Teodor II Muzaka

File:Kostur-Sveti-Atanasiy-Muzaki.jpg in Kastoria built by Teodor II Muzaka and his brother Stoya Muzaka]]

Teodor II Muzaka was born into the House of Muzaka as the second son of Andrea II Muzaka and Euphemia Mataranga, who was from the Mataranga family.{{cite book|last=Elsie|first= Robert|title=Early Albania A Reader of Historical Texts, 11th-17th Centuries |date=2003 |publisher=Harrassowitz|isbn=978-3-4470-4783-8 |page=42 |quote=...Lord Andrew Musachi, the said second despot, and his wife, Euthymia...}}{{cite book|last=Elsie|first= Robert|title=Early Albania A Reader of Historical Texts, 11th-17th Centuries |date=2003 |publisher=Harrassowitz|isbn=978-3-4470-4783-8 |page=42 |quote=...From the said Lord Andrew Molosachi the Despot were born with three sons and two daughters. The first-born was called Lord Gjin, the second Lord Theodore and the third Lord Stoya. Of the daughters, the first one was called Lady Comita Musachi and the second Lady Chiranna....}}

Upon the death of his father Andrea II, his lands were divided among his three sons, Gjin I, Teodor II and Stoya.{{cite book|last=Elsie|first= Robert|title=Early Albania A Reader of Historical Texts, 11th-17th Centuries |date=2003 |publisher=Harrassowitz|isbn=978-3-4470-4783-8 |page=42 |quote=...The first-born was called Lord Gjin, the second Lord Theodore and the third Lord Stoya...}}

Gjin inherited the majority of his father’s holdings, except for Berat, Myzeqe, and Kastoria. Teodor received Berat and Myzeqe, while Stoya inherited Kastoria along with its associated villages and estates.{{cite book|last=Elsie|first= Robert|title=Early Albania A Reader of Historical Texts, 11th-17th Centuries |date=2003 |publisher=Harrassowitz|isbn=978-3-4470-4783-8 |page=42 |quote=...He left all of his land, with the exception of Berat, Myzeqe and Castoria, to his first-born son, Lord Gjin Musachi. To his second son, Lord Theodore, he left Berat and Myzeqe, and to his third son, Lord Stoya, he left Castoria with all the villages and estates belonging to it...}}

Between 1383 and 1384, Theodor II, together with his brother Stoya and the monk Dionysius, had a Greek Orthodox church (Church of St. Athanasius of Mouzaki) built in Kastoria, which was dedicated to Athanasius the Great.

He died fighting during the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 on the side of the anti-Ottoman coalition led by Lazar of Serbia.{{cite web |url=http://www.albanianhistory.net/texts16-18/AH1515.html |title=1515 | John Musachi: Brief Chronicle on the Descendants of our Musachi Dynasty |publisher=Albanianhistory.net |quote=Lazar (6), the Despot of Serbia, and King Marko of Bulgaria and Theodore Musachi, the second-born of our family, and the other Lords of Albania united and set off for battle, which the Christians lost (7). |access-date=2012-02-13 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910095427/http://www.albanianhistory.net/texts16-18/AH1515.html |archive-date=2010-09-10 }}{{Cite journal|last=Muhadri|first=Bedrı|date=2021-03-29|title=The Battle of Kosovo 1389 and the Albanians|url=https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jhf/898751|journal=Tarih Ve Gelecek Dergisi|language=en|volume=7|issue=1|pages=436–452|doi=10.21551/jhf.898751|s2cid=233651440|quote=The famous Arbër prince, Teodor Muzaka II, was killed in this battle, as well as many other Arbër comrades.|doi-access=free}} After his death the rule of his domain passed over to his nephew Teodor III Muzaka. This could only happen because his only son Nicola must have been dead at the time or was held captive by his aunt Comita.{{citation|surname1=Ludwig von Thallóczy|title=Illyrisch-Albanische Forschungen|volume=1|publisher=Duncker & Humblot|publication-place=München|at=p. 170|date=1916|language=German|url=https://archive.org/details/illyrischalbanis01thal/page/170/mode/2up}}

• Muzaka family
• Principality of Muzaka
• Church of St Athanasius of Mouzaki

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