Vrioni

Vrioni (definite Albanian form: Vrioni) is a surname. The Vrioni family is an Ottoman 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 battles in Egypt against Napoleon, and during the Greek War of Independence.[3]

Notable people with the name include:

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, 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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