Muzaka family
Muzaka Muzakajt | |
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Noble family | |
Country | Medieval Albania |
Current region | Myzeqe |
Place of origin | Lekas (present-day southeastern Albania) |
Founded | 13th century |
Members |
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Connected families | Arianiti Kastrioti Mataranga Zenevisi |
The Muzaka were a
Notable members of the family include Andrea II Muzaka, Gjon Muzaka, Theodor Corona Musachi and Andrea I Muzaka, among others. The last notable member of Muzaka family who found refugee in Italy died in Naples in 1600.
History
Origin
The Muzaka were one of the most important families of Albanian origin.[5] The family came from the lower Opar region (Lekas). In the area of the village of Lavdar and nearby hamlets are many of the ancestral burial grounds of the family.[6] Gjon Muzaka claimed that the family received its name from the Myzeqë region, named after its population, the Molossians, through the corruption of the name Molossi (into Molosachi and finally Musachi).[7] The coat of arms of Muzaka family was a two-headed eagle.[8]
Late Middle Ages
The earliest mention of the Muzaka family, as a loyal commander of
As soon as Andrea II Muzaka had obtained the title of despot, he endorsed an anti-Byzantine revolt (1335-1341) in his domains, and also formed an alliance with the Anjou from Naples on 30 December 1336, whereas he was recognized as a vassal of Robert, Prince of Taranto. As proof of his fidelity to the Capetian House of Anjou, Andrea II Muzaka had to leave one of his sons as hostage in Durazzo.[12]
Muzaka nobility waged against Serbian forces was around 1340 when forces of Andrew II Muzaka defeated
After the death of Andrew II Muzaka in 1372 his descendants inherited control over his former domains. Theodor II Muzaka inherited control over Muzaqeya and Berat while Kastoria was inherited by his son Gjin (1337—1389).[16] According to chronicle of Gjon Muzaka (repeated in some historical works) Comita, one of the daughters of Andrew II Muzaka, married Balša II. Other authors confirm that Balša II married in 1372 and gained control over the territory south of Durazzo, including Valona and Kanine, as dowry. Still, many scholars believe that Balša II did not marry Comita Muzaka but Komnena, daughter of John Komnenos Asen who succeeded control over Valona and Kanine after the death of her brother Alexander in early 1372. The same chronicle mentions Theodor II Muzaka as one of participants of the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, together with Prince Marko.[7] The Muzaka family was in conflict with Prince Marko before his death in 1396 which is probably why Theodor Corona Musachi is commemorated in south Slavic and Serbian epic poetry as Korun Aramija, Marko's enemy.[17]
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Ottoman Empire period
After the Battle of Savra in 1385 the region of Myzeqe and most of Albanian nobility, came under control of the Ottoman Empire. The first signs of the rivalry between Venice and Ottomans in Albania appeared first in 1387 and after the death of Gjergj Thopia in 1391, when many Albanian noblemen including Andrea III Muzaka came under strong influence of Venice. To break out the influence of Venice Bayezid I launched a campaign in 1394 and restored Ottoman control over most of Albania.[20]
In period 1415—17 Ottoman Empire annexed
In 1444 Theodor Corona Musachi joined Skanderbeg's rebellion. In 1455 Skanderbeg tried to recapture the city but failed. After his death many members of noble families from Albania who were before opposed to the Ottomans, like Arianiti, Zenebishi and Muzaka family, converted to Islam and achieved high ranks in the military and administrative hierarchy in Ottoman Albania.[26] Although they were often left to rule lands they inherited from their ancestors, the new Ottoman regime obliged them to abandon part of their territories and their feudal rights.[27]
According to some sources the last member of Muzaka family died in
Family Tree
- Andrea I Muzaka, Marshal of Albania (1280–1319)
- Teodor I Muzaka, Protosebastus (1319–1331)
- Andrea II Muzaka, Despot of Albania (1331–1372), married Euphemia Mataranga
- Gjin I Muzaka, Lord, married Lady Suina Arianiti-Comneniates
- Andrea III Muzaka, married Anna Chiranna Zenevisi[30]
- Gjin II Muzaka, married Kirana Zardari
- Gjon Muzaka, married Maria Dukagjini
- Teodor / Theodore Muzaka
- Adrian Muzaka
- Kostandini / Constantine Muzaka
- Helena Muzaka
- Porphida Muzaka
- Andrea Muzaka
- Gjin Muzaka
- Maria Muzaka, married Dangelino Musachi Comnenus
- Porphida Musachi Comnenus
- Helena Muzaka, married George Carles
- Voisava Carles
- Gjon Muzaka, married Maria Dukagjini
- Teodor III Muzaka, Lord of Berat (1389-1450)
- Maria Muzaka, married Gjergj Arianiti[31][32]
- Donika Kastrioti, Lady of Albania, married Gjergj Kastrioti
- Voisava Arianiti, Lady of Zeta, married Ivan Crnojević
- Chiranna Arianiti, married Nicholas Dukagjini
- Helena Arianiti, married to Gjergj III Dukagjini
- Despina Arianiti, married to Tanush IV Dukagjini
- Angelina Arianiti, married to Stefan Branković
- Komita Arianiti, married Gojko Balsha
- Catherine Arianiti, married Andrew Spani then Niccolò Boccali
- Helena Muzaka, married to Lord Philip
- Gjin II Muzaka, married Kirana Zardari
- Materango Muzaka
- Gjin Molosachi Materango
- Lord Andrea
- Gjin Molosachi Materango
- Blaise / Vlash Muzaka
- Bogdan Muzaka
- Gjin Muzaka
- Kostandini / Constantine Muzaka
- Teodor Muzaka
- Gjon Muzaka
- Unnamed Daughter, married Constantine Miserri
- Theodora Muzaka, married Paul Zardari
- Bogdan Muzaka
- Gjin Musachi Bogdan
- Laldi Muzaka
- Andrew Musachi, married Theodora
- Helena Muzaka, married Ajdino Clopes
- Condisa Muzaka
- Andrea III Muzaka, married Anna Chiranna Zenevisi[30]
- Teodor II Muzaka, Despot of Albania (1372–1389)
- Nicola Muzaka
- Stoja / Stoia Muzaka, Lord of Castoria
- Comita / Komnene Muzaka, Lady of Balsha II
- Chiranna / Kyranna Muzaka, Lady of Ohër and Dibra, married Andrea Gropa
- Gjin I Muzaka, Lord, married Lady Suina Arianiti-Comneniates
- Këlcyra[33]
- Andrea II Muzaka, Despot of Albania (1331–1372), married Euphemia Mataranga
- Gjin Muzaka
- Teodor I Muzaka, Protosebastus (1319–1331)
- Domenico Moncino Musachi, brother of Gjin Maria Musachi??
- Ahmet Kurt Pasha Unknown Branch of Muzaka Family??
- Hanka
- Ali Pasha
- Hanka
See also
- Principality of Muzaka
- Church of St Athanasius of Mouzaki
References
- ^ a b c Fine 1994, p. 290.
- ^ a b Denkschriften: Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Schrift- und Buchwesen des Mittelalters. Die illuminierten Handschriften und Inkunabeln der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 1869. p. 1.
Herr Andreas Molesachi' (oder Musachi Sebastokrator")
- ^ ISBN 978-3-7001-0122-2.
Adelsfamilie Musachi (Musac, Musacus)
- ISBN 9789756782583.
Albanian tribes such as Bua, Muzaka ... Kostandin Muzaka
- ^ Elsie, Robert (2010), Historical Dictionary of Albania, p. 315
- OCLC 52411919
- ^ a b Elsie 2003, para. ?
- ISBN 978-0-87249-977-5.
...a two-headed eagle for the Muzakis...
- ^ Studia Albanica. L'Institut. 1990. p. 179.
Dès la fin du XIe siècle, un descendant Muzaka est . compte parmi les fideles de l'empereur Alexis Ier Comnene.
- ^ Elsie 2012, p. 27
- ^ Buletin për shkencat shoqërore. Botim i institutit te shkencave. 1956. p. 208.
të cilët sundonin në disa kra- hina të Devollit e Viosës, Andrea I (1280-1313) dhe Andrea II Muzaka (1319-1372),
- ^ OCLC 52411919
- ^ Fine 1994, pp. 290–291.
- ISBN 978-84-92963-50-8.
Tras la muerte de Stefan Dušan en 1355, el área que se corresponde con el sureste de la actual Albania y hasta Kastoria (que hoy en día pertenece a Grecia) cayó en manos de la familia Muzaka de Berati, uno de los poderosos clanes
- ^ Fine 1994, p. 380: "... Andrew Musachi .... took Kastoria from Marko..."
- ^ Codices manuscripti. B. Hollinek. 1997. p. 7.
II Teodoro Musachi di cui parla il nostra inventario era figlio del secondo Signore della dinastía, Andrea II Musachi (1319-1372), il quale aveva diviso, morendo, i suoi possedimenti tra i figli maschi, attribuendo la Musachia e Berat a Teodoro, Castoria al figlio Gin (1337-1389; alla sua morte gli succedette il fratello Stoia).
- ^ Studia Albanica (in French). Académie des sciences de la République Populaire d'Albanie, Institut d'histoire, Institut de linguistique et littérature. 1988. p. 90.
Il est possible que Theodore Korona Muzaka alt ete un jeune homme avant la mort de Marko Krali (1396) et qu'il ait participe dans les combats contre lui. Cest ainsi qu'on peut expliquer pourquoi il est entre avec le nom Korun Kesexhia
- ^ Cvetan Grozdanov; Ǵorǵi Krsteski; Petar Alčev (1980). Ohridsko zidno slikarstvo XIV veka. Institut za istoriju umetnosti, Filozofski fakultet. p. 233. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ Petta 2000, p. 123:Giovanni Musacchi esule in Italia , provano la contemporanea presenza di rami cristiani e musulmanio ; e accadde anzi che i figli di un Teodoro Musacchi , caduto nel 1389 sul campo di battaglia di Kosovo , dove aveva combattuto a fianco dei serbi , divenissero musulmani , e che uno di loro , già sangiacco di Albania , cadesse nel 1442 combattendo contro gli ungheresi.
- ^ Studia Albanica. Académie des sciences de la République Populaire d'Albanie, Institut d'histoire, Institut de linguistique et littérature. 2005. p. 86.
Pogon Skura, Andrea III Muzaka and other Albanian seigneurs, ail allies of
- ^ Historia e Shqipërisë: përgatitur nga një kolektiv punonjësish shkencorë të sektorëve të historisë së kohës së lashtë dhe të kohës së mesme, Volume 1. Instituti i Historisë dhe i Gjuhësise. 1959. p. 268.
Pasi u larguan ushtritë turke të Rumelisë, shpërtheu aty nga viti 1437-1438 një kryengritje tjetër në rrethin e Beratit, e krye- suar nga Theodhor Korona Muzaka, biri i të cilit, Jakup Beu, ishte në atë kohë sanxhakbeu i sanxhakut të Shqipërisë
- ^ Instituti i Historisë (Akademia e Shkencave e RPS të Shqipërisë) (1970). Studime historike, Volume 7. Akademia e Shkencave, Instituti i Historisë.
- ^ Türk Tarih Kongresi: Kongrenin çalişmaları, kongreye sunulan tebliğler. Kenan Matbaası. 1994. p. 1693.
Yerli Hristiyan beylerden birisi olan Teodor Muzaka'nın oğlu Yakup Bey, İslâma geçerken, Osmanlı yönetimi kadrosu içine sokulmuş ve 1442 yılının dolaylarında Arvanid sancak beyi makamına kadar çıkmayı başarmıştır.3 Adı geçen sancağın
- ^ Pulaha, Selami (1968). burime Osmane. Universiteti Shtetëror i Tiranës, Instituti i Historisë dhe i Gjuhësisë. p. 45.
... e Shehabedin pashait e nga sanxhakbejlerët si Firuz beu, Jakup beu, i biri i Teodor Muzakës 30, e gjithsej pesëmbëdhjetë bejlerë pri- jësa ranë aty të gjithë dëshmorë. Shumica e jeniçerëve u grinë. Vetëm Shehabedin pasha u arratis.
- ^ Duka 2004, p. 14.
- ISBN 978-3-631-60295-9.
Muslimisch gewordene Angehörige der Familien Muzaki, Arianiti und Zenebishi, die vorher am Abwehrkampf gegen die Türken beteiligt gewesen waren, wurden in das Militärlehenssystem eingegliedert und erhielten Posten in der Verwaltung im Turkischen Albanien.
- ISBN 978-0-86078-032-8.
- ISBN 978-0-520-20330-3.
The Musachi family did not survive: its last member died in Naples in 1600.
- ^ Elsie 2012, pp. 265, 266
KURT, AHMET PASHA ( -1787) Historical figure and Pasha of Berat. Ahmet Kurt Pasha, a descendent of the house of Muzaka,.... He was the sandjak bey of Vlora and was appointed derbenci aga (keeper of the mountain passes).... Among the bandits he caught around 1775 was his grandson Ali Pasha Tepelena.
- ^ Robert Elsie (2003). Early Albania. Harrassowitz. p. 42.
- ^ Studime historike. Akademia e Shkencave, Instituti i Historisë. 1967. p. 76.
Marie Muzaka nuk pat mundësi t'i sje- llë të shoqtë si prikë as Vlorën, as Kaninën, sepse, në kohën e mar- tesës së tyre, që ne e kemi vendosur në
- ISBN 9783878280941.
Arianiti Komneno war zweimal verheiratet: das erste Mal mit Maria Musachi, älterer Tochter des Andreas Musachi aus der
- ^ Pantelija Slavkov Srećković (1888). Istorija srpskoga naroda: Vreme kraljevstva i carstva (1159-1367) (in Serbian). Kraljevsko-srpska drž. štamparija. p. 256.
Ментула Музаки граф Клисуре (Karouga a то је на граници средње Арбаније и Тесалије)
- ^ Noli 1947, fq. 189, shenimi 33.
- ISBN 9783447047838.
- ^ Robert Elsie (2003). Early Albania. Harrassowitz. p. 34.
- ^ Karl Hopf (1873). Chroniques Gréco-Romaines. Weidmann. p. 588.
Sources
- ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3.
- Elsie, Robert (2003). "1515 | John Musachi: Brief Chronicle on the Descendants of our Musachi Dynasty". www.albanianhistory.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
- Fine, John V. A., J.r (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5.)
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