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Gjon Kastrioti | |
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| Lord in Albania Lord of the part of Albania | |
| Born | northern Albania |
| Died | before July 7, 1439 |
| Buried | Albanian Tower, Mount Athos, (modern Greece) |
| Noble family | Kastrioti  |
| Spouse(s) | Voisava |
| Issue | Reposh Kastrioti Stanisha Kastrioti Kostandin Kastrioti Mara Kastrioti Gjergj Kastrioti Jelena Kastrioti Mamica Kastrioti Angelina Kastrioti Vlajka Kastrioti |
| Father | Pal Kastrioti |
| Occupation | 1385–1407: Ottoman vassal 1407–1410: Venetian ally 1415–1417: Ottoman vassal 1419–1426: ally of Despot Stefan until 1437: Ottoman vassal |
Gjon Kastrioti[a] was an Albanian feudal lord[1][2] from the House of Kastrioti and the father of Albanian leader Gjergj Kastrioti (better known as Skanderbeg). He governed the territory between the Cape of Rodon and Dibër and had at his disposal an army of 2,000 horsemen.
- ^ Ndreca, Ardian (2021). "Gjon Kastrioti në arkivat e murgjve serbë, in: "Ex Libris"".
Letra në fjalë përfundon me një fjali, e cila, e vetme, na tregon shumë. Të gjithë ata që kanë studjuar sadopak rusisht në Shqipërinë e dikurshme do të jenë krejtësisht në gjendje ta kuptojnë atë: Милостію божіею іоаннь кастріоть господинь албанскіи. Shqip mund ta përkthejmë kështu: «Falë hirit të Zotit, Gjon Kastrioti zot arbëror.»" (The letter in question ends with a sentence which, alone, tells us a lot. All those who have studied even a little bit of Russian in ex-[Communist] Albania will be perfectly able to understand it: Милостію божіею іоаннь кастріоть господинь албанскіи. We can translate it ... as follows: "By the grace of God, Gjon Kastrioti, Albanian lord}
- ^ Korablev, B. (1915). Actes de Chilandar II. pp. 561–562.
6945 AM/1426 AD: Titre de donation de Jean Castriote d'Albanie et de ses fils: ...Милостію божіею іоаннь кастріоть господинь албанскіи (By the grace of God, Ioan Kastriot, Albanian lord). This precise passage was left out of the documentary collection "Djuradj Kastriot Skenderbeg i Arbanija u XV veku" (1942), by Serbian historian Jovan Radonić.