Teodor II Muzaka

Theodore Musachi or Teodor II Muzaka or Musa Arbanas[2] was member of the Muzaka family, Albanian nobles who ruled the Principality of Berat.[3] According to the chronicle of Gjon Muzaka (not very reliable primary source) Teodor II Muzaka participated in the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 together with Prince Marko.[4] Teodor II Muzaka actually was in territorial dispute over Kostur with Prince Marko and because this dispute he was commemorated in Serbian epic poetry as Musa Kesedžija.[5]

Teodor II Muzaka
The Inscription of Teodor II Muzaka in the Church of St. Athanasius of Mouzaki
Noble familyMuzaka family
FatherAndrea II Muzaka (Andrew Musachi, Despot of Epirus)[1]

References

  1. Tase, Pirro (2010). Të huajt për Shqipërinë dhe shqiptarët (in Albanian). Outskirts Press, Inc. p. 102. ISBN 9780557332533.
  2. Studia Albanica. L'Institut. 1989. p. 90. Theodore Korona Muzaka (Theodore III Muzaka), un neveu, descendant direct de Gjin Muzaka et des freres de Theodore II Muzaka (Musa Arbanasi), qui selon
  3. "1515 | John Musachi: Brief Chronicle on the Descendants of our Musachi Dynasty". Albanianhistory.net. Archived from the original on 2010-09-10. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
  4. "1515 | John Musachi: Brief Chronicle on the Descendants of our Musachi Dynasty". Albanianhistory.net. Archived from the original on 2010-09-10. Retrieved 2012-02-13. Lazar (6), the Despot of Serbia, and King Marko of Bulgaria and Theodore Musachi, the second-born of our family, and the other Lords of Albania united and set off for battle, which the Christians lost (7).
  5. Popović 1988, p. 164
    Musa the Robber underwent a process of merging several historical persons...a member of Albanian noble family of Musaki who was a contemporary of Prince Marko, Prince Musa, a son of sultan Bayazet, Musa (or Moysie)...

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