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Gjon II Kastrioti (Italian: Ioanne Castrioto, Giovanni Castrioto; 1456–2 August 1514), was the son of Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg, the Albanian national hero, and of Donika Kastrioti, daughter of the powerful Albanian prince, Gjergj Arianiti.
Gjon Kastrioti (? – before July 7, 1439) was an Albanian feudal lord from the House of Kastrioti and the father of future Albanian leader Gjergj Kastrioti (better known as Skanderbeg). He governed the territory between the Cape of Rodon and Dibër and had at his disposal an army of 2,000 horsemen.
- 1375/80
- Pal Kastrioti
- 4 May 1437
Skanderbeg married Donika, the daughter of Gjergj Arianiti, one of the most influential Albanian noblemen, strengthening the ties between them, a month after the treaty on 21 April 1451 in the Orthodox Ardenica Monastery, Their only child was Gjon Kastrioti II, however an elder daughter named Voisava is mentioned in some sources as well.
- 28 November 1443 – 17 January 1468
- Donika Arianiti
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Gjon II Kastrioti ( Italian: Ioanne Castrioto, Giovanni Castrioto; 1456–2 August 1514), was the son of Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg, the Albanian national hero, and of Donika Kastrioti, daughter of the powerful Albanian prince, Gjergj Arianiti.
Gjon II Kastrioti was the son of Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg, the Albanian national hero, and of Donika Kastrioti, daughter of the powerful Albanian prince, Gjergj Arianiti. He was for a short time Lord of Kruja after his father's death, then Duke of San Pietro in Galatina (1485), Count of Soleto, Signore of Monte...
Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu (1405 – 17 January 1468), known as Skanderbeg ( Albanian: Skënderbej from Ottoman Turkish: اسکندر بگ, romanized: İskender Bey; Latin:,) was an Albanian nobleman and military commander. He led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia .
Gjon II Kastrioti (Italian: Ioanne Castrioto, Giovanni Castrioto;1456–1502), was the son of Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg, the Albanian national hero, and of Donika Kastrioti, daughter of the powerful Albanian prince, Gjergj Arianiti.