wish that his properties should be handed over to Venetian Republic. Bozha Zaharia Bozha Zaharia, an Albanian nobleman who also was member of Zaharia family, died in the fire which devastated Venetian Scutari in October 1448. After the extinction of the family Having left no heirs, the fortress of Dagnum was claimed by Skanderbeg in the name of League of Lezhë, in which Lekë Zaharia had been a participant. However, his mother surrendered the castle to the Venice Republic. This events triggered the two-year-long Albanian–Venetian War (1447–1448). In the end the castle of Dagnum remained in Venetian hands toward an annual tribute to Skanderbeg. Religious affiliation According to Eqrem Vlora, some members of the Zaharia family were initially Eastern Orthodox Christians, only converting to Roman Catholicism in 1414, after which they disappeared from history. Family tree See also Pjetër Zakaria (13??–1414), member of the family, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë and of Dagnum Elia, Crown Princess of Albania (née Zaharia in 1983), wife of Leka, Crown Prince of Albania References Bibliography Text not available online as of August 2021. Medieval Montenegro 15th-century Albanian people 14th-century Albanian people League of Lezhë