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Thopia family
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Muzaka family
The Muzaka were an Albanian noble family that ruled over the region of Myzeqe (southern Albania) in the Late Middle Ages. The Muzaka are also referred to by some authors as a tribe or a clan. The earliest historical document that mentions Muzaka family (around 1090) is written by the Byzantine historian Anna Komnene. At the end of the 13th and beginning of the 14th century members of the Muzaka family controlled a region between the rivers of Devoll and Vjosë.
Albanian nobility
The Albanian nobility was an elite hereditary ruling class in Albania, parts of the western Balkans and later in parts of the Ottoman world. The Albanian nobility was composed of landowners of vast areas, often in allegiance to states like the Byzantine Empire, various Serbian states, the Republic of Venice, the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Naples in addition to the Albanian principalities. They often used Byzantine, Latin or Slavic titles, such as sebastokrator, despot, dux, conte and zupan.
Croïa
Krujë (Kruja; see also the etymology section) is a town and a municipality in north central Albania. Located between Mount Krujë and the Ishëm River, the city is only 20 km north from the capital of Albania, Tirana. Krujë was inhabited by the ancient Illyrian tribe of the Albani. In 1190 Krujë became the capital of the first Albanian state in the middle ages, the Principality of Arbër.
Scanderbeg
Georges Castriote (en Gjergj Kastrioti), plus connu sous le nom de Scanderbeg (en اسکندر بگ, et en turc moderne : İskender Bey), né le à Croïa d'une mère serbe et mort le à Lezhë, est un seigneur albanais du , considéré comme le héros national albanais pour sa résistance à l'Empire ottoman. Le père de Scanderbeg était le seigneur albanais Jean (Gjon) Castriote et sa mère Vojsava Kastrioti, une princesse fille du Seigneur de Pollog (Macédoine du Nord actuelle), Dominicus alias Moncinus, lié à la famille Muzaka.
Albanie
L', en forme longue la (en Shqipëria et Republika e Shqipërisë , littéralement ), est une république située en Europe du Sud, dans la partie occidentale de la péninsule des Balkans. Elle possède une façade maritime à l'ouest, donnant sur la mer Adriatique et la mer Ionienne. L'Albanie partage également des frontières communes avec le Monténégro au nord et nord-ouest, le Kosovo au nord et nord-est, la Macédoine du Nord à l'est et nord-est et la Grèce au sud-est.