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Gjon Kastrioti ( - 1442) (also John or Giovanni Castriota') was the father of Albanian national hero Skanderbeg. Kastrioti was Prince of the region surrounding Krujë. As was common among nobility on the Ottoman frontier, his sons were taken to the Ottoman court to ensure Kastrioti would be faithful to the Empire.

In 1430, Gjon Kastrioti lead an unsuccessful uprising against the Ottoman Empire in the city of Krujë in what is now Albania. His death in 1442 prompted Sultan Murad II to quickly occupy the region in central Albania.

Gjon was also the name of the grandson through Gjergj Kastrioti.

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