Pal Kastrioti: Dallime mes rishikimesh

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The first person to be mentioned as a ''Kastriot'' in historical documents,<ref>{{Citation |last= Buda |first= Aleks|title= Shkrime historike |url=http://books.google.rs/books?ei=M8lyT_mcCMvusgam5ojkDQ&id=l5K4AAAAIAAJ&dq=kanina+kastrioti&q=%22Dokumentet+p%C3%ABrmendin+p%C3%ABr+her%C3%AB+t%C3%AB+par%C3%AB+nj%C3%AB+Kastriot+n%C3%AB+vitin+1368+si+k%C3%ABshtjellar+ose+kefali+n%C3%AB+Kanin%C3%AB+t%C3%AB+Vlor%C3%ABs.+Me+r%C3%ABnien+e+Balshajve+fillon+fuqizimi+i+Kastriot%C3%ABve.+Ata+kthehen+n%C3%AB+tokat+e+tyre+dhe+i+zgjerojn%C3%AB+pronat+n%C3%AB+lugin%C3%ABn+e+Drinit.%22#search_anchor |volume= 3 |date= |origyear= |year=2002 |month= |publisher= Shtëpia Botuese 8 Nëntori |location= Tiranë |language= |isbn=9789992716519 |oclc=163395350 |page= 239 |quote=Dokumentet përmendin për herë të parë një Kastriot në vitin 1368 si kështjellar ose kefali në Kaninë të Vlorës.}}</ref> was a ruler ([[Kephale (Byzantine Empire)|kephale]] or [[castellan]] in contemporary sources) of the [[Kaninë Castle|Kanina]] in 1368.<ref>{{harvnb|Hopf|1873|p=533}}{{quote|Paolo, segneur de Signa et de Gardi-ipostesi ... Branilo, d'origine Serbe, gouverneur de Canina 1368}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Dialogue, Volume 5, Issues 17-20|year=1996|publisher=Dijalog|url=http://books.google.rs/books?ei=ys5xT5C6KMzLswaCkM27DQ&id=KgG5AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0+%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%22&q=%22Njegov+sin+Pavle%2C+gospodar+od+Sinje%2C+imao+je+tri+sina%3A+Konstantina%2C+Aleksu+i+Ivana.+Kastriote+su+se+preko+Konstantina+orodile+sa+najznatnijom+albanskom+porodicom+Topija.+Ivan+Kastriota%2C+otac+Skenderbegov%2C+ozenio+se+Voislavom+koja+je%22#search_anchor|accessdate=27 March 2012|page=77|quote=Njegov pradeda Branilo spominje se 1368. kao upravitelj Kanine}}</ref><ref name="Šufflay 2000 148">{{harvnb|Šufflay|2000|p=148}}{{quote|Njegov potomak, Ivan, "gospodin Ivan" u srpskim poveljama, "Ivan Castrioth" u mletačkim spomenicima...}}</ref> which belonged to the [[Principality of Valona]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Schmitt |first=Oliver Jens|authorlink=Oliver Jens Schmitt |title=Das venezianische Albanien (1392-1479) |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=eKKS3u7iPWcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Oliver+Jens+Schmitt%22&hl=en&ei=F_RFTd2ZMse08QOh5fSuCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |year=2001 |publisher=R. Oldenbourg Verlag GmbH München |location= München|language= |isbn=3-486-56569--9 |oclc= |doi= |page= 185 |chapter=Die Albanische Adelsgeschlechter in Byzantinisch - serbische tradition |chapterurl= http://books.google.rs/books?id=eKKS3u7iPWcC&pg=PA185&dq=%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0+%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=f-RyT66xPJHLsgavo626DQ&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%20%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8&f=false |quote= und die Kastriota, die erstmals am Hof der serbischen Fürsten von Valona hervortraten }}</ref> It is assumed{{by whom|date=September 2012}} that Pal's father (or Pal himself, per Ivo Vukcevich) received his estates in [[Albania]] from [[Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia|Serbian Emperor Dušan]] after he captured [[Berat]], [[Valona]] and [[Kaninë Castle|Kanina]] in 1345.<ref>{{cite book|title=Dialogue, Volume 5, Issues 17-20|year=1996|publisher=Dijalog|url=http://books.google.rs/books?ei=ys5xT5C6KMzLswaCkM27DQ&id=KgG5AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0+%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%22&q=%22Njegov+sin+Pavle%2C+gospodar+od+Sinje%2C+imao+je+tri+sina%3A+Konstantina%2C+Aleksu+i+Ivana.+Kastriote+su+se+preko+Konstantina+orodile+sa+najznatnijom+albanskom+porodicom+Topija.+Ivan+Kastriota%2C+otac+Skenderbegov%2C+ozenio+se+Voislavom+koja+je%22#search_anchor|accessdate=27 March 2012|page=77|quote=Pretpostavlja se da je svoje posede u Albaniji dobio od cara Dušana pošto je ovaj 1345. godine osvojio gradove Berat, Valonu i Kaninu}}</ref><ref name="Vukcevich">{{cite book|author=Ivo Vukcevich|title=Croatia: Ludwig von Gaj and the Croats are Herrenvolk Goths Syndrome|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=a97eeUriv5YC&pg=SL1-PA246|accessdate=7 June 2013|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=978-1-4797-6666-6|page=246|quote=It is a matter of record that Castriot estates in Albania can be traced to Skanderbeg's grandfather, Pal, who received his estates from Serbian Emperor Dushan in 1345}}</ref> It seems there is a scientific consensus that kephale Kastrioti, Skanderbeg's great-grandfather and the earliest known ancestor of [[Skanderbeg]], was of [[Serbs|Serbian]] origin.<ref>{{harvnb|Babinger|1976|p=333}}{{quote|Branilo Kastriota UrGroßvater Skander-Beg's ist der älteste, uns wenigstens dem Namen nach be kannte Vorfahre des Volkshelden und, wie sich die Forscher einig zu sein scheinen serbischer Herkunft,...}}</ref> [[Heinrich Kretschmayr]] also asserts that in fact Pal Kastrioti, father of [[Gjon Kastrioti]] and grandfather of Skanderbeg, was Kephale of Kanina.<ref name="Kretschmayr2012">{{cite book|author=Heinrich Kretschmayr|authorlink=Heinrich Kretschmayr|title=Geschichte von Venedig|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=w6BBNsQ1m_MC&pg=PA375|accessdate=7 June 2013|date=September 2012|origyear=1920|publisher=BoD – Books on Demand|isbn=978-3-8460-0658-0|page=375|quote=Als erster in der Reihe erscheint 1368 ein Paul als Schloßhauptmann von Kanina bei Valona, sein Sohn Johannes galt für "leidlich mächtig in Albanien", wurde Bürger von Venedig und Ragusa ...}}</ref>