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style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1874</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Prizren" title="Prizren">Prizren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovo Vilayet">Kosovo Vilayet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(present-day <a href="/wiki/Prizren" title="Prizren">Prizren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>)</span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">1919<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Skopje" title="Skopje">Skoplje</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia" title="Kingdom of Yugoslavia">Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(present-day <a href="/wiki/Skopje" title="Skopje">Skopje</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a>)</span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Businessman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Dranafile (Drana) Bernai Bojaxhiu<sup id="cite_ref-Fitzpatrick_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fitzpatrick-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ruth_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ruth-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Slavicek_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slavicek-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ananda_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ananda-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Spink_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Age<br />Lazar<sup id="cite_ref-Fitzpatrick_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fitzpatrick-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ruth_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ruth-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Slavicek_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slavicek-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ananda_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ananda-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Spink_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Anjezë</a> (Mother Teresa)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Lazër Bojaxhiu<br />Çilja Bojaxhiu</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nikollë Bojaxhiu</b> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1872</span> – 1919), also known as <b>Nikola Bojaxhiu</b><sup id="cite_ref-Fitzpatrick_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fitzpatrick-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ruth_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ruth-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Slavicek_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slavicek-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ananda_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ananda-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Spink_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an <a href="/wiki/Albanian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian people">Albanian</a> businessman, benefactor, politician and the father of the Roman Catholic nun and missionary <a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Mother Teresa</a>. His company constructed the first theatre of <a href="/wiki/Skopje" title="Skopje">Skopje</a> and participated in the development of the railway line that connected <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a> with Skopje—a project he personally financed. </p><p>An active Albanian rights activist, he was also the only <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Catholic</a> to be elected to the city council of Skopje. Bojaxhiu died in 1919 in obscure circumstances, which led to reports that attributed his death to poisoning by Serbian agents. His children included Lazar, and Anjezë Bojaxhiu (<a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Mother Teresa</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikoll%C3%AB_Bojaxhiu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nikollë was born into a <a href="/wiki/Kosovar_Albanian" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovar Albanian">Kosovar Albanian</a> family<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1874 in <a href="/wiki/Prizren" title="Prizren">Prizren</a>. His parents were Lazar and Çilja Bojaxhiu. Bojaxhiu moved to Skopje in the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovo Vilayet">Kosovo Vilayet</a> (present-day <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a>) after 1900, where he first worked as a pharmacist and later became a partner in a construction company.<sup id="cite_ref-MaasburgMiller2011_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaasburgMiller2011-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a polyglot; as well as Albanian he also spoke <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serbo-Croatian" title="Serbo-Croatian">Serbo-Croat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>. In the early 1900s, he married Dranafile Bernai with whom he had three children: Aga (b. 1905), Lazar (b. 1908), and Agnes (b. 1910), with the latter becoming later better known as <a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Mother Teresa</a>. Nikollë Bojaxhiu's company constructed the city's first theater and part of the railway line that connected Skopje with the region of Kosovo.<sup id="cite_ref-Alpion2006_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alpion2006-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also the owner of a wholesale food company and the only Roman Catholic member of the city council of Skopje.<sup id="cite_ref-Alpion2006_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alpion2006-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the day of the <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Albanian Declaration of Independence">Albanian Declaration of Independence</a> (November 28, 1912) he hosted a meeting that was attended by <a href="/wiki/Bajram_Curri" title="Bajram Curri">Bajram Curri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hasan_Prishtina" title="Hasan Prishtina">Hasan Prishtina</a> among others.<sup id="cite_ref-Alpion2006_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alpion2006-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the region's incorporation into Serbia, Bojaxhiu joined various Albanian rights political organizations. He died in 1919, a few hours after he returned from a political meeting in <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>. Several biographers have attributed his death to poisoning by Serbian agents.<sup id="cite_ref-Alpion2006_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alpion2006-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The location, purpose, and participants of the meeting remain unknown. His son Lazar considered the theory of poisoning to be a certainty, while his daughter Agnes described it as unconfirmed.<sup id="cite_ref-Alpion2006_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alpion2006-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His funeral process was attended by large numbers of people and representative of all the religious communities. As a sign of respect, that day all school children were given dedicatory handkerchiefs and jewellers' shops remained closed.<sup id="cite_ref-Alpion2006_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alpion2006-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his death, his partner appropriated the entirety of their companies' assets and left nothing to his widow and offspring.<sup id="cite_ref-MaasburgMiller2011_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaasburgMiller2011-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mother Teresa had once said: “By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the heart of Jesus.” </p><p><br /> <sup id="cite_ref-Pickles_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pickles-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikoll%C3%AB_Bojaxhiu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Fitzpatrick-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Fitzpatrick_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fitzpatrick_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fitzpatrick_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFitzpatrick2005" class="citation book cs1">Fitzpatrick, Anne (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=VitSLetRL4YC"><i>Mother Teresa</i></a>. Creative Education. p. 7. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781583413302" title="Special:BookSources/9781583413302"><bdi>9781583413302</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Lerner Publications. p. 8. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780822549437" title="Special:BookSources/9780822549437"><bdi>9780822549437</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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