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    Lekë III Dukagjini (1410–1481), mostly known as Lekë Dukagjini, was a 15th-century member of the Albanian nobility, from the Dukagjini family. A contemporary...
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    The Code of Lekë Dukagjini (Albanian: Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit, also known as the Code of the Mountains (Kanuni i Maleve) is one of the variants of the...
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  • Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit. Varianti i Pukës [The Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini. Puka Variant]. Tiranë: Çabej MCM. Meçi, Xhemal (2002). Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit:...
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    must have happened by 1387, because that year the brothers Pal and Lekë Dukagjini signed a trade agreement with the Republic of Ragusa and allowed free...
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    the Middle East, where descendants of them live in the modern period. Lekë Dukagjini is the best known member of the clan in Albania. He is remembered in...
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    Lekë Dukagjini, Albanian studies scholar Robert Elsie described the period as more of an Albanian civil war. However, Skanderbeg reconciled with Lekë...
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  • by: Lekë Zaharia (lord of Sati and Dagnum), and his vassals Pal and Nicholas Dukagjini Peter Spani (lord of the mountains behind Drivasto) Lekë Dushmani...
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  • known members included: Lekë Zaharia (lord of Sati and Dagnum) and his vassals Pal Dukagjin and Nikolla Dukagjini Pjetër Spani Lekë Dushmani Gjergj Stres...
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  • by Dukagjini. A skirmish happened and Lekë Dukagjini remained wounded, saved only by the intervention of Vrana Konti. Two years later, in 1447, Lekë Zaharia...
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  • by: Lekë Zaharia (lord of Sati and Dagnum), and his vassals Pal and Nicholas Dukagjini Peter Spani (lord of the mountains behind Drivasto) Lekë Dushmani...
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    Albanian lek (redirect from Lekë)
    were introduced in denominations of 1 Lek, 5 Lekë, 10 Lekë, 20 Lekë and 50 Lekë, with a bimetallic 100 Lekë added in 2000.These coins use the letter e instead...
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    the Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit (English: The Code of Lekë Dukagjini, or simply the Kanun), a set of codes and laws developed by Lekë Dukagjini and used mostly...
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  • Ottomans. Nicholas Dukagjini was the son of Pal Dukagjini (1411–1458). He had three brothers: Lekë, Progon and Gjergj, of whom only Lekë was politically...
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  • father was Prince Lekë Dushmani, the Lord of Zadrima and a participant of the League of Lezhë. The Albanian princes Lekë Dukagjini and Lekë Zaharia would...
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  • Gjonima Marin Gjonima Pjetër I Spani Stefan Spani Marin Spani Pal Dushmani Lekë Dushmani Koja Dushmani List of Albanian royal consorts King of Albania Regalia...
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    by: Lekë Zaharia (lord of Sati and Dagnum), and his vassals Pal and Nicholas Dukagjini Pjetër Spani (lord of the mountains behind Drivasto) Lekë Dushmani...
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    aid in the war against the Ottoman Empire. Angeli managed to convince Lekë Dukagjini to leave Ottomans and later reconcile with Skanderbeg, and also to convince...
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    distinction in the region of possessing a legendary rock associated with Lekë Dukagjini. The Mirdita region was also a large powerful devoutly Catholic tribe...
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    region was recaptured. Lipjan is the birthplace of the Albanian noble, Lekë Dukagjini, who was born here in 1410. He was a close friend of the Albanian military...
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    seen as in line with the social code known as the Canon of Lekë Dukagjini (Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit) or simply the Kanun (consisting of 12 books and...
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  • off from Albanian politics, while Pal Dukagjini, a member of the Dukagjini Family and father of Lekë Dukagjini, prepared for war against Skanderbeg. 23 –...
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    problems, the loss of many Albanian noblemen, and the new alliance with Lekë Dukagjini, caused Skanderbeg to call together in January 1468 all the remaining...
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    Albanian traditional customs and cultural practices, was codified by Lekë Dukagjini in the Middle Ages. Scholars have conjectured that the Kanun might have...
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    and Krajë (1454). Lekë Dushmani), was mentioned as one of the founders of the League of Lezhë. Lekë Dushmani held Zadrima. Lekë's daughter Irene (Jerina)...
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  • to increase the rights of Albanian groups. In 1481, Nicholas Dukagjini and Lekë Dukagjini returned to Albania. The Rector of Ragusa wrote to the king Ferdinand...
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    Zaharia was succeeded by his son Lekë Zaharia. Lekë Zaharia was killed in 1444 by his pronoiar, Nicholas Dukagjini. Because Lekë Zaharia joined the League of...
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    eagle of the flag of Albania is depicted on the reverse of the Albanian five lekë coin, issued in 1995 and 2000. Beginning in 1969, the flag of Albania was...
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    Skanderbeg's death Ivan and his brother Gojko Balšić, together with Leke, Progon and Nicholas Dukagjini, continued to fight for Venice. In 1469 Ivan requested from...
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    were created. These included Principality of Kastrioti, Principality of Dukagjini, Princedom of Albania, and Principality of Gjirokastër. At the beginning...
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    Traditional Gheg Albanian culture was based on the 500-year-old Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini, a traditional Gheg code of conduct, where the main role of women was...
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