Gjin II. Muzaka

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Gjin II. Muzaka ( German  Johannes ; * around the turn of the 14th century; † 1455 shortly after the battle of Berat in Sereziabunga) was an Albanian prince.

Life

Ghin II came from the noble Muzaka family, wealthy in central Albania , and was the eldest son of Andrea III. Muzaka and Kyranna, daughter of Gjin Zenevisi , lord of Agyrokastro and Vagenetia

After the death of his father (after April 1393) he took over the dominion of the Tomornizza landscape near the Tomorr mountain , the two valleys (Groß- and Kleindevoll) on the Devoll , which was the border to the Arianiti (also: Arianiti Komnenen), and included the landscape of Kastoria with all cities and domains.

Gjin II was a comrade-in- arms of Skanderbeg and died shortly after the battle of Berat , which was fought on the Tomornizza Mountains in mid-July 1455 . Gjin's land of Tomornizza was first occupied by Skanderbeg and then drafted without regard to his children. Only after the death of Skanderbeg (1468) should the land from his son Gjin III. to be recovered.

According to the family chronicle of his son Gjin III. is said to have been buried with his wife in the Marienkirche of Bunga (?), which he built himself.

family

Ghin married Chiranna, granddaughter (or niece) of Matarango von Gora, with whom he had eight children:

  • Andrea († around 1484) ⚭ Yela Thopia
  • Zanfina (anche Suina) ⚭ 1. Musachi Comneno, son of Comneno Arianiti; after the divorce ⚭ 2. Motse or Musachi Arianiti from Dibra
  • Gjin III. (also Gjon; † after 1510), author of the family chronicle, came to the Kingdom of Naples in 1476 ⚭ Maria Dukagjini
  • Maria († before 1444) ⚭ Giorgio Arianiti Comneno (also called Dangelino; nephew of Skanderbeg )
  • Elena ⚭ Giorgio Blandisi of Carles, Lord of Sub- Debar
  • Comita ⚭ Ananiti, son of Musachi Arianiti Comneno
  • Condisa ⚭ Duru, son of Aidino, lord of Neppe
  • Teodora ⚭ 1. Goisavo Balšić ; ⚭ 2. Lekë Dukagjini

literature

  • Rosario Jurlaro: I Musachi, despoti d'Epiro . Edizioni del Centro Librario, Bari November 1970 (Italian, vatrarberesh.it [PDF; accessed March 2, 2018]).

Remarks

  1. ↑ Grabossa received as dowry
  2. ↑ In April 1393 the most distinguished citizens of Durazzo and the “Albanian chiefs nearby” received gifts and pensions from the Bailo and captain of Durazzo, Francesco Giorgio. Andreas III was among the recipients. called. (General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts, 1868, p. 93)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . First Section AG. Hermann Brockhaus, Leipzig 1868, p. 122 ( full text in Google Book Search).
  2. ^ Carl Hermann Friedrich Johann Hopf : Chroniques gréco-romanes inédites ou peu connues . Weidmann, Berlin 1873, p. 293 (Italian, archive.org ).
  3. ^ Rosario Jurlaro: I Musachi, despoti d'Epiro . Edizioni del Centro Librario, Bari, p. 61 (Italian, vatrarberesh.it [PDF; accessed March 2, 2018]).
  4. ↑ General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . First Section AG. Hermann Brockhaus, Leipzig 1868, p. 121 ( full text in Google Book Search).
  5. ^ Carl Hermann Friedrich Johann Hopf, p. 282
  6. ↑ General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts, 1868, p. 42
  7. ↑ General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts, 1868, p. 134
  8. ↑ Agostino Pertusi, Martino Segono: Martino Segono di Novo Brdo, vescovo di Dulcigno: un umanista serbo-dalmata del tardo Quattrocento, vita e opere . Istituto storico italiano per il Medio Evo, Rome 1981, p. 247 (Italian).
  9. ↑ General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts, 1868, p. 162
  10. ^ Carl Hermann Friedrich Johann Hopf, p. 293
  11. ↑ Rosario Jurlaro, p. 62
  12. ^ Arianiti Comneno. Retrieved March 21, 2018 (Italian).
  13. ↑ Biografia Andronica Arianiti Commeno. Retrieved March 21, 2018 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Gjin II. Muzaka
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ghin Musachi II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Albanian prince
DATE OF BIRTH before 1393
DATE OF DEATH 1455