Gjon Kastrioti II

Gjon Kastrioti II
Spouse Jerina Branković
Noble family Kastrioti
Father Skanderbeg
Mother Donika Kastrioti
Born 1456
Died 1502

Gjon Kastrioti II (Italian: Ioanne Castrioto,[1] Giovanni Castrioto;[2] 1456[3]–1502) was the son of Skanderbeg, the Albanian national hero, and of Donika Kastrioti, daughter of Gjergj Arianiti. He was for a short time Lord of Kruja after his father death, Duke of San Pietro in Galatina (1485), Count of Soleto, Signore of Monte Sant'Angelo and San Giovanni Rotondo. In 1495 Ferdinand I of Naples gave the title of the Signore of Gagliano del Capo and Oria. While in his teens he was forced to leave the country after the death of his father in 1468. He is known also for his role in the Albanian uprising of 1481, when, after reaching the Albanian coast from Italy settling in Himara, he tried to struggle against the Ottomans.[4] In June 1481 he supported forces of Ivan Crnojević to successfully recapture Zeta from Ottomans.[5] He was unable to re-esablish the Principality of Kastrioti and liberate Albania from the Ottomans, and he retired in Italy after three years of war in 1484.[4]

Family

He married Jerina Branković,[1][2] daughter of Serbian Despot Lazar Branković.[6] They had the following issue:

The Castriota living in Italy today represent the only descendants of Manuel II Palaiologos, through Jerina, the great-granddaughter of Manuel II Palaiologos.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Theodore Spandounes (Spandugnino), De la origine deli Imperatori Ottomani, Sathas, C. N. (ed.) (1890) Documents inédits relatifs à l'histoire de la Grèce au moyen âge, IX (Paris), p. 159
  2. 1 2 3 4 Breve memoria de li discendenti de nostra casa Musachi, p. 284
  3. ↑ Zbornik Odsjeka za Povijesne Znanosti Zavoda za Povijesne i Društvene Znanosti Hrvatske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti. HAZU. 1999. p. 169. ...1456 rođen je princ Gjon Kastrioti, Skenderbegov sin
  4. 1 2 Anamali 2002, pp. 413–416
  5. ↑ Евгениј Љвович Немировски (1996). Почеци штампарства у Црној Гори, 1492-1496. ЦНБ "Ђурђе Црнојевић". p. 99. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  6. ↑ Dejan Nikolić (1996). Svi vladari Srbije. Narodna biblioteka "Resavska škola". већ само кћерке - Јелачу (Јелену), Ирину и Милицу
  7. ↑ Runciman 1990, pp. 183–185

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