Little Tanush Explained

Little Tanush
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Spouse-Type:Spouse
Noble Family:Dukagjini
Father:Pal Dukagjini
Death Date:before 1433
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Tanush Dukagjin (1423–33), known as Little Tanush, was an Albanian nobleman, a member of the Dukagjini family, the son of Pal Dukagjini (died 1393). He had four brothers: Progon (d. 1394), Pal II (d. 1402), Andrea (d. 1416), and Gjon Dukagjini (d. 1446).

In January 1423, during the Second Scutari War, the Republic of Venice bribed and won over the Pamaliots on Bojana, and then bought over several tribal leader in or near Zeta: the Paštrovići, Gjon Kastrioti (who had extended to the outskirts of Alessio), the Dukagjins, and Koja Zaharija. Though none of these were mobilized militarily by Venice, they left the ranks of Lazarević's army, thus became a potential danger to Lazarević. Although Venetian admiral Francesco Bembo offered money to Gjon Kastrioti, Dukagjins and to Koja Zaharija in April 1423 to join the Venetian forces against Serbian Despotate, they refused.

Supported by the Ottomans, Stefan Maramonte plundered the region around Scutari and Ulcinj, and attacked Drivast in 1429, but failed to capture it. He was accompanied by Gojčin Crnojević and Little Tanush.[1] In April 1429, Tanush received a gift of 120 perpers from the Republic of Ragusa.[2]

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  1. Book: Ćorović, Vladimir. Vladimir Ćorović. Istorija srpskog naroda. 13 January 2014. eBook Portal. 340. GGKEY:XPENWQLDTZF. Са турском помоћу кренуо је Марамонте крајем 1429. год. на Зету и похарао околину Скадра и Улциња. Напао је и Дриваст, и заузео му је подграђе, али самог града није освојио. У тим борбама учествовали су на његовој страни Гојчин Црнојевић и Мали Тануш из племена Дукађуна. Млеци су уценили Марамонтову главу са 500 дуката. Деспот га је међутим онемогућио код самих Турака..
  2. Book: Univerzitet u Beogradu. Filozofski fakultet. Zbornik Filozofskog fakulteta. 8. 1964. Naučno delo. 404. Тануш Дукађин је одржавао везе са Дубровчанима; Веће умољених изгласало му је поклон од 120 перпера..
  3. Book: Oliver Jens Schmitt. Das venezianische Albanien: (1392-1479). 2001. Oldenbourg Verlag. 978-3-486-56569-0. 280–.
  4. Book: John V. A. Fine. John Van Antwerp Fine. The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. 1994. University of Michigan Press. 0-472-08260-4. 656. Dukagjin, Tanush Minor.