Albanian Principalities

State · 1375–1421 CE · at its largest around 1375 CE

A group of semi-independent lordships held by Albanian noble families such as the Thopia, Balsha and Dukagjini during the late Middle Ages, before Ottoman conquest of the region.

On its lands while it lasted

Battle of Kosovo (1389 CE): A Serbian-led army under Prince Lazar fought the Ottomans under Murad I; both rulers were killed, and Serbia soon became an Ottoman vassal.
Skanderbeg (1405 CE – 1468 CE): Albanian nobleman who led a revolt against the Ottoman Empire for a quarter of a century from the fortress of Krujë.