28 August 1888 Orosh, Mirdita, Ottoman Empire (present-day Albania)
Died
28 April 1966(1966-04-28) (aged 77) Rome, Italy
Resting place
Rome, Italy
Spouse
Mrika
Gjon Marka Gjoni (28 August 1888 – 28 April 1966) was an Albanian Catholic clan chieftain (Albanian: Kapedan) of Mirdita.[1] and an Italian Senator.
^Biografi: a traveller's tale Lloyd Jones - 1994 -p59 "The Englishman had climbed 2,000 feet above the Fani i vogel River to meet Gjon Marka Gjoni, the hereditary Chieftain of Mirdite and permanent chief of all the Catholic clans in northern Albania. Swire describes a sturdy figure in "a dark red ...
Serbia with him and his son when it was suppressed. In 1922, however, GjonMarkagjoni returned to Albania and, after reaching an understanding with Ahmet...
active in local affairs for a few years before his death. His son GjonMarkagjoni became the next kapedan and reached an understanding with the Albanian...
the anti-Communist movement was led by the Markagjoni clan. GjonMarkagjoni and his son Ndue Markagjoni emigrated to Italy, where they subsequently established...
clan chief, GjonMarkagjoni, who led his Roman Catholic Mirditë tribesmen in a rebellion against the regency and parliament. Markagjoni proclaimed the...
Shkodër. He escaped the advancing Allied forces by joining the exodus of GjonMarkagjoni and his followers in the short-lived Republic of Mirdita, who went...
Orosh The church of Orosh in 1903 Prênk Bibë Doda Kapidan Marka Gjoni GjonMarkagjoni Bibë Dodë Pasha 2011 census results Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback...
(Fregen) Kulla e Geg Dod Plakut (Vilë) Kulla e Gjet Markut (Përlat) Kulla e Gjon Mark Bibës (Livadhës) Kulla e Kolmarkajve (Bardhaj) Kulla e Macajve (Përlat)...
22 March 1919 (1919-03-22) – 1925 (1925) Preceded by Prenk Bib Doda Succeeded by GjonMarkagjoni 1st President of Mirdita Republic In office 17 July 1921 (1921-07-17) –...
the war, but there was support for guerillas like Ismail Vërlaci of GjonMarkagjoni to join as unaffiliated individuals. An office was opened in Paris...
the Drin, Kraja brokered a truce between Sulçe Bushati and his rival GjonMarkagjoni and the Shkodër National Committee to fight off the ultimately successful...
former clan leaders and bajraktars, the most prominent belonging to GjonMarkagjoni clan. He was ambushed in an area called "Qafë-Valmiri" and was shot...
this never happened. She – in 1946 – began work with her friend Davida Markagjoni as a teacher and she often paid for supplies herself for the benefit of...
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