![]() During times of peace they also fought against one another, as Albanian loyalties came and went during that period of their history. ![]() ĭukagjini fought under the command of Skanderbeg against the Ottomans during the last two years of the legendary war of Skanderbeg. He took over the county from his father Prince Pal II Dukagjini in 1446, who appears to have died of apoplexy. Until 1444 he was pronoier of Koja Zaharia. The western part of Kosovo, sometimes referred to as Rrafshi i Dukagjinit or Dukagjin, takes its name after the Dukagjini family. The Dukagjini Principality stretched from Northern Albania and into modern Kosovo. ![]() A contemporary of Skanderbeg, Dukagjini is known for the Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit, a code of law instituted among the tribes of northern Albania. ![]() Lekë III Dukagjini (1410–1481), mostly known as Lekë Dukagjini, was a 15th-century member of the Albanian nobility, from the Dukagjini family. ![]()
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