Domenico Moncino Musachi
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Domenico (Moncino) Musachi or Muzaka is the father of Vojsava Kastrioti, according to the genealogy provided in Gjon Muzaka's "Breve memoria de li discendenti de nostra casa Musachi" (Short memory of the descendants of our house Muzaka). Nothing more is known about him, except he was the brother of Gjin Maria Musachi. Domenico had another daughter, Agnese, the mother of Andrea Angeli.[1] Judging by the name Domenico, he must have been baptized into Catholicism. That the Angeli family were relatives of Kastrioti-Skanderbeg, is attested in historical records:
The same Archbishop of Durazzo [i.e. Pal Engjëlli] was sent as Ambassador of King Ferdinand P.o of Aragon to George Castriota, Prince of Albania, and Epirotes known as Skanderbeg, to help him in the war he was waging against Giovanni, son of Raynald d'Anjou ( sic), and being called Skanderbeg at the request of the said Ambassador with a powerful army to help King Ferdinand in the Kingdom of Naples, he brought with him Count Andrea d'Angelo, Count Michele, and Count Pietro sons of Geromino d'Angelo Despot and Prince of Thessaly, nephew of the said Giorgio Castriota known as Skanderbeg, as noted by the Reverend Demetrio Franco in the life and gestures described by him of the aforementioned Prince Skanderbeg.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Carl Hopf, Chroniques gréco-romanes inédites ou peu connues, Berlin, 1873, p. 308. [1]
- ^ Rivista del Collegio Araldico (Rivista Araldica), Anno XXIX - 1931, Roma, p. 499 (L'istesso Arcivescovo di Durazzo fu mandato per Ambasciatore del Rè Ferdinando P.o d'Aragona a' Giorgio Castriota Principe d'Albania, et Epiroti detto Scannarebec, accio' lo soccorresse nella guerra, che haveva con Giovanni figlio di Renato d'Ancio' (sic), et venendo detto Scannarebec a' richiesta di detto Ambasciatore con potente esercito per soccorrere d.o Rè Ferdinando nel Regno di Napoli, si porto' seco il conte Andrea d'Angelo, il Conte Michele, et il conte Pietro figli di Geromino d'Angelo Dispoto e Prencipe della Tessaglia nepote di detto Giorgio Castriota detto Scannarebec, conforme nota il Rev.do Demetrio Franco nella vita, e gesti da lui descritta del sud.o Prencipe Scannarebec.) [2]
Works cited
[edit]- Fine, John V. A. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5.
- Hopf, Karl (1873). Chroniques gréco-romanes inédites ou peu connues. Berlin.