Mjeda family
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| Current region | Northern Albania and Kosovo |
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The Mjeda family is an old noble Albanian family which played a role in the history of Albania and Kosovo.
History[]
According to family tradition they are descended from the princely house of Dukagjini, which ruled northern Albania in the 14th and 15th centuries. The Dukagjini descended themselves from Duke Gin Tanusio (Dux Ginius Tanuschus), first mentioned in 1281, while 15th century Ottoman chronicles mention them as "Princes of German origin".[1]
The family took its name from the village of Mjeda where they held lands, in the Zadrima region near Shkodër, and have been established in Shkodër since at least the early 18th century.[2] The family has two branches: Prizren and Shkodër. They became the leading Catholic family of Prizren and were engaged in trade between the Italian peninsula, Constantinople, and the Balkans.
Over the centuries, members of the family were merchants, landowners, clerics, and political leaders. Today, members of the family mainly live in Albania and Croatia.
Notable members[]
- Ndre Mjeda, Albanian intellectual, jesuit priest, philologist, poet, and deputy in the National Assembly of Albania, during the Albanian National Awakening period. Delegate at the Congress of Manastir.[3][4][5]
- Lazër Mjeda, Bishop of Sapë (1900-1904), Archbishop of Skopje (1904-1909), (1921-1935).[6][7]
- , Mayor of Shkodër (1924-1925), Vice-President of the National Assembly of Albania, Prefect of Dibër County.
- , merchant and Landowner who represented Prizren at the Second League of Prizren (1943).[8][9][10]
References[]
- ^ http://www.albanianhistory.net/1956_Vlora/index.html
- ^ http://www.gazetadita.al/lista-e-180-familjeve-katolike-e-vitit-1736-ne-famulline-e-kishes-se-zojes-se-shkodres-te-lagjes-katolike-tophane/
- ^ http://rti.rtsh.al/2019/11/14/111th-anniversary-of-the-manastir-congress/
- ^ Skendi 1967, p. 141.
- ^ Robert Elsie. "MODERN ALBANIAN LITERATURE AND ITS RECEPTION IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD" (PDF). elsie.de. pp. 6–7.
- ^ "Bishop Llazar Mjeda". Retrieved 12 August 2010.
- ^ A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. Robert Elsie. 2012. p. 314. ISBN 9781780764313.
- ^ https://shkoder.net/fjala/2003/kapinova25.htm
- ^ https://www.koha.mk/tradhtia-e-madhe-tragjedia-pas-lidhjes-se-dyte-te-prizrenit-2/
- ^ https://www.ballikombetar.info/xhafer-deva-e-verteta-e-lidhjes-se-dyte-te-prizrenit/
- Albanian Roman Catholics
- People from Shkodër
- 19th-century Albanian people
- People from Prizren
- People from Scutari Vilayet
- 18th-century Albanian people
- 20th-century Albanian people
- Families of the Ottoman Empire