Arianiti family

Arianiti
*Arianitët*
Arianiti; Arianitët
Noble family
	Coat of arms of the Comini branch of the Arianiti, as depicted in the compendium "Insignia Venetorum nobilium II (BSB Cod.icon. 272)" from the mid-16th century.
Country	Medieval Albania
Current region	Shkumbin valley, old Via Egnatia road, eastwards up to Bitola
Place of origin	Central Albania
Founded	11th century
Members	David Arianites; Constantine Arianites; Komnen Arianiti; Gjergj Arianiti; Moisi Arianiti Golemi; Donika Arianiti; Angjelina Arianiti; Constantine Komnenos Arianites; Arianitto Arianiti;
Connected families	Crnojević; Kastrioti; Spani; Muzaka; Shpata

The Arianiti were a noble Albanian family that ruled large parts of Albania and neighboring territories from the 11th to the 16th century.^[2] Their domain stretched across the Shkumbin valley and the old Via Egnatia road and reached east to today's Bitola.^[3]

[1] Nelson H. Minnich, "Alexios Celadenus: A Disciple of Bessarion in Renaissance Italy", Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques Vol. 15, No. 1 (1988) p. 53

[FishtaElsie2005-2] Fishta et al. 2005, p. 402

[Anamali-3] Anamali 2002, pp. 255–7

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Arianiti family

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