Gjin Progoni
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| title = Lord of Krujë
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| reign = 1198–1208
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| predecessor = Progon, Lord of Kruja
| successor = Dhimitër Progoni
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| succession = Lord of Krujë
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Gjin Progoni ({{langx|la|Ginius}}{{cite book|author=Eqrem Çabej|title=Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tdHqAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Akademia e Shkencave e RPS të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Gjuhësisë dhe i Letërsisë}}) was an archon (or lord) of Kruja, located in present-day Albania, from c. 1198 until his death in 1208.{{harvnb|Ducellier|1999|p=786}}: "Even if it is hard to identify the outlook of Prince Gjin, the son of Progon, who died in 1208, it is clear that his successor, Dhimitër, saw Venice as the main enemy..." He succeeded his father, Progon of Kruja, becoming the second ruler of the Principality of Arbanon. During his reign, he controlled the areas around Elbasan and the fortress of Krujë. He also maintained good ties with the Despotate of Epirus due to the Venetian threat in northern Epirus.{{sfn|Nicol|1957|p=17}} Gjin was succeeded by his younger brother Dhimitër Progoni.
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References
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- {{cite book|last=Ducellier|first=Alain|chapter=24(b) – Eastern Europe: Albania, Serbia and Bulgaria|editor-last1=Abulafia|editor-first1=David|title=The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 5, c.1198 – c.1300|year=1999|pages=779–795|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-52-136289-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bclfdU_2lesC}}
- {{cite book|last=Nicol|first=Donald McGillivray|title=The Despotate of Epiros|year=1957|location=Oxford|publisher=Blackwell & Mott, Limited|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TURoAAAAMAAJ}}
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