 The third daughter, Jerina, married Gjon Kastrioti II, the son of Albanian national hero Skanderbeg.The modern Castriota family, living in Italy, are the only living descendants of Jerina and Gjon Kastrioti II.The marriage of Zoe/Sophia (Thomas's second daughter) to Ivan III of Moscow served to strengthen Moscow's claim to be the "Third Rome", the ideological and spiritual successor to the Byzantine Empire.