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{{Infobox family
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| name = Jonima family
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| ethnicity = Albanian
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| members =
{{plainlist |
* [[Vladislav Jonima]]
* [[Dhimitër Jonima]]
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| otherfamilies = [[Zaharia family]] and the [[Dushmani family]]
| distinctions =
| traditions =
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| estate = A territory between [[Mat (river)|Mat]] and [[Lezhë]], including Šufadaj
| meaning =
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The '''Jonima family''' was an [[Albanian nobility|Albanian noble family]] that held a territory around [[Lezhë]] (northern [[Albania]]), as a vassal of [[Principality of Arbër|Arbër]], [[Serbia in the Middle Ages|Serbia]] and [[Ottoman Empire]], active in the 13th- to the 15th centuries.

==Name==
In some sources members of this family are referred to as Gonoma, Guonimi, Gjonëmi or Ghionoma.

==History==
The first member of the family was mentioned in sources dating to the early 13th century as a vassal of [[Dhimitër Progoni]] in the [[Principality of Arbër]].<ref>Anamali, Skënder; Prifti (2002) (in Albanian). Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime. Botimet Toena. ISBN 99927-1-622-3 p. 267</ref>

Another member of the family, [[Vladislav Jonima]], is mentioned in sources in 1306, with the title of ''[[župan]]'', while in service of [[Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Blagojević|first=Miloš|title=Državna uprava u srpskim srednjovekovnim zemljama|year=2001|publisher=Službeni list SRJ|location=Belgrade|url=http://books.google.rs/books?ei=STn5T8TIKtHFswazuJnTBQ&hl=sr&id=srAVAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Vladislav+Jonima%22&q=%22+%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0+%D1%98%D0%B5+%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%99+%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD+%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BE+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%99%D1%83+%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%83+%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5+%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B5%2C+%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%92%D1%83+%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0+%D1%98%D0%B5+%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE+%D0%B8+%D1%86%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%85+%D0%B8+%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%85+%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0.+%D0%9E%D0%B4+%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%85+%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%9A%D1%83+%D1%81%D0%B5%3A+%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%86+%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%2C+%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA+%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE+%D0%B8+%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD+%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2+%28%D0%88%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%29+%22#search_anchor|accessdate=8 July 2012|page=210|language=Serbian|quote=Када је краљ Милутин издао повељу манастиру Богородице Ратачке, међу присутнима је било и црквених и световних достојанственика. Од световних лица помињу се: казнац Мирослав, челник Бранко и жупан Владислав (Јонима)}}</ref> A catholic, he was acknowledged by the Pope as a ruler of a territory around [[Lezhë]] in 1319. Vladislav Jonima had the title of ''Count of [[Dioclea]] and of the seaside Albania''.<ref>{{Citation |last=Schmitt |first=Oliver Jens |author= Oliver Jens Schmitt|authorlink= Oliver Jens Schmitt |title=Das venezianische Albanien (1392-1479) |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=eKKS3u7iPWcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Oliver+Jens+Schmitt%22&hl=en&ei=F_RFTd2ZMse08QOh5fSuCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |year=2001 |month= |publisher=R. Oldenbourg Verlag GmbH München |location= München|language= |isbn=3-486-56569--9 |oclc= |doi= |doi_inactivedate= |bibcode= |id= |page=87 |quote= Vladislav Jonima, als Zupan, später als „Graf von Dioclea und Küstenalbanien" }}</ref>

After Ottoman victory in the [[Battle of Savra]] in 1385, the territory of Albania went out of the control of [[Balšić family]]. At the end of 14th century Jonima family reappears in sources when [[Dhimitër Jonima]] was lord of a territory between [[Mat (river)|Mat]] and [[Lezhë]].<ref>Anamali, Skënder; Prifti (2002) (in Albanian). Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime. Botimet Toena. ISBN 99927-1-622-3 p. 267</ref> [[Dukagjini family]] and Jonima family struggled against each other for the territory on the both sides of river [[Drin (river)|Drin]] while [[Kastrioti family]] soon challenged the rule of Dukagjini family over the territory between Mati and Drin.<ref>The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest Author:John Van Antwerp Fine Edition reprint, illustrated Publisher University of Michigan Press, 1994 ISBN 0-472-08260-4, ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5 p. 391</ref> In 1402, as one of the Albanian nobility that served as an Ottoman vassal, Dhimitër Jonima fought alongside [[Bayezid I]] forces at the [[Battle of Ankara]].<ref>The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest Author John Van Antwerp Fine Edition reprint, illustrated Publisher University of Michigan Press, 1994 ISBN 0-472-08260-4, ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5 p. 422</ref>

The Jonima family was linked to the [[Zaharia family]] and the [[Dushmani family]].<ref>Serbët dhe Shqiptarët: historia e shqiptarëve të veriut. (Serbs and Albanians: history of North Albanians) Author Shuflaj, M. 2001 Tiranë Bargjini ISBN 978-99927-770-1-5</ref>{{how|date=July 2012}} At the beginning of the 15th century Šufadaj (an important former marketplace on the Adriatic sea, near Lezhë) was a possession of the Jonima family before in 1428 it came under the control of [[Gjon Kastrioti]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Detelić |first= Mirjana |author= Mirjana Detelić |editor=Dušan T. Bataković|title=Epski gradovi, leksikon |trans_title= Epic cities, a lexicon |url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/84329236/926 |year=2007 |publisher=Balkanološki institut SANU |location= Belgrade |language= Serbian |isbn=9788671790406 |oclc=298613010 |page=253 |quote=U blizini Lješa postojalo je trgovište Šufadaj ili Sufade čiji položaj danas nije moguće tačno utvrditi. Taj strateški važan trg blizu mora (budući daje bio dostupan brodovima) Venecija nije kontrolisala, iako je držala zemljišni pojas od Skadra do Lješa, uz Dračsa okolinom. Šufadaj je početkom XV v. bio u vlasti porodice Jonima, a 1428. u vlasti Jovana Kastriota }}</ref>

After Stefan Jonima, a former outlaw, asked the [[Venetian Senate]] to grant him his former possessions, he was awarded with control of the ''Kurtes'' village in 1445.<ref>{{Citation |last=Božić |first= Ivan |author= Ivan Božić |title= Nemirno pomorje XV veka |url=http://books.google.rs/books?ei=2Or5T-3QLs3CtAbzxYD0BQ&hl=sr&id=SnkBAAAAMAAJ&dq=stefan+jonima&q=%22%D0%A2%D1%83+%D1%81%D0%B5+%D1%98%D0%BE%D1%88+%D1%81%D1%83%D1%81%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%9B%D0%B5+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8+%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD+%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8+%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%86%2C+%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%98%D0%B5+%D1%98%D0%B5+%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4+%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BE+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8+%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BE+%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5+%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%22#search_anchor |year=1979 |publisher=Srpska književna zadruga |location=Beograd |language= Serbian |oclc=5845972 |page=291 |quote= Тада је Стефан Јонима, некадашњи одметник, тражио од Сената стара права и успео да добије 1445. једино село које је остало слободно — Куртес.}}</ref>

Names of other notable members of this family include: Vito, Vikt, John, Bitri, Marin, Florio, Fior and Guido.

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.albanianhistory.net/texts15/AH1470.html Fior Jonima: A Ravaged Land, 1470] - Response of Fior Jonima to the Venetian tax authorities who had inquired of him as to why so little revenue had been arriving from Albania.

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[[Category:15th century in Albania]]

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