Marka Gjoni
Kapedan Marka Gjoni (1861-1925) was the chieftain of the Mirdita region and tribe in North Albania. He was born in Orosh. He was assigned as Kaymakam of Mirdita by the Ottoman Empire during the absence of Prenk Bibë Doda who was interned in Anatolia due to his participation in the Albanian League of Prizren.[1]
Marka Gjoni is mostly remembered for the short-lived Mirdita Republic of 1921.[2]
He and his wife Dava had four daughters and one son, Gjon Markagjoni a well-known opponent of Communist forces during World War II.[3]
References
- ^ Besnik Pula (2013), "State building in the Albanian highlands", in Julian Go (ed.), Decentering Social Theory: 25 (Political Power and Social Theory), p. 47, ASIN B00EJH6EPU
- ^ Thomas Kacza (2007), Zwischen Feudalismus und Stalinismus: albanische Geschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, Trafo, p. 73, ISBN 9783896266118
- ^ Gjomarkaj Family Tree