Vrioni

Vrioni (Albanian definite form: Vrioni) is a surname. The Vrioni family is an Albanian 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 service of the powerful independent Albanian Pasha in Balkans Ali Pasha Tepelena, in battles in Egypt against Napoleon, and during the Greek War of Independence.[3]

Notable people with the name include:

  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, vol. 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.