Gjin I. Muzaka
Gjin I. Muzaka (also Ghin I. Musachi , Middle Greek Μυρσιωάννης Ἀμιραλής ; * 1337 ; † 1389 ) was an Albanian part prince ( Archon ).
Life
Gjin I. Muzaka the make, in the central came from Albania wealthy noble family Muzaka . His father Andrea II. Muzaka was the founder of the Principality of Muzakaj with the capital Berat , which existed from 1335 to 1444.
In the sources Gjin Muzaka appears in 1367 as Kaballarios in Ioannina , where the Serbian governor Thomas Preljubović held him prisoner for a short time. When Andrea II divided his possessions among his three sons on his deathbed in 1372, Gjin's older brother Theodor I succeeded as Despot of Myzeqeja . Gjin I. himself ruled Tomornizza on the Tomorr and the two Devoll valleys . Since his brother Stoya died childless, his domain Kastoria with all cities and lands passed to Gjin I.
Gjin I. Muzaka died in 1389 (or 1390). He was probably buried in Korça in the Analepsis Church he founded.
family
Gjin I. Muzaka was married to Suina, daughter of Materango Arianiti Comneno. The couple had the following children:
- Andrea III. Muzaka ∞ Kyranna daughter of Gjin Zenevisi von Argyrokastro and Vagenetia
- Elena Muzaka ∞ Aidino Lopes
- Materango
- Condisa Muzaka ∞ Soliman- Bey ; had two children
- Blasio
- Bogdan
- Laldi
literature
- Charles Hopf : Chroniques gréco-romanes inédites ou peu connues, publiées avec notes et tables généalogiques. Weidmann, Berlin 1873 ( online ; Italian translation).
- Rosario Jurlaro: Musachi, despoti d'Epiro. Edizioni del Centro Librario, Bari 1970 ( PDF; 8.3 MB , accessed on March 2, 2018).
- Erich Trapp , Hans-Veit Beyer, Ewald Kislinger: Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit . 8. Fascicle: Μιχαὴλ - Ξυστούρης (= publications of the Commission for Byzantine Studies . Volume 1/8). Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-7001-0775-7 , p. 92 No. 19884.
Remarks
- ^ Hopf, Chroniques , p. 282.
- ↑ Erich Trapp, Hans-Veit Beyer, Ewald Kislinger, Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit, 8, p. 92.
- ↑ Jurlaro, Musachi, p. 62.
- ↑ She received Grabossa as a dowry.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gjin I. Muzaka |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ghin I. Musachi; Μυρσιωάννης Ἀμιραλής (Middle Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Albanian prince and sebastocrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1337 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1389 |