Tanush I. (Dukagjini)

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Tanush I. (Dukagjini) is considered to be the ancestor of the Dukagjini family .

Life

1281 an Albanian leader "was first written ducem Qinium Tanuschum ", " dux Ginius Tanuschus " (in the Byzantine Rank Name " Dukas Ginos ") or " Ducam Ginum Tanuschum Albanensem " Tanush I as political prisoners and opponents of the Angevin rule in Regnum Albaniae mentioned.

According to the chronicle of Gjin III. Muzaka had Tanush murder the bishop, who had viewed his wife in a dishonorable way, in the Church of Saint Mary of Ndërfan ( Mirdita ). As a result, Tanush and his family were killed by the family members of the bishop. The little son Gjin, who had gone into hiding and grew up with a Stefan Progano in the village of Kallmet in the municipality of Lezha, survived . When the boy was old enough, the aforementioned Stefan gave him his daughter to be his wife. Gjin got his father's possessions back and took his name "Ducagjini".

progeny

  • Tanush I.
    • Gjin ⚭ daughter of Stefan Progan

literature

  • American Folklore Society: Memoirs of the American Folklore Society . tape 44 . Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston 1954, pp. 64 (English).
  • Scander Anamali; Kristaq Prifti; Instituti i Historisë (Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë): Historia e Popullit Shqiptar (The History of the Albanian People) . tape 1 . Botimet Toena, Tirana 2002, p. 264 (Serbo-Croatian).
  • Robert Elsie: Early Albania: A Reader of Historical Texts, 11th – 17th Centuries . Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2003 (English, online preview in the Google book search).
  • Johann Samuelersch , Johann Gottfried Gruber : General encyclopedia of the sciences and arts . First Section AG. Hermann Brockhaus, Leipzig 1868 ( online version in the Google book search).
  • Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond: Migrations and invasions in Greece and adjacent areas . Noyes Press, Park Ridge 1976, ISBN 978-0-8155-5047-1 , pp. 56 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts, p. 96
  2. ^ Memoirs of the American Folklore Society, p. 64
  3. ↑ Migrations and invasions in Greece and adjacent areas, p. 56
  4. ↑ a b Historia e Popullit Shqiptar, p. 264
  5. ^ Robert Elsie, p. 48
  6. ↑ a b c d General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts, p. 96
  7. ^ Robert Elsie, p. 49
personal data
SURNAME Dukagjini, Tanush I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Albanian nobleman and member of the Dukagjini clan
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH 13th century or 14th century