| Reposh Kastrioti | |
|---|---|
| Dux of Illyria Prince of Kastrioti | |
 Fresco of Reposh Kastrioti found in Hilandar monastery with an inscription bearing his name. | |
| Prince of Kastrioti | |
| Predecessor | Gjon Kastrioti |
| Successor | Post Abolished. |
| Died | († 1430 or 1431) Albanian Tower, Hilandar, Mount Athos |
| Burial | Stefan Milutin’s narthex, Hilandar. |
| Issue | Unknown issue, possibly father of Constantine Kastrioti |
| Dynasty | House of Kastrioti  |
| Father | Gjon Kastrioti |
| Mother | Voisava Kastrioti |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Occupation | Monk |
Reposh Kastrioti was an Albanian nobleman and a monk at the Hilandar monastery on Mount Athos. His father was Gjon Kastrioti, a nobleman who ruled over the Principality of Kastrioti and his mother was Voisava Kastrioti. Reposh’s brother, Skanderbeg is the national hero of Albania.
Monastic life
In the year of 1426 the Albanian Lord Gjon Kastrioti either donated the villages of Radostusha and Trebisht, or the rights to the tax revenues from these villages, as well as possibly donating the Church of Saint Mary, located in one of them, or its associated income to Hilandar Monastery. Between 1426 and 1431, Gjon Kastrioti and his sons, Reposh, Kostandin, and Gjergj with the exception of Stanisha, acquired four adelphates for 60 fiorints. They were granted the right to reside on monastic land and receive subsidies from monastic resources, including ownership of the Albanian Tower and additional properties within the monastery.
An inscription at Hilandar, referencing Reposh's death in 1431, suggests that he, and possibly his father Gjon, utilised their adelphates to retire to the tower, where Reposh ultimately spent his final days as a monk.
Death and legacy
Reposh retired as a monk on the monastery where he spent his final days there before he died. In Serbian King Stefan Milutin’s narthex besides the north wall is an inscription that refer’s to Reposh as “Duksi Illirski” in Serbian meaning “Illyrian Duke”. Next to the narthex, remains the grave of Reposh who died there in 1431.
See also
References
- nauka i umetnosti, Srpska akademija (1989). Хиландарски зборник. Indiana University. p. 22.
...From the first half of the 15th century, we have data that Ivan Kastriot and his four sons gave Hilander two villages (Radostouse and Trebiste) in 1426...
- Slijepčević, Đoko M. (1983). Srpsko-arbanaški odnosi kroz vekove sa posebnim osvrtom na novije vreme (in Serbian). Himelstir. p. 45.
Заједно са синовима Константином, Репошем и Ђурђем приложио је Иван Кастриот манастиру Хиландару село Радосуше са црквом св. Богородице и село Требиште....Због тога је и пирг св. Ђорђа прозван »арбанашки пирг». Репош је умро у манастиру Хиландару 25. јула 1431. године и ту је сахрањен. (Together with his sons Konstantin, Repoš and Đurađ, Ivan Kastriot donated village Radosuše with church of saint Mary and village Trebište to the monastery Hilandar... Therefore the tower of Saint George was named "Albanian Tower". Repoš died in Hilandar on 25 July 1431 and he was buried there.
- Sindik, Dušan (1990). "Dve povelje u Hilandaru o Ivanu Kastriotu i sinovima". Stanovništvo slovenskog porijekla u Albaniji : zbornik radova sa međunarodnog naučnog skupa održanog u Cetinju 21, 22. i 23. juna 1990 (in Serbian). Istorijski institut SR Crne Gore ; Stručna knj. OCLC 29549273.
Повеља није датирана... Стога ће бити најбоље да се за датум издавања ове повеље задржи временски оквир између 1426. и 1431. године.... This act was not dated....Therefore it is best to assume that it was issued in period between 1426 and 1431.
- Sindik, Dušan (1990). "Dve povelje u Hilandaru o Ivanu Kastriotu i sinovima". Stanovništvo slovenskog porijekla u Albaniji : zbornik radova sa međunarodnog naučnog skupa održanog u Cetinju 21, 22. i 23. juna 1990 (in Serbian). Istorijski institut SR Crne Gore ; Stručna knj. OCLC 29549273.
Повеља није датирана... Стога ће бити најбоље да се за датум издавања ове повеље задржи временски оквир између 1426. и 1431. године.... This act was not dated....Therefore it is best to assume that it was issued in period between 1426 and 1431.
- nauka i umetnosti, Srpska akademija (1989). Хиландарски зборник. Indiana University. p. 22.
...After 1428 Ivan Kastriot and three of his sons bought four adelphats in the Albanian Pyrgos from Hilander, for 60 fiorints...
- nauka i umetnosti, Srpska akademija (1989). Хиландарски зборник. Indiana University. p. 22.
... An inscription in Hilandar which speaks of Reposhs death in 1431 is testimony that he, and perhaps Ivan himself, used his adelphat, withdrew to the pyrgos and ended his life there...
- Oliver Jens Schmitt, Bernd J. Fischer (2022). A Concise History of Albania. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-1070-1773-3.
...His son Reposh died at Hilandar as an Orthodox monk...
- Bogdanović, Dimitrije; Đurić, Vojislav J.; Medakovich, Dejan (1997). Chilandar. Monastery of Chilandar. p. 130. ISBN 9788674131053.
Albanian tower still stands, though in ruined condition. While staying at Chilandar, one of his four sons, Reposh, died, and was buried in King Milutin's narthex, beside the north wall
- Dragić Kijuk, Predrag R. (1992). Catena mundi: Srpska hronika na svetskim verigama. Ibarske novosti. p. 299. ISBN 9788663430709.