List of Albanian noble families

The following list represents a collection of Albanian aristocratic families.

Surname	Period	Headquarters / origin	Personalities	coat of arms
Arianiti	11th to 16th centuries	on the course of the Shkumbin river far to the east to Bitola (alb. Manastir )	Gjergj Arianiti (was closely related to the Byzantine Comnenes )
Blinishti	13th to 14th centuries	Region of Lezha and the neighboring mountainous country to the east	Gulielm Blinishti ( Marshal of the Angevines in Albania)
Bue Shpata	14th to 15th century	Southern Epirus (today the Greek region of Epirus )	Gjin Bue Shpata (Despot of Arta )
Bushati	1757 to 1831	Ruler of the semi-autonomous paschalik of Shkodra	Kara Mahmud Bushati (* 1740, † 1796; undertook several campaigns against hostile Montenegro to the west)
Dukagjini	7th or 13th to 15th centuries	Northern Albania (especially Lezha and Western Kosovo )	Lekë Dukagjini (* 1410, † 1481; member of the League of Lezha and namesake of the Kanun )
Dushmani	14th to 15th century	between the Zadrima plain (near Lezha ) to the Albanian Alps	Lekë Dushmani (member of the League of Lezha )
Jonima	13th to 15th centuries	Northern Albania ( Mat to Lezha )	Dhimitër Jonima († 1409, participant in the Battle of the Blackbird Field )
Kastrioti	14th to 16th century	Region Mat , later the whole area of the League of Lezha	Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg (Albanian national hero)
Mataranga	13th to 14th centuries	between Durrës and Vlora ( Myzeqe )
Muzaka	11th to 15th centuries	Central Albania with Berat as the capital, origin from the area around Korça	Andrea II. Muzaka , founder of the Principality of Muzakaj (1335–1444) Theodor II. Muzaka (participant in the Battle of the Blackbird Field in 1389)
Thopia	13th to 15th centuries	Northern and central Albania, especially Kruja and Durrës as temporary centers	Karl Thopia (ruler of a large area in central Albania, called himself Princeps Albaniae )
Zaharia	14th Century	Northern Albania and Montenegro	Koja Zaharia (vassal of the Ottoman Empire)
Zogu	19th to 20th century	Kingdom of Albania	Ahmet Zogu (* 1895, † 1961; King of the Albanians ), son Leka Zogu (* 1939, † 2011) and grandson Leka Anwar Zogu Reza (Albanian pretender to the throne )	Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Albania

Individual evidence

^ Gjergj Fishta, Robert Elsie, Janice Mathie-Heck & Center for Albanian Studies (London, England) : Die Hochland-Lute: (Lute of Malësia): the Albanian national epic . Ed .: IBTauris. 2005, ISBN 978-1-84511-118-2 , pp. 402 ( Preview in Google Book Search [accessed October 7, 2011] Original title: The highland lute: (Lahuta e malcís): the Albanian national epic .).
↑ ^a ^b Skënder Anamali: The history of the Albanian people in four volumes . Ed .: Botimet Toena. tape 1 , 2002, OCLC 52411919 , pp. 255–257 (Albanian, original title: Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime .).
↑ Milan Šufflay : Serbs and Albanians: The History of the Northern Albanians . Ed .: Bargjini. Tirana 2001, ISBN 978-99927-770-1-5 (Original title: Serbët dhe Shqiptarët: historia e shqiptarëve të veriut .).
↑ Barbara Jelavich: History of the Balkans: Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . Ed .: Cambridge University Press. 1983, p. 84, 124, 349 and 361 (English, preview in Google Book Search [accessed October 7, 2011]).
↑ Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond: Migrations and invasions in Greece and adjacent areas . Ed .: Noyes Press. 1976, ISBN 978-0-8155-5047-1 , pp. 56 (English, preview in Google Book Search [accessed October 7, 2011]).
↑ Historia e Popullit Shqiptar (History of the Albanian People). Albanian Academy of Sciences. Tirana 2002, Toena (Ed.) P. 264
↑ Kemal Çiçek: Great Ottoman Turkish civilization . Ed .: Yeni Türkiye. tape 4 , 2000, ISBN 975-6782-21-8 .
^ Fan S. Noli: George Castrioti Scanderbeg (1405–1468) . Ed .: International Universities Press. 1947, p. 36 .
^ Dimiter Angelov: Imperial ideology and political thought in Byzantium (1204-1330) . Ed .: Cambridge University Press. 2007, ISBN 0-521-85703-1 , pp. 319 .
^ Alain Ducellier: La façade maritime de l'Albanie au Moyen âge . Ed .: Ed. de l'Ècole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. 1981, p. 347 (French).
^ John Van Antwerp: The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest . Ed .: University of Michigan Press. 1994, ISBN 0-472-08260-4 , pp. 392, 419, 420-557 .

[1] Gjergj Fishta, Robert Elsie, Janice Mathie-Heck & Center for Albanian Studies (London, England) : Die Hochland-Lute: (Lute of Malësia): the Albanian national epic . Ed .: IBTauris. 2005, ISBN 978-1-84511-118-2 , pp. 402 ( Preview in Google Book Search [accessed October 7, 2011] Original title: The highland lute: (Lahuta e malcís): the Albanian national epic .).

[S._Anamali-2] Skënder Anamali: The history of the Albanian people in four volumes . Ed .: Botimet Toena. tape 1 , 2002, OCLC 52411919 , pp. 255–257 (Albanian, original title: Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime .).

[3] Milan Šufflay : Serbs and Albanians: The History of the Northern Albanians . Ed .: Bargjini. Tirana 2001, ISBN 978-99927-770-1-5 (Original title: Serbët dhe Shqiptarët: historia e shqiptarëve të veriut .).

[4] Barbara Jelavich: History of the Balkans: Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . Ed .: Cambridge University Press. 1983, p. 84, 124, 349 and 361 (English, preview in Google Book Search [accessed October 7, 2011]).

[5] Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond: Migrations and invasions in Greece and adjacent areas . Ed .: Noyes Press. 1976, ISBN 978-0-8155-5047-1 , pp. 56 (English, preview in Google Book Search [accessed October 7, 2011]).

[6] Historia e Popullit Shqiptar (History of the Albanian People). Albanian Academy of Sciences. Tirana 2002, Toena (Ed.) P. 264

[7] Kemal Çiçek: Great Ottoman Turkish civilization . Ed .: Yeni Türkiye. tape 4 , 2000, ISBN 975-6782-21-8 .

[8] Fan S. Noli: George Castrioti Scanderbeg (1405–1468) . Ed .: International Universities Press. 1947, p. 36 .

[9] Dimiter Angelov: Imperial ideology and political thought in Byzantium (1204-1330) . Ed .: Cambridge University Press. 2007, ISBN 0-521-85703-1 , pp. 319 .

[10] Alain Ducellier: La façade maritime de l'Albanie au Moyen âge . Ed .: Ed. de l'Ècole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. 1981, p. 347 (French).

[11] John Van Antwerp: The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest . Ed .: University of Michigan Press. 1994, ISBN 0-472-08260-4 , pp. 392, 419, 420-557 .