Donika Kastrioti

Donika Arianiti
Lady of Albania
Posthumous engraving by Johann Theodor de Bry
Lady of Albania
Tenure1451-1468
PredecessorVoisava Kastrioti
(as Lady of Mat)
SuccessorTheodora Muzaka
Born1428
Kaninë, Ottoman Empire (modern day Albania)
Died1506 (Aged 78)
Valencia, Kingdom of Valencia (modern day Spain)
BurialRoyal Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Valencia
SpouseSkanderbeg
IssueJohn Kastrioti II
Names
Andronika Arianiti-Comneniates Muzaka
House Arianiti (paternally)
Muzaka (maternally)
Kastrioti (by marriage)
FatherGjergj Arianiti
MotherMaria Muzaka
ReligionEastern Orthodoxy

Donika Arianiti (also known as Donika Kastrioti and Andronika Arianiti)[a], (born 1428 – died 1506) was an Albanian noblewoman and the spouse of Albanian leader and national hero Skanderbeg. She was the daughter of Gjergj Arianiti, an earlier leader in the ongoing revolt against the Ottomans.


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