Andronika Arianiti | |||||
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Lady of Albania | |||||
Lady of Albania | |||||
Tenure | 1451-1468 | ||||
Predecessor | Voisava Kastrioti (as Lady of Mat) | ||||
Successor | Theodora Muzaka | ||||
Born | 1428 Kaninë, Ottoman Empire (modern day Albania) | ||||
Died | 1506 (Aged 78) Valencia, Kingdom of Valencia (modern day Spain) | ||||
Burial | Royal Monastery of the Holy Trinity | ||||
Spouse | Skanderbeg | ||||
Issue | Gjon Kastrioti II | ||||
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House | Arianiti (paternally) Muzaka (maternally) Kastrioti (by marriage) | ||||
Father | Gjergj Arianiti | ||||
Mother | Maria Muzaka | ||||
Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Andronika "Donika" Arianiti, commonly known as Donika Kastrioti[a], (1428 – 1506) was an Albanian noblewoman and Grand Princess of Albania from her marriage to Skanderbeg. She was the daughter of Gjergj Arianiti, an earlier leader in the ongoing revolt against the Ottomans, and Maria Muzaka, whose family ruled under the title of despots in the southern part of the country.