Donika Kastrioti


Donika Kastrioti was an Albanian noblewoman, the daughter of Gjergj Arianiti, one of the greatest leaders in the war against the Ottoman Empire for more than two decades, and his first wife Maria Muzaka. Donika is known as the spouse of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg.

Donika was born in Kanin, in 1428. Her father was Gjergj Arianiti, of the Arianiti family, whose domain stretched across the Shkumbin valley and the old Via Egnatia road and reached to the east todays Bitola. Her mother was Maria Muzaka, of the Muzaka family, whose domain was the Myzeqe region.

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