Principality of Dukagjini
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The domains of the Albanian Dukagjini family in northern Albania and wester part of the modern-day territory of Kosovo in the 14th century and 15th century.
Establishment
January 1388: The Dukagjini formed their independent domains when they rebelled against the Balsha family. This event must have happened by 1387.
Chronology
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Expansion during the rule of Bayezid I in the Ottoman Sultanate.
January 1399: In 1398, Dukagjini prince Tanush III surrendered to the Ottomans.
Expansion during the rule of Francesco Foscari in the Republic of Venice.
January 1445: The maximum extent of Venetian Albania was reached in 1444.
Was a war between the Albanian League of Lezhë and the Republic of Venice.
January 1448: In December 1447 after leaving a protective force of three to four thousand men under Vrana Konti to guard the frontier in the event of an Ottoman incursion, Skanderbeg turned towards Dagnum with a force of 14,000 men. Initially offering the garrison at Dagnum the opportunity to surrender, he promptly besieged the fortress upon rejection.
Wars during the rule of Mehmed II in the Ottoman Sultanate.
January 1480: The Ottoman Empire captured Shkodra.
January 1390: The Principality of Kastrioti was founded in 1389 by the Albanian nobleman Gjon Kastrioti I.
January 1394: In 1393, the territory of Drisht (Drivasto) was acquired by the Republic of Venice.
January 1397: In 1396, due to a favorable political situation, Koja Zaharija captured the castle of Dagnum.
January 1403: Due to the Battle of Ankara in 1402, in which the Ottomans were defeated by Timur and their leader Bayezid was captured, the vassalage of the Principality of Dukagjini to the Ottomans ended.
March 1444: The League of Lezhë, a military and diplomatic alliance of Albanian feudal lords, was established in the city of Lezhë on 2 March 1444.
January 1469: After the death of the Albanian national hero Scanderbeg, the Republic of Venice seized the strategic city of Croia (Kruja) in 1468.
Disestablishment
January 1480: The Ottoman Empire captured Shkodra.
