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Gjon Muzaka
Albanian noble / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gjon Muzaka (fl. 1510; Italian: Giovanni Musachi di Berat) was an Albanian nobleman from the Muzaka family, that has historically ruled in the Myzeqe region, Albania.[2] In 1510 he wrote a Breve memoria de li discendenti de nostra casa Musachi (Short memoir on the descendants of our Myzeqe lineage). The work was published in Karl Hopf's Chroniques gréco-romaines, Paris 1873, pp. 270–340.[3]
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Gjon Muzaka | |
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Prince of Musacchia | |
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Full name | Gjon Muzaka |
Born | c. 15th century Principality of Muzaka |
Died | 1515 or later |
Noble family | Muzaka family |
Spouse(s) | Maria Dukagjini |
Issue | Theodor Muzaka Helena Muzaka Andriano Muzaka Costantino Muzaka Porfida Muzaka |
Father | Gjin II Muzaka |
Mother | Chiranna Mataranga[1] |
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According to his memoirs, Gjon's father died before Ottomans captured Berat in 1417.