Mjeda family

The Mjeda family (Italian: Miedia), is a noble Albanian family which played a prominent role in the history of Albania and Kosovo in the 19th and early 20th century.

Mjeda family
Current regionNorthern Albania and Kosovo
Place of originMjedë
Members

History
Archbishop Lazër Mjeda
Dom Ndre Mjeda on a 2016 Albanian stamp
Kolë Mjeda

The progenitor of the family, Bardhi, settled in Shkodër from the village of Kryezi in the Pukë region. He took the name Mjeda from the village near Shkodër where he held lands. The surname Mjeda is mentioned among the Arbëreshë of Cosenza in 1468 and in Shkodër in 1736.[1][2] The family today consists of two branches: Prizren and Shkodër. They became the leading Catholic family of Prizren, having the noble title of effendi, and were engaged in trade between the Italian peninsula, Constantinople, and the Balkans.

Over the centuries, members of the family were merchants, landowners, clerics, and political leaders. Today, members of the family mainly live in Albania and Croatia.

Notable members
  • Ndre Mjeda (1866-1937), Albanian intellectual, jesuit priest, philologist, poet, and deputy in the National Assembly of Albania, during the Albanian National Awakening period. Delegate at the Congress of Manastir.[3][4][5]
  • Lukë Simon Mjeda (1867-1951), merchant and landowner who represented Prizren at the Second League of Prizren (1943).[6][7][8]
  • Lazër Mjeda (1869-1935), Bishop of Sapë (1900-1904), Archbishop of Skopje (1904-1909), Archbishop of Shkodër (1921-1935).[9][10]
  • Kolë Mjeda (1885-1951), Mayor of Shkodër (1924-1925), Vice-President of the National Assembly of Albania, Prefect of Dibër County.[11]
  • Luigj Pashko Mjeda (1890-1962), merchant, landowner, editor of the "Ora e Maleve" newspaper, head of the Municipality of Shkodër tax authority, and co-founder of the Bogdani Theatrical Society in Shkodër.[12]
  • Jak Mjeda, President of the Filigran Company, which employed 153 goldsmiths in Prizren.[13]

References
  1. "Lista e 180 familjeve katolike e vitit 1736 në famullinë e "Kishës së Zojës së Shkodrës"". Gazeta Dita. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  2. "Lutfi Alia: Kronika e eksodeve dhe vendbanimet arbëreshe në Itali, 1272 – 1774". Zemra Shqiptare. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  3. "111th anniversary of the Manastir Congress | Radio Tirana International". rti.rtsh.al. Archived from the original on 2019-11-19.
  4. Skendi 1967, p. 141.
  5. Robert Elsie. "MODERN ALBANIAN LITERATURE AND ITS RECEPTION IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD" (PDF). elsie.de. pp. 6–7.
  6. "Fjala e Lirë | Shkoder.net..." shkoder.net. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  7. "TRADHTIA E MADHE: Tragjedia pas Lidhjes së dytë të Prizrenit". KOHA (in Albanian). Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  8. "XHAFER DEVA: E VERTETA E LIDHJES SE DYTE TE PRIZRENIT". LIDHJA E PRIZRENIT (in Albanian). 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  9. "Bishop Llazar Mjeda". Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  10. A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. Robert Elsie. 2012. p. 314. ISBN 9781780764313.
  11. "2004atdheupartII". albania.dyndns.org. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  12. "Luigj Mjeda/Shpirti dhe diapazonii gjerë artistik i një aktori - Shqiptarja.com". shqiptarja.com (in Albanian). Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  13. Filigrani. "About Us". Filigrani. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
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