Nicholas Dukagjini
Nicholas Dukagjini was a 15th-century member of the Dukagjini family.
Biography
Nicholas Dukagjini was the son of Gjergj Dukagjini, who died before 1409 when Nicholas was mentioned for the first time as the landlord of two villages near Lezhë and the commander of a 140 men troop. Nicholas' name appears in documents of 1409.He participated in Albanian Revolt of 1432–1436 led by Gjergj Arianiti, during which he succeeded in regaining the territory held by his family before the Ottoman conquest of Albania. He even managed to capture Dagnum which he promptly granted to Venice. Unwilling to provoke the Ottomans, Venice returned Dagnum to Ottoman control in 1435.
League of Lezhë
Nicholas Dukagjini was one of the founding members of League of Lezhë, a military alliance of some members of the Albanian nobility forged in Lezhë on 2 March 1444 by:- Lekë Zaharia, and his vassals Pal and Nicholas Dukagjini
- Pjetër Shpani
- Lekë Dushmani
- Gjergj Strez, Gjon and Gojko Balsha
- Andrea Thopia together with nis nephew Tanush
- Gjergj Arianiti
- Theodor Corona Musachi
- Stefan Crnojević with his three sons Ivan, Andrija and Božidar
On October 4, 1448, the Albanian–Venetian War was ended when Skanderbeg and Nicholas Dukagjini signed a peace treaty with the Republic of Venice, represented by the governor of Shkodra, Paulo Loredano and a special envoy, Andrea Venerio. According to this agreement, signed at Skanderbeg's military camp, adjacent to Alessio, Venice would keep its possessions in Albania, including Dagnum under certain conditions: The Republic had to pay to Skanderbeg an yearly sum of 1,400 ducats, some members of the League would benefit certain trade privileges etc.
Together with many other Albanian noblemen he abandoned Skanderbeg's forces and deserted to the Ottomans. Ottomans allowed him to govern 25 villages in Debar and 7 villages in Fandi. Nicholas died before 1454.