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Vrioni (Albanian definite form : Vrioni) is a surname. The Vrioni family is an Albanian family from Vrioni of Berat which was one of the biggest landowners in Albania, most of their lands being in the area around Berat [1] and in the Myzeqe region. They served for several generations as beys of Berat and also held important functions in the Ottoman administration. [2] They are distinguished record in the service of the powerful independent Albanian Pasha in Balkans Ali Pasha Tepelena, in battles in Egypt against Napoleon, and during the Greek War of Independence. [3]

Notable people with the name include:

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The Vrioni were an aristocratic Albanian family and one of the largest landowners of Albania, otherwise known as "Konaqe" or "Oxhaqe", among which the most important are: Vrioni of Berat and Fier, Vloraj of Vlora, Toptani of Tirana, Biçakçinjtë of Elbasan, Dino of Ioannina and Preveza, Vërlaci of Elbasan, Bushatllinjtë of Shkodra, Këlcyrajt of Këlcyra, Markagjonët of Mirdita, etc. Insignia titles held by members of these families, usually Pasha or Bey, corresponded to the assigned positions in the Ottoman administration, central or local, which are given by ferman or berat (decrees) by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

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References

  1. Instituti i Historisë dhe i Gjuhësisë (1970), Deuxième Conférence des études albanologiques: à l'occasion du 5e centenaire de la mort de Georges Kastriote-Skanderbeg, vol. 2, Tirana: Universiteti Shtetëror i Tiranës, p. 111
  2. Robert Elsie (2010), A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History (2 ed.), Scarecrow Press Inc., p. 135, ISBN   978-0810861886
  3. Finlay, George (1861). History of the Greek Revolution. London: William Blackwood and Sons. p.  89.

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