Family
His first marriage was to Maria Muzaka, daughter of Andrea III Muzaka and Anna Chiranna Zenevisi, with whom he had eight daughters. After her death, Gjergj Arianiti married Lady Pietrina Francone, daughter of the Italian noble Oliver Francone. The couple had five more children.
From his first marriage (c.1420s–1440s) with Maria Muzaka, Arianiti had the following issue:
Andronika, more commonly known by the nickname Donika, married Skanderbeg, Lord of Albania in 1448. She is traditionally regarded as Albania's first Queen Consort. Such title, however, would officially be held only by Géraldine Apponyi de Nagy during Zog I's reign. Donika and Skanderbeg had one son, John Castriot II, Duke of San Pietro in Galatina, who married Princess Irene Brankovich, the daughter of Serbian Despot Lazar Branković.
Voisava, Lady of Zeta married Ivan I of Zeta with whom she had two sons, George and Stanislaus of Zeta.
Chiranna, married Nicholas Pal Dukagjini. At the time of her marriage she was 14 or 15 years old, while the groom might have been between 14 and 20 years of age. The couple had one son who survived into adulthood, Progon Dukagjini.
Helena, was the wife of George III Dukagjini. Many of the couple's children, such as Nicholas III, allied with the Ottomans later in life. Another son, named Scanderbeg is mentioned in Gjon Muzaka's Chronicles to have been still alive by 1515, ruling as a Sanjakbey.
Despina, was married to Lord Tanush IV Dukagjini. They had two children: a son that died young and a daughter, Theodora. The latter's sons were the Lords Blaise and Jacob.
Angjelina, who married Stefan Branković, son of Despot Đurađ Branković. Angjelina and Stefan had two sons and one daughter. Their eldest son Đorđe Branković was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1486 until his monastic vows in 1496. Angjelina's only daughter Princess Maria of Serbia, married Boniface III, Marquis of Montferrat, with whom she had: William IX, Marquis of Montferrat and John George, Marquis of Montferrat. Angjelina is venerated as saint by Orthodox Church.
Komita (or Komnina), married Goico Balsha, Lord of Misia. The couple had two sons, who died in Hungary. Their daughter Maria Balsha, Countess of Muro married Giacomo Alfonso Ferrillo, with whom she had two daughters. The first daughter, Beatrice, married Prince Ferdinand Orsino, Duke of Gravina, while the other, Isabella, married Louis of Gesualdo, Count of Conza. Both daughters inherited their father's titles in their own right.
Catherine, after the death of her first husband Andrew Spani married Niccolò Boccali, a nobleman from Venice who held the title of Baron in Morea. The couple's children were Lord Manoli Boccali, Lord Constantine Boccali and Lady Maria who married Giacomo de Pagnanin. Moreover, John Muzaka mentions further unnamed daughters married to Hungarian noblemen.
From Gjergj Arianiti's second marriage to Pietrina Francone (c.1440s) the following children were born:
Theodora Arianiti
Maria, married to Bartolomeo Giuppo della Rovere (1474–1545) from the Ligurian noble Della Rovere family. They had a son, Francesco della Rovere, who initially became Bishop of Camerino (1508), Voltera (1514) and finally Archbishop of Benevento (1530–1545).
Thomas Arianiti
Constantine, who became a leader among Christian Balkan refugees in Italy and used the titles Prince of Macedonia, Duke of Achea and Despot of Morea. In the early 16th century, Constantine served as a diplomat to the popes and the future Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, with both parties finding him a talented ambassador. In 1489 he married Lady Francesca of Montferrat, member of the Palaeologus-Montferrat family, branch of the Byzantine Imperial Palaiologos dynasty, and a step-daughter to his niece Maria of Serbia. From 1495 to 1499 he became regent of Montferrat, on behalf of the young William IX, his brother-in law and grand-nephew. With Francesca, Constantine had the following children:
Arianitto, Prince of Macedonia
Andronica, married to Carlo III Tocco then after his death to Giorgio Secco, a milanese nobleman.
Penthesilea, married to Alexander Ducagjini
Ippolita, married to Zanobi de' Medici of the Italian Medici family, upon whose death in 1529 Pope Clement VII bestowed on her the right to inherit from him for life the title of Countess of Verucchio and Scorticata. She remarried in 1532 to Lionello Pio da Carpi of the Pio di Savoia family.
Polissena, married Rinaldo degli Ottoni di Matelica.
Deianira, married Giorgio Trivulzio.
Elena, married Juan de Luna, a castillian nobleman.
Lord Arianitto Arianiti
