Dukagjini family

Dukagjini Dukagjinët
Noble family
The earliest artistic depiction of the Dukagjini coat of arms, a 14th century miniature, was published in the monthly periodical YLLI – issue nr.6, 7th annual edition (p.20)
Country	Medieval Albania
Current region	Lezhë
Founded	14th century
Founder	Gjin Tanushi (duca Ginium Tanuschium Albanensem)[1]
Members	Pal Dukagjini Nicholas Dukagjini Nicholas Pal Dukagjini Lekë Dukagjini
Cadet branches	Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha Dukakinzade Mehmed Pasha Dukaginzade Yahya Bey
Website	dukagjini.org

The Dukagjini are an Albanian noble family which ruled over an area of Northern Albania and Western Kosovo known as the Principality of Dukagjini in the 14th and 15th centuries. They may have been descendants of the earlier Progoni family, who founded the first Albanian state in recorded history, the Principality of Arbanon.^[2] The city of Lezhë was their most important holding.^[3]