Frederico Seismit-Doda was born in Ragusa (Dubrovnik) in the Kingdom of Dalmatia (today's Croatia).
His family was an Albanian from the Doda tribe of Mirditë.[1][2]
He graduated from the University of Padua and collaborated at Caffè Pedrocchi; in 1849 fought with the volunteers in Veneto and in 1849 participated in the defence of Roman Republic. After exile to Greece and to Piedmont in 1850, he collaborated in various newspapers and magazines, and published a volume of his memories Venetian Volunteers.
^Rivista illustrata settimanale (in Italian) (Translation: The current finance minister, Federico Seismit-Doda, is a Dalmatian. He was born in Ragusa in 1825. His family is of Albanian origin, and precisely of the tribe de 'Miriditi, as indicated by his name Doda, common to almost all ... ed.). Garbini. 1889. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
^Galanti, Arturo (1901). L'Albania: notizie geografiche, etnografiche e storiche (in Italian) (Federico Seismit-Doda was of Albanian origin, who was ... ed.). Societa editrice Dante Alighieri. p. 234. Retrieved 14 November 2019.