Progoni family

Progoni
Progoni
Noble family
Country	Medieval Albania
Current region	Krujë, Mirditë
Founded	12th century
Founder	Progon
Members	Gjin Progoni; Demetrio Progoni;
Connected families	Dukagjini

The Progoni were an Albanian noble family which established the first Albanian state in recorded history, the Principality of Arbanon.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Ducellier 1999, p. 780: "As for Albania, its separate identity was real enough, even though it had not truly broken with Constantinople; all the same, the rulers of Arbanon around ἄρχον, Progon and his sons Dhimitër and Gjin, based at Kruja, retained a considerable degree of autonomy, even though Progon bore no title grander than ἄρχων (archon); and the title of πανὑπερσεβαστός (panhypersebastos), borne by Dhimitër at the start of the thirteenth century, can only be seen as a sign of his dependence on the Byzantines."
^ Clements 1992, p. 31: "By 1190, Byzantium's power had so receded that the archon Progon succeeded in establishing the first Albanian state of the Middle Ages, a principality."
^ Fine 1994, p. 51"At the close of the twelfth century, excluding the tribesmen in the mountains, many of whom functioned freely regardless of which state they owed theoretical submission, the only known Albanian political entity was that of Kroja."