Lordship of Berat

( Or also called Musachi ) The noble family of Muzaka came from the central Albania, where their possessions were. For the first time recorded in the sources the family at Anna Comnena, the end of the 11th century is a man of that name called as an officer in the army of the Byzantine emperor Alexios.

Gjon Muzaka I. fought from 1273 to 1281 against the invading from the Kingdom of Naples in Albania troops of King Charles I. A largely independent territorial sovereignty founded in the 13th century Andrea Muzaka I. 1280-1319, who also " Royal Marshal of Albania " was called. He had been awarded this title of King Charles I, whose vassal he became 1281-1285. The Muzaka included in the following decades, the most important vassals of the house of Anjou in Albania. After 1320 they operated a seesaw policy between the time dedicated in Albania great powers Serbia, Byzantium, and Naples.

The dominion of the Muzaka coincided approximately with the level Myzeqe that has been named after them. They ruled their lands from the town of Berat. Andrea Muzaka II was able to extend his rule to the plain of Korçë to the east. He took 1335 the Greek rulers title despot. In 1360 he was able to conquer the Adriatic port of Vlore.

Theodor Muzaka I was one of the military leaders of Lazar Hrebeljanović 1389 at the Battle of Kosovo Polje.

1417 Muzaka vassal of the Turkish Sultan and its capital Berat were thus part of the Ottoman Empire. However Gjin Muzaka later took part in the League of Lezha and supported Skanderbeg battle against the Turks. After the death of Scanderbeg Gjin emigrated to Naples, where he in 1510 published a history of his family.