Irene Dushmani

Jerina (Irene) Dushmani was an Albanian princess, daughter of the Albanian Prince Lekë Dushmani. According to Marin Barleti, Albanian Princes: Prince Lekë Dukagjini and Prince Lekë Zaharia got engaged in a fight over her. She preferred Prince Zaharia, but this was not accepted by Prince Lekë Dukagjini, who killed Zaharia.[1] Jerina did not accept the proposed marriage after the death of Prince Lekë Zaharia, and lived a closed life as a nun on the island of Sardinia in Italy. She stated in her last will that her remains were to be taken to Danja near the tomb of Prince Lekë Zaharia.

However, Original Venetian documents contradict this story by showing that this murder happened in 1444.[2] According to Venetian chronicler Stefano Magno it was Nikollë Dukagjini, Zaharia's vassal, who killed Lekë Zaharia in the battle, not Lekë as stated by Marin Barleti.[3]

References
  1. La Discorde: L'Albanie face à elle-même (in French). Fayard. 2013. p. 76. ISBN 978-2213668482.
  2. Schmitt, Oliver Jens (2001), Das venezianische Albanien (1392-1479), München: R. Oldenbourg Verlag GmbH München, p. 300, ISBN 3-486-56569--9, In ein Aktenstück von Januar 1445 inseriert ist eine Urkunde des Skutariner Grafen Francesco Querini vom 18. Septembar 1443, in der Lekas witwe Bozha, seiner Tochter Bolja und derren sohnchen Koja einge Dorfer aus Lekas baština und eine pension...
  3. Božić, Ivan (1979), Nemirno pomorje XV veka (in Serbian), Beograd: Srpska književna zadruga, p. 364, OCLC 5845972, Никола Дукађин убио је Леку Закарију. Према млетачком хроничару Стефану Мању убио га је "у битки" као његов вазал. Мада Барлеције погрешно наводи да је убиство извршио Лека Дукађин
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