named Jusuf Celebi who is recorded as a timariot in Kalkandelen (Tetovo) in 1455. In 1444 Theodor Corona Musachi joined Skanderbeg's rebellion. In 1455 Skanderbeg tried to recapture the city but failed. After his death many members of noble families from Albania who were before opposed to the Ottomans, like Arianiti, Zenebishi and Muzaka family, converted to Islam and achieved high ranks in the military and administrative hierarchy in Ottoman Albania. Although they were often left to rule lands they inherited from their ancestors, the new Ottoman regime obliged them to abandon part of their territories and their feudal rights. According to some sources the last member of Muzaka family died in Naples in 1600. Still, there are other notable people recorded as members of the Muzaka family after 1600. In the middle of the 18th century a sanjakbey of the Sanjak of Avlona was Ahmet Pasha Kurt from the Muzaka family who was later appointed to the position of derbendci aga (guardian of the mountain passes) which he held until the sultan appointed Ahmet's grandson, Ali Pasha Tepelena, instead of him. Notable members Notable members of Muzaka family include: Andrea I Muzaka (fl. 1280—1313) Teodor I Muzaka (fl. 1319—1331) Andrea II Muzaka (fl. 1331-1372) Mentula Muzaka (fl. 1319), lord of Këlcyrë Teodor II Muzaka (d. 1389) Voisava Kastrioti (fl. 1402—1405) Teodor III Muzaka (fl. 1389—1412) Teodor III Muzaka (d. 1449), Lord of Berat (r. ?—1417) Maria Muzaka, the first wife of Gjergj Arianiti and mother of Donika Kastrioti, Skanderbeg's wife. Jakub bey, sanjakbey of the Sanjak of Albania (fl. 1432—1442). Gjin III Muzaka, titular despot of Epirus. Gjon Muzaka (fl. 1510) Kostandin Muzaka, mentioned as one of the leaders of the uprising in Ottoman Albania in 1481. Ahmet Pasha Kurt, the 18th century sanjakbey of the Sanjak of Avlona Gjergji Muzaka, footballer Francesco Musacchia (1852-1931), from the Arbëresh settlement of Santa Cristina Gela, in Sicily, founder of the Albanian National League (1902), part of the League of Prizren later the Italo-Albanian League of Palermo, who made a unique contribution to the chancelleries of the European states in favor of the movement for the independence of Albania from the Ottoman Empire. See also Church of St Athanasius of Mouzaki Principality of Berat References Sources 14th-century Albanian people 15th-century Albanian people Byzantine families League of Lezhë