House of Kastrioti
Kastrioti Kastriotët | |
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Noble family | |
Country | Medieval Albania |
Current region | Mat, Dibër |
Founded | 14th and 15th centuries |
Members | |
Website | castriotascanderbeg |
The Kastrioti were an
History
A figure attested as
Konstantin Kastrioti's son, who was the father of
His rule over "only two villages" as described by Muzaka has been disputed because if true, it would mean that his son, Gjon Kastrioti who ruled over a much larger area rose to power in the span of one generation. This is considered a very unlikely trajectory in the context of Albanian medieval society because noble families had acquired their area of influence over multiple generations.[15] Historian Kristo Frashëri considers it likely that he ruled over his region "in the third quartier of the 14th century" between 1350-75 based on the fact that when his grandson Gjergj Kastrioti was born, his son Gjon had already fathered eight children.[14]
His son,
Titles
The list of titles used by Kastrioti family are:
- Lord or King of Albania
- Prince of Kruja (Principality of Kastrioti)
- Lord of Sina and Lower Gardi
- Lord of Emathia and Vumenestia
- Sanjakbey of the Sanjak of Dibra
- Subaşi of Krujë
In the Kingdom of Naples
- Duke of San Pietro in Galatina
- Count of Soleto
- Signore of Monte Sant'Angelo
- Signore of San Giovanni Rotondo
- Baron of Gagliano
- Baron of Salignano
- Baron of Arigliano
Members
- Kostandin Kastrioti, possibly the father of Pal Kastrioti
- Pal Kastrioti - had the title "segnior de Signa et de Gardi-ipostesi" (Sina (Albanian: Sinë) and Lower Gardi (Albanian: Gardhi i Poshtëm)), three sons
- Aleks Kastrioti - lord of three villages, unknown issue
- Kostandin Kastrioti - Lord of Kruja castle (Latin: dominus Serinae), unknown issue
- Voisava Tripalda, nine children
- Reposh Kastrioti - († 1430 or 1431),[16]unknown issue, possibly father of Constantine
- Stanisha Kastrioti - († 1445?), one son
- Hamza Kastrioti - (After 1457)
- Kostandin Kastrioti, unknown issue, possibly father of Constantine
- Constantine Kastrioti
- )
- Skanderbeg (Gjergj Kastrioti) - Albanian national hero (d. 1468)
- Gjon Kastrioti II (d. 1501)- Count of Soleto, married Jerina Branković, daughter of despot Lazar Branković of Serbia
- Costantino Castriota (d. 1500), bishop of Isernia (fl. 1498)
- Ferrante Castrioti (d. 1561), duke of San Pietro in Galatina, Venetian military (fl. 1499–1501)
- Maria (d. 1569)
- Giorgio (d. 1540)
- R. B. Castrioti (b. 1994) Descendant
- Gjon Kastrioti II (d. 1501)- Count of Soleto, married Jerina Branković, daughter of despot Lazar Branković of Serbia
- , Lord of Misia
- Mamica Kastrioti, married Muzakë Thopia in 1445[17]
- Angelina Kastrioti, married Vladan Arianiti
- Vlajka Kastrioti, married Gjin Muzaka,[17] secondly Stefan Strez Balšić,[18] two sons with Stefan[19] with whom she had Gojko Balšić and Ivan Strez Balšić
- Pal Kastrioti - had the title "segnior de Signa et de Gardi-ipostesi" (Sina (Albanian: Sinë) and Lower Gardi (Albanian: Gardhi i Poshtëm)), three sons
Two possible members of the Kastrioti are recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467. The first, a certain Dimitri Kastrijoti, appears as a household head from the village of Setina e Poshtme which, alongside Setina e Sipërme, can be identified with Signa which was traditionally held by the Kastrioti. The second was a yamak by the name of Mark Kastrioti from Derjan who was stationed in Shtjaknëz (modern Shqefën).[20]
Italian period
After the fall of Albania to the Ottoman Empire, the
Armorials
Main branch
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Venetian Armorial (16th century)
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Korenić-Neorić Armorial(1595)
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Fojnica Armorial (1675-1688)
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Giuseppe Schirò (1904)
Cadet branches
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Coat of arms of the Neapolitan branch of the family by Giacomo Fontana (1605)
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Coat of arms of the Neapolitan branch of the family by Jerónimo de Bolea (17th century)
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Coat of arms of the Neapolitan branch of the family by Angelo Maria da Bologni (1715)
Footnotes
References
- ^ a b c Runciman 1990, pp. 183–185
- OCLC 39124645.
- ^ Buda 1986, p. 239.
- ^ Fine 1994, p. 357.
- ^ Omari 2014, p. 29
- ^ Omari 2014, p. 46.
- ^ Bela 2019, p. 229.
- ^ Omari 2014, p. 44
- ^ Malaj 2013, p. 43
- ^ Malaj 2013, p. 44
- ^ Malaj 2013, p. 45.
- ISBN 9781414464305.
- ^ Omari 2014, p. 45
- ^ a b Omari 2014, p. 41
- ^ Muhaj 2015, p. 42.
- ^ Vuković, Novo (1996). Književnost Crne Gore od XII do XIX vijeka. Obod. p. 42.
Његов други син звани Репош, брат Бурђа Кастриота, умро је 1430. или 1431. године у Хиландару и тамо је ...
- ^ a b c d [1] p. 96
- OCLC 732882,
Vlajka me Stefan Stres Balshën
- OCLC 9968504. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
Bezüglich der Strez herrscht Verwirrung. Hopf macht Ivo und Gojko BalSid zu Söhnen des Stefan Strez, welcher Vlajka Kastriota geheiratet hätte und Sohn des Gjuragj Balšić gewesen wäre, eines Bastards des Gjuragj I.
- ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. pp. 73, 169.
- ISBN 978-88-97784-35-7.
- ^ Gibbon 1901, p. 467
- ^ "Official genealogical tree of the Kastrioti famly". Castriota-Scanderbeg.
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- Hodgkinson, Harry (1999). Scanderbeg: From Ottoman Captive to Albanian Hero. London: Centre for Albanian Studies. ISBN 978-1-873928-13-4.
- Malaj, Edmond (2013). "Familje fisnike të Drishtit mesjetar (Noble Families of Medieval Drivasto". Studime Historike. 3–4.
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