Pal Kastrioti: Dallime mes rishikimesh

Personi pare që përmendet historikisht në dokumente me mbiemrin ''Kastriot'' ,<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> ka qënë një sundimtar kështjelle ([[Qefali (Perandoria Bizantine)|qefali]] apoor [[kastelan]] sipas burimeve të atëkohe) 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> Familja e Kastriotëve ishin me origjin nga fshati [[Kastrat]], në [[qarku i Shkodrës|qarkun e Shkodrës]].