Lekë Dukagjini

Lekë III Dukagjini
Prince of Dukagjini
Postcard illustration of Lekë Dukagjini in 19th century folk clothing holding the Kanun
Prince of Dukagjini
Reign1446–1479
PredecessorPal Dukagjini
SuccessorPost abolished
Born15th century
Diedafter 1481
SpouseTheodora Muzaka
DynastyDukagjini
FatherPal Dukagjini
MotherUnknown
ReligionRoman Catholic

Lekë III Dukagjini (died after 1481), commonly known as Lekë Dukagjini, was a 15th-century Albanian nobleman who ruled the Principality of Dukagjini from 1446 until the Ottoman conquest in 1479. A member of the Dukagjini family, he was a contemporary of Skanderbeg and participated in the Albanian resistance against the Ottoman Empire. Dukagjini is best known for the Code of Lekë Dukagjini, a code of customary law that bears his name and governed the tribes of northern Albania for centuries.