Oberzeta}}</ref>
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
*{{citation|last=Noli|first=Fan Stilian|year=1947|title=George Castrioti Scanderbeg (1405-1468)|publisher=International Universities Press|oclc=732882}}
*{{citation|last=Noli|first=Fan Stilian|year=1947|title=George Castrioti Scanderbeg (1405-1468)|publisher=International Universities Press|oclc=732882}}
*{{Citation |last=Božić |first= Ivan |title= Nemirno pomorje XV veka |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SnkBAAAAMAAJ |year=1979 |publisher=Srpska književna zadruga |location=Beograd |language= sr |oclc=5845972}}
*{{Citation |last=Božić |first= Ivan |title=Nemirno pomorje XV veka |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SnkBAAAAMAAJ |year=1979 |publisher=Srpska književna zadruga |location=Beograd |language=sr |oclc=5845972}}
* {{Citation |last=Schmitt |first=Oliver Jens |author-link=Oliver Jens Schmitt |title=Das venezianische Albanien (1392–1479) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKKS3u7iPWcC&pg=PA490 |year=2001 |publisher=R. Oldenbourg Verlag GmbH München |location=München |language=German |isbn=3-486-56569-9}}


{{Members of the League of Lezhë}}
{{Members of the League of Lezhë}}
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[[Category:People from Shkodër]]
[[Category:People from Shkodër]]
[[Category:Dushmani family|Leke]]
[[Category:Dushmani family|Leke]]
[[Category:Albanian nobility]]
[[Category:Albanian monarchs]]

Latest revision as of 22:50, 18 May 2024

Lekë Dushmani
Lord of Zadrima and Pult
Noble familyDushmani family
IssueIrene Dushmani

Lekë Dushmani was an Albanian nobleman and one of the founding members of League of Lezhë, formed on 2 March 1444.

Life[edit]

A member of the Dushmani family he ruled over the region of Zadrima, in modern Shkodër District.[1] In Venetian documents he is also mentioned along with his relative Damian as lord of Pult in 1446.[2]

Leka joined the League of Lezhë, an alliance formed by their maternal uncle Skanderbeg, after meeting in the St. Nicholas Church in Lezhë on March 2, 1444. The other members included Lekë Zaharia, Peter Spani, Andrea Thopia, Gjergj Arianiti, Theodor Korona Muzaka, Stefan Crnojević, George Strez Balsha, and their subjects.[B] Skanderbeg was elected its leader, and commander in chief of its armed forces numbering a total of 8,000 warriors.[3][4][1]

His descendants include among others Antonio, Sofoklis and Viktor Dousmanis.[5]

Annotations[edit]

  1. ^
    Name: Other versions of his name include: Lek Dushmani, Lek Dushman, Leccas Dusmanus, Leccha Dusmanus, etc. His given name is a diminutive of Alexander, and may also be spelled "Luka".
  2. ^
    League of Lezhe:[1][6][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Noli 1947, p. 36
  2. ^ Valentini, Giuseppe (1967). Acta Albaniae Veneta saeculorum XIV et XV. Typis Josephi Tosini. p. 319. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  3. ^ Fox, Robert (1993), The inner sea: the Mediterranean and its people, Alfred A. Knopf, p. 195, ISBN 9780394574523
  4. ^ Vlora, Ekrem Bey (1956), The Ruling Families of Albania in the pre-Ottoman Period in: Contributions to the History of Turkish Rule in Albania: an Historical Sketch, archived from the original on 2011-11-24
  5. ^ Sicilianos, Demetrios (1960). Old and new Athens. Putnam. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  6. ^ Božić 1979, pp. 364-
  7. ^ Schmitt 2001, p. 297

    Nikola und Paul Dukagjin, Leka Zaharia von Dagno, Peter Span, Herr der Berge hinter Drivasto, Georg Strez Balsha sowie Johann und Gojko Balsha, die sich zwischen Kruja und Alessio festgesetzt hatten, die Dushman von Klein-Polatum sowie Stefan (Stefanica) Crnojevic, der Herr der Oberzeta

Sources[edit]

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