Mataranga family

Mataranga Matrëngajt
Noble family
The coat of arms of the Mataranga is found in the 1875 heraldic catalog titled "Il Blasone in Sicilia", published in Palermo by Visconti & Huber.
Country	Medieval Albania
Founded	13th century
Members	Blasius Mataranga Giovanni Mataranga Giacomo Mataranga
Estate(s)	fiefdoms of Morgana and Mantica
Dissolution	1513
Different spellings of the name include Matranga, Matarangolo, Matracca, Matarangi, Matrënga.

The Mataranga, Matranga or Matrangolo (Matrënga in Albanian) were an Albanian noble family during the 13th and 15th centuries. Members of this family included local rulers, Byzantine officials and writers. After the occupation of Albania by the Ottoman Empire, part of the family emigrated to Italy and settled in the Arbëresh villages of Piana degli Albanesi and Santa Cristina Gela in Southern Italy, where they have continued to maintain the Arbëresh language.^[1]