Gjon Kastrioti II

Gjon II Kastrioti
Duke of San Pietro in Galatina
Prince of Kastrioti
Reign1468–1468
1481–1484
PredecessorGjergj Kastrioti
Other titlesCount of Soleto
Signore of Monte Sant'Angelo and San Giovanni Rotondo
Signore of Gagliano del Capo and Oria
Lord of Kruja
Born1456
Died2 August 1514
Noble family Kastrioti
SpouseJerina Branković
IssueCostantino Castriota
Ferdinand Castriota
Giorgio Castriota
Maria Castriota
Alfonso Castriota
FatherGjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg
MotherDonika Kastrioti (née Arianiti)

Gjon II Kastrioti (Italian: Ioanne Castrioto,[1] Giovanni Castrioto;[2]1456–2 August 1514), was an Albanian prince and the son of Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg, the Albanian national hero, and of Donika Kastrioti, daughter of the powerful Albanian prince, Gjergj Arianiti. He was for a short time Lord of Kruja after his father's death, then 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 him 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 Uprisings of 1481, when, after reaching the Albanian coast from Italy, settling in Himara, he led a rebellion against the Ottomans.[3] In June 1481, he supported forces of Ivan Crnojević to successfully recapture Zeta from the Ottomans.[4] He was unable to re-establish the Kastrioti Principality and liberate Albania from the Ottomans, and he retired in Italy after three years of war in 1484.[3]

  1. ^ 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. ^ Breve memoria de li discendenti de nostra casa Musachi, p. 284
  3. ^ a b Anamali 2002, pp. 413–416
  4. ^ Евгениј Љвович Немировски (1996). Почеци штампарства у Црној Гори, 1492-1496. ЦНБ "Ђурђе Црнојевић". p. 99. Retrieved 24 April 2013.