 Principality of Arbanon

Arbanon ( or , or , , "Árbanon"; ), or Albanon (, "Álbanon"), was an autonomous principality ruled by the native Progon family, and the first Albanian proto-state to emerge in recorded history.The principality of Arbanon was established in 1190 by the native "archon" Progon in the region surrounding Kruja, to the east and northeast of Venetian territories.