Dukagjini (late 14th Century)
Dukagjin or Dukagjini may refer to: * Dukagjin ( sq) or Dukagjini, a village in the municipality of Malzi, Kukës District, Albania * Dukagjin or Dukagjini ( sq), a village in the municipality of Derjan, Mat District, Albania * Dukagjin Highlands, a mountainous region in the Shkodër District of northern Albania * Dukagjin (region) ( sq, Rrafshi i Dukagjinit, link=no), a region in Kosovo, also known as ''Metohija'' * Dukagjini family, an Albanian noble family * Principality of Dukagjini The Principality of Dukagjini ( sq, Principata e Dukagjinit) refers to the domains (''zotërimet'') of the Albanian Dukagjini family in northern Albania and wester part of the modern-day territory of Kosovo in the 14th century and 15th century. ...

Malzi
Malzi is a former municipality in Kukës County, Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the .... At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Kukës. The population at the 2011 census was 3,072.2011 census results
The municipal unit consists of the following villages: * Shëmri * Shtanë * Petkaj * Megullë * Camë * Gdheshtë * Pistë * Va Spas * Shikaj * Dukagjin * Kalimash * Kryemadh * Simon

Etymology

The name of the region dates back to 1444 ...
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Derjan
Derjan is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Mat. The population at the 2011 census was 1,102. It includes the following settlements: Derjan, Urxallë, Barbullej, Dukagjin, Gjoçaj, Lam i Madh, Zall Gjoçaj. Demographic history Derjan (''Dirjani'') is recorded in the Ottoman '' defter'' of 1467 as a settlement belonging to the timar of Ali in the vilayet of Mati. The village was relatively small with a total of five households which were represented by the following household heads: ''Pal Balazi'', ''Mihal Divalmi'', ''Andrija Kipota'', ''Gjergj Divalmi'', and ''Gjon Kipota''. In the register, a certain ''Mark Kastrioti The House of Kastrioti ( sq, Dera e Kastriotëve) was an Albanian noble family, active in the 14th and 15th centuries as the rulers of the Principality of Kastrioti. At the beginning of the 15th century, the family controlled a territory in t ...
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Metohija
Metohija ( sr-Cyrl, Метохија, ) or Dukagjin ( sq, Rrafshi i Dukagjinit, ) is a large basin and the name of the region covering the southwestern part of Kosovo. The region covers 35% (3,891 km2) of Kosovo's total area. According to the 2011 census, the population of the region is 700,577. Districts It encompasses three of the seven districts of Kosovo: Names The name ''Metohija'' derives from the Greek word (''metóchia''; singular , '' metóchion''), meaning "monastic estates" – a reference to the large number of villages and estates in the region that were owned by the Serbian Orthodox monasteries and Mount Athos during the Middle Ages. In Albanian the area is called ''Rrafshi i Dukagjinit'' and means "the plateau of Dukagjin", as the toponym (in Albanian) took the name of the Dukagjini family who ruled a large part of Metohija during the 14th-15th centuries, hence the name. The term "Kosovo and Metohija" ( sr-cyr, Косово и Мето ...
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Dukagjini Family
The Dukagjini are an Albanian feudal noble family who ruled over an area of Northern Albania and Western Kosovo known as the Principality of Dukagjini in the 14th and 15th centuries. They may have been relatives or descendants of the earlier Progoni, who founded the first Albanian state in recorded history, the Principality of Arbanon. The city of Lezhë was their most important holding. The Dukagjini evolved from an extended clan ('' farefisni'') to a feudal family in the late 13th century, when their first known progenitor Gjin Tanushi who became known as a dux (duke) and thus his descendants took the surname Dukagjini. By the early 15th century, they had evolved in one of the most important feudal families in the country. After the Ottoman conquest of Albania, a branch of them found refuge and settled in Venetian Koper, where they became known as the Docaini family which held the governorship of Socerb castle until the early 17th century, when the last male line Docaini ...
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