Lekë Dukagjini

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Lekë III Dukagjini
Roman Catholic

Lekë III Dukagjini (1410–1481), mostly known as Lekë Dukagjini, was a 15th-century member of the

tribes of northern Albania. Dukagjini is believed to of been born in Lipjan, Kosova [2]

Biography

The

Prince Pal II Dukagjini in 1446, who appears to have died of apoplexy.[6]

Dukagjini fought under the command of

revenge
, Dukagjini ambushed and killed Zaharia. However, original Venetian documents contradict this account by showing that this murder happened in 1444.
Nicholas Dukagjin, Zaharia's vassal, who killed Lekë Zaharia in the battle, not Lekë as stated by Marin Barleti.[11]

Nonetheless, the death of Zaharia left his princedom with no successor, resulting in his mother handing the fortress over to

Drivast.[15] Their plot was discovered and Božidar was forced to flee into exile.[16]
In 1459 Skanderbeg's forces captured the fortress of Sati from the Ottoman Empire and Skanderbeg ceded it to Venice in order to secure a cordial relationship with Signoria before he sent his troops to Italy to help King Ferdinand to regain and maintain his kingdom after the death of king Alfonso V of Aragon.[17][18] Before the Venetians took over the control of Sati, Skanderbeg captured it and the surrounding area, driving Lekë Dukagjini and his forces away, because he was opposed to Skanderbeg and destroyed Sati before the Venetian takeover.[19]

Dukagjini continued to fight with limited success against the

Pope
.

Legacy

Main article: Kanun (Albania)

The Law of Lek Dukagjini (kanun) was named after Lekë Dukagjini who codified the customary laws of the Albanian highlands.[20] Although researchers of history and customs of Albania usually refer to Gjeçovi's text of the Kanuni as the only existing version which is uncontested and written by Lekë Dukagjini, it was actually incorrect. The text of the Kanuni, often contested and with many different interpretations which significantly evolved since 15th century, was only named after Dukagjini.[21] Whilst identifying Skanderbeg as the "dragon prince" who dared to fight against any foe, chronicles portray Dukagjini as the "angel prince" who, with dignity and wisdom, ensured the continuity of the Albanian identity.

The set of laws were active in practice for a long time, but it was not gathered and codified until the late 19th century by

blood feuds. Blood feuds have started once again in Albania (and have since spread to other parts of Albania, and even to expatriates abroad) after the fall of communism in the early 1990s, having been outlawed for many years during the regime of Enver Hoxha
, and contained by the relatively closed borders.

Dukagjini's military campaigns against the Ottomans had limited success; he also lacked the ability to unite the country and the Albanian people in the way that Skanderbeg had. Loyalties wavered, and splintered, betrayals were common, and Albania fell into complete submission to the Ottomans by the end of the 15th century.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-8108-5309-6
    . Retrieved 9 June 2013. ... little-known and somewhat mysterious figure thought to have been a fifteenth-century prince
  2. ^ Nogueira, Adeilson (31 Mar 2018). Moedas De Kosovo. Clube de Autores. p. 16
  3. ISBN 9789048137497
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  4. ISBN 9781841621999
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  5. OCLC 5845972
    , велики пронијари Павле и Лека Дукађини
  6. ^ Demiraj, Shaban (1969). Gramatika e gjuhës shqipe. Enti i teksteve dhe i mjeteve mësimore i Krahinës Socialiste autonome të Kosovës. p. 101. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
  7. ISBN 99927-38-75-8
  8. ^ Francione 2003, p. 62
  9. ISBN 978-1-873928-13-4
  10. ISBN 3-486-56569--9
    , In ein Aktenstück von Januar 1445 inseriert ist eine Urkunde des Skutariner Grafen Francesco Querini vom 18. Septembar 1443, in der Lekas witwe Bozha, seiner Tochter Bolja und derren sohnchen Koja einge Dorfer aus Lekas baština und eine pension...
  11. OCLC 5845972
    , Никола Дукађин убио је Леку Закарију. Према млетачком хроничару Стефану Мању убио га је "у битки" као његов вазал. Мада Барлеције погрешно наводи да је убиство извршио Лека Дукађин
  12. ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5
  13. ^ Franco p. 84.
  14. ^ Hodgkinson 1999, pp. 83–84
  15. ISBN 3-486-56569--9
    , retrieved 17 January 2012, Die eigene Herrschaft im Norden war nicht ungefährdet, wie die Aufdeckung eines Anschlags Božidar Dushmans und Leka Dukagjins gegen Drivasto erwies (Marz 1451),..
  16. ^ Bešić, Zarij M. (1970). Istorija Črne Gore, Volume 2, Part 2 (in Serbian). Titograd: Redakcija za istoriju Črne Gore. Retrieved 17 January 2012. У Дривасту je окупљао млетачке противнике Божидар Душман и, у спрези с Леком Дукађином, припремао побуну у граду и по селима. Завјера je откривена и Bијеће четрдесеторице осудило га je у марту 1451. год. на тридесетогодишње изгнанство с Млетачких поседа у Албанији
  17. OCLC 652265147
    , En 1459, Scanderbeg occupa la ville de Sati (Sapa) et beaucoup d'autres localites. Bien qu'il eut enleve ces places aux Turcs, il se montra dispose a les ceder a la republique de Venise.
  18. OCLC 732882
    , After the death of Alphonse V rapprochement with Venice became a necessity. It came very slowly and painfully. In 1459 he returned the fortress of Sati to the Venetians though he had conquered it from the Turks.
  19. OCLC 5845972
    , Када је Лека порушио тврђаву Сати пре него што ће је предати Млечанима, Скендербег је заузео град и села по његовој околини, потиснувши одатле Леку.
  20. ISBN 9781845112875
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  21. ISBN 978-0-85728-712-0
    . Retrieved 24 September 2013. The first version of the kanun to be codified was based on the ethnographic work by an Albanian Franciscan priest by the name of Shtjefën Gjeçovi. Students of Albanian history and society sometimes refer to Gjeçovi's rendition as if it is the...
  22. ISBN 9781850438595
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  23. ISBN 0-8153-4057-5
    . Retrieved 2010-07-01.
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