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Progon was the first Albanian ruler known by name, an archon of the Kruja Fortress (modern Krujë) and its surroundings, known as the Principality of Arbanon. He ruled between 1190 and 1198. Progon was succeeded by his two sons, Gjin, and Dimitri.
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Progon of Kruja, father of Dhimitër Progoni established his rule in Krujë in 1190. Before 1204, Arbanon was an autonomous principality of the Byzantine Empire. Little is known about archon Progon who ruled Krujë and its surroundings at least since the era between 1190 and 1198.
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The principality was known as Árvanon (Ἄρβανον) in Greek, as Arbanum in Latin, and as Raban in the early 13th-century Serbian document Life of Stefan Nemanja. The term represents the name of a south Illyrian tribe attested in Ancient Greek as Ἀλβανοί (Albanoi), later on denoting a proper name for an ethnic Albanian until it was replaced with Shqipt...
Many scholars note that the Principality of Arbanon was the first Albanian state to emerge during the Middle Ages. Arbanon is generally considered to have retained large autonomy until Demetrius death in 1216, when the principality fell under the vassalage of Epirus or the Laskaridsof Nicaea. Between 1190 and 1204, Arbanon was a principality of the...
In the 11th century AD, the name Arbanon (also Albanon) was applied to a region in the mountainous area to the west of Ohrid Lake and the upper valley of the river Shkumbin. In 1198, a part of the area north of the Drin was briefly controlled by Stefan Nemanjić who recounts that in that year he captured Pult from Arbanon (ot Rabna). In 1208, in the...
Early development
There are scarce sources about Arbanon, with the exception of the chronicles of Byzantine historian George Akropolites, whose work is the most detailed primary source for Arbanon and this period of Albanian history in general. In 1166, we know that prior Arbanensis Andrea and episcopis Arbanensis Lazarus participated in a ceremony held in Kotor, then under the Serbian Grand Principality. A year later in 1167, Pope Alexander III, in a letter directed to Lazarus, congratulates him for returning...
Reign of Demetrius Progoni
Demetrius was the third and last lord of the Progoni family, ruling between 1208 (or 1207) and 1216 (or 1215). He succeeded his brother Gjin and brought the principality to its climax. Since the beginning of his rule, Dhimitër Progoni sought out to create friendly networks in foreign policy in order to preserve the sovereignty of Arbanon against external threats, the most important of whom were for much of his reign the Republic of Venice and later the Despotate of Epiros. In 1208-09, he cons...
Reign of Gregory Kamonas and Golem
After the death of Demetrius in 1215 or 1216, the power was left to his wife Komnena. She was soon married off to Gregory Kamonas, who himself had earlier been married to Gjin’s daughter and needed the wedding to happen to legitimize the succession of power. After he took control of Kruja, he strengthened relations with the Grand Principality of Serbia, which had weakened after a Slavic assault on Scutari. Demetrius had no son to succeed him. Komnena had a daughter with Kamonas, who married a...
Arbanon extended over the modern districts of central Albania, with the capital at Kruja. It was a small territory in the 11th and 12th centuries, stretching from rivers Devoll to Shkumbin. According to Alain Ducellier, Arbanon did not have direct access to the sea. Robert Elsie notes that the coastal cities of modern Albania did not have noticeabl...
Arbanon was a beneficiary of the Via Egnatiatrade road, which brought wealth and benefits from the more economically developed Byzantine civilization.
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Aug 23, 2023 · Progon of Kruja, archon of Albania. Birthdate: estimated between 1060 and 1170. Death: 1190. Immediate Family: Father of Gjin Progoni and Dèmètrios Progonovic, archon of Albania. Occupation: Archon of Albania.
Jun 19, 2019 · Progon, archon of Krujë (Croia) is known to have ruled in central Albania in 1190-1198. He was a castle lord who was connected to the kin groups (fis) of his region. These kin groups were the social base of legitimacy for aristocratic families which developed in Albania.
Progon was the first Albanian ruler known by name, an archon of the Kruja Fortress (modern Krujë) and its surroundings, known as the Principality of Arbanon. He ruled between 1190 and 1198. Progon was succeeded by his two sons, Gjin, and Dimitri. Life. Progon's realm was the first Albanian state during the Middle Ages.
Who was Progon, Lord of Kruja? Progon was the first Albanian ruler known by name, an archon of the Kruja fortress and its surroundings. He ruled between 1190 and 1198. Progon was succeeded by his two sons, Gjin, and Dimitri.
