Gjin I Muzaka

Gjin I Muzaka
Gjin Muzaka
Lord of Tomorniza
Lord of Kastoria
Coat of arms of the Muzaka Family
Lord of Tomorniza
Reign1372 - 1389
PredecessorAndrea II Muzaka
SuccessorUnknown
Lord of Kastoria
Reign1384 - 1389
PredecessorStoya Muzaka
SuccessorUnknown
Born1337
Died1389
SpouseLady Suina Arianiti-Comneniates
IssueAndrea III Muzaka
Materango Muzaka
Blaise Muzaka
Bogdan Muzaka
Laldi Muzaka
Helena Muzaka
Condisa Muzaka
DynastyMuzaka
FatherAndrea II Muzaka
MotherEuphemia Mataranga
ReligionEastern Orthodoxy

Gjin I Muzaka (Albanian: Gjin Muzaka), was an Albanian Prince from the House of Muzaka. He held the majority of his father's holdings after his father's death and was the Lord of Tomorniza.[1][2] As well as the Lord of Kastoria after his younger brother Stoya Muzaka died after 1384 leaving no heirs.[3][4]

  1. ^ Elsie, Robert (2003). Early Albania A Reader of Historical Texts, 11th-17th Centuries. Harrassowitz. p. 42. ISBN 978-3-4470-4783-8. ...He left all of his land, with the exception of Berat, Myzeqe and Castoria, to his first-born son, Lord Gjin Musachi...
  2. ^ Hopf, Carl (1873). Chroniques gréco-romanes inédites ou peu connues, pub. avec notes et tables généalogiques. Weidmann. p. 532. ...héritier de la Tomorniza...
  3. ^ Elsie, Robert (2003). Early Albania A Reader of Historical Texts, 11th-17th Centuries. Harrassowitz. p. 47. ISBN 978-3-4470-4783-8. ...You should also know that the town of Castoria which was formerly ruled by King Marco, from whom it was taken by force of arms by Lord Andrew Musachi the Despot, is a beautiful town with a broad entrance. The said Lord Andrew left it to his last son called Lord Stoya, who died leaving no heirs. It thus fell to his brother called Lord Gjin, your great-grandfather, so it has always been part of our dynasty, until it and other land fell to the sultan...
  4. ^ Anamali, Skënder (2002). Historia e popullit shqiptar Volume 1. Harrassowitz. p. 295. ISBN 978-9-9927-1622-9. ...Stoja vdiq në vitin 1384...