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| Prince of Muzaka Lord of Tomorrica Lord of Deabolis | |
 Coat of arms of the Muzaka family. | |
| Prince of Muzaka | |
| Predecessor | Andrea III Muzaka |
| Successor | Gjon Muzaka |
| Born | Tomorrica, Principality of Muzaka |
| Died | Mid-July 1445 Berat Castle |
| Burial | Church of Saint Mary, Bungë. |
| Spouse | Chiranna Zadari |
| Issue | Gjon Muzaka Andrea IIII Muzaka Suina Muzaka Maria Muzaka Helena Muzaka Comita Muzaka Condisa Muzaka Theodora Muzaka |
| Dynasty | Muzaka |
| Father | Andrea III Muzaka |
| Mother | Chiranna Zenevisi |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Occupation | Soldier |
Gjin II Muzaka was an Albanian nobleman and son of Andrea III Muzaka and Chiranna Zenevisi, Lady of Grabossa. His father came from the wealthy noble Muzaka family whilst his mother came from the noble Zenevisi family and daughter of Albanian lord John Zenevisi.
Life
After the death of his father Andrea III, Gjin was the official heir to his father’s throne and became the Lord of Tomorrica and Deabolis, bordering the domains of the noble Arianiti family. During the League of Lezhë he joined the forces of Skanderbeg against the Ottoman Empire. He fought and died shortly after the siege of Berat in 1445 mid-July. His lands were ultimately taken by Skanderbeg until the end of his revolt where Gjin’s son, Gjon Muzaka, an Albanian chronicler, inherited his father’s land. This did not last long, as the Ottomans had expelled Gjon from his land and was force to flee and take refuge in Italy.
Burial
Like his mother Chiranna who built the Holy Trinity Church in Lavdar, Gjin was also a church builder and had constructed a church dedicated to Saint Mary in Bungë and was buried there with his wife Chiranna Zardari. His descendants had also constructed a church dedicated to Saint George. Due to agriculture and farming, the ruins of the church were fully destroyed.
References and sources
- ^ Allgemeine Encyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste. 1868, Hermann Brockhaus, Erste Section A–G, fq. 121
- ^ ^ Allgemeine Encyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste, 1868, S. 134
- Martino Segono di Novo Brdo, vescovo di Dulcigno: un umanista serbo-dalmata del tardo Quattrocento, vita e opere. Istituto storico italiano per il Medio Evo. 1981. fq. 247.
- Allgemeine Encyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste, 1868, S. 162
- Carl Hermann Friedrich Johann Hopf, S. 293