LEKE DUKAGJINI
(Lekë III Dukagjini)
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Under the Kanun, even blood enemies who would kill each other under any other circumstances may not attack anyone in his home or be attacked. The stricture masks many major difficulties and made the Serbian atrocities against Albanians in Kosovo even more offensive to Albanians who follow the Kanun.
This dictum has driven blood feuds that have lasted over 200 years. It has also made governance and diplomacy in Northern Albania very difficult.
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Lekë III Dukagjini (1410–1481), mostly known as Lekë Dukagjini, was a 15th-century member of the Albanian nobility, from the Dukagjini family. A contemporary of Skanderbeg, Dukagjini is known for the Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit, a code of law instituted among the tribes of northern Albania.
