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Maria Castriota

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Maria Castriota
Maria Kastriota
Coat of arms of the Kastrioti family
Died1560
OccupationArtist
Known forGranddaughter of Albanian National Hero, Skanderbeg
SpouseCarlo Minutolo
Parents
FamilyKastrioti

Maria Castriota (died 1560) (Albanian: Maria Kastriota) was the daughter of the Albanian nobleman Gjon Kastrioti II, who was the son of Skanderbeg, his wife Jerina Branković.[1] She married Carlo Minutolo and she dedicated her life to art.[2][3] She also had three siblings, Giorgio Castriota (1540), Costantino Castriota (14771500), and Ferdinand Castriota (1561).[4][5]

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  1. ^ TASSELLI, Luigi (1693). Antichità di Leuca, città già posta nei capo Salentino, de'luoghi, delle terre, e d'altre città del medesimo promontorio, e del venerabile tempio di Santa Maria di Leuca, etc (in Italian).
  2. ^ Hopf, Carlo, ed. (1873). "Breve Memoria de li Discendenti de Nostra Casa Musachi" (PDF). vatrarberesh (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  3. ^ Rosati, Francesco (2016-09-21). "Ettore Fieramosca: intervista ad una discendente". Agenzia Stampa Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  4. ^ "Familienstammbaum von Maria Castriota". Geneanet (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  5. ^ Elsie, Robert (2003). Early Albania: A Reader of Historical Texts, 11th-17th Centuries. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-04783-8.