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Main article: History of Albania

This is a list of Albanian countries and regions throughout history, sometimes called Albanian lands by historians (Albanian: Trojet shqipëtare). It includes countries, states, provinces, regions and territories that have or had in the past one of the following characteristics:

An ethnic Albanian majority
Albanians or Albania are an official, constitutional or titular nation
Albanian as an official language
An Albanian ruling class or dynasty

Historical political entities

Middle Ages

Name	Years	Area	Notes
Principality of Arbanon	1190–1255	Albania	Autonomous principality within the Byzantine Empire and the Despotate of Epirus.
Kingdom of Albania	1272–1368	Albania	Dependency of the Kingdom of Sicily.
Lordship of Berat Muzakaj Principality	1335–1417	Albania
Principality of Valona	1346–1417	Albania
Despotate of Angelokastron and Lepanto	1358–1374	Greece
Despotate of Arta	1358–1416	Greece
Princedom of Albania	1368–1392	Albania
Sanjak of Albania	1385–1466	Albania Greece Montenegro	Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire.
Principality of Gjirokastër	1386–1418	Albania Greece
Principality of Dukagjini	1387–1479	Albania Kosovo^[1]
Principality of Kastrioti	1389–1444	Albania
Venetian Albania	1420–1797	Montenegro	Possession of the Venetian Republic.
League of Lezhë	1444–c. 1450	Albania Republic of Macedonia Montenegro

Early Modern

Name	Years	Area	Notes
Pashalik of Scutari	1757–1831	Albania Kosovo Montenegro Republic of Macedonia	Autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire.
Pashalik of Berat	1774–1809	Albania	Autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire.
Pashalik of Yanina	1788–1822	Greece Albania	Autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire.
Scutari Vilayet	1867–1913	Albania Montenegro	Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
Janina Vilayet	1867–1913	Greece Albania	Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
League of Prizren	1877–c. 1881	Albania Kosovo Republic of Macedonia Greece Serbia Montenegro
Kosovo Vilayet	1877–1913	Kosovo Montenegro Serbia Albania Republic of Macedonia	Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
Manastir Vilayet	1874–1877 1879–1912	Albania Republic of Macedonia Greece Kosovo	Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
League of Peja	1899-1900	Albania Kosovo Republic of Macedonia Greece Serbia Montenegro

1912-1944

Name	Years	Area	Notes
Albania	1912–1914	Albania Kosovo Republic of Macedonia Greece Serbia	Briefly autonomous under Ottoman Empire (de jure: August 1912–October 1912)
Republic of Central Albania	1913–1914	Albania
Principality of Albania	1914–1917 1920–1925	Albania
Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë	1916–1920	Albania	Protectorate of France.
Albanian Republic	1917–1920	Albania	Protectorate of Italy.
Republic of Mirdita	1921	Albania
Albanian Republic	1925–1928	Albania	De facto protectorate of Italy.
Albanian Kingdom	1928–1939	Albania	De facto protectorate of Italy.
Albanian Kingdom	1939–1943	Albania Montenegro Kosovo Serbia Republic of Macedonia	Protectorate and dependency of Italy.
Albanian Kingdom	1943-1944	Albania Montenegro Kosovo Serbia Republic of Macedonia	Puppet state of Nazi Germany.

Since 1944

Name	Years	Area	Notes
People's Socialist Republic of Albania	1944–1992	Albania	From 1944-1946 it was known as Democratic Government of Albania and from as 1946-1976 People's Republic of Albania.
Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo	1946–1992	Kosovo	Autonomous province of Serbia in Yugoslavia.
Republic of Kosova	1990–2000	Kosovo

Present political entities

This is the list of the current states and regions where Albanians are in absolute or relative ethnic majority, are one of the constitutional or recognized peoples or Albanian language is official:

Name	Years	Notes
Republic of Albania	1992-	Albanian majority.
Republic of Kosovo	2008-	Albanian majority.
Republic of Macedonia	1991-	Albanian minority.
Hellenic Republic	1974-	Albanian minority.
Republic of Serbia	2006-	Albanian minority.
Montenegro	2006-	Albanian minority.
Italy	1946-	Albanian minority.

References

↑ Mortimer Sellers (4 May 2010). The Rule of Law in Comparative Perspective. Springer. p. 207. ISBN 978-90-481-3748-0. Retrieved 10 May 2012. Dukagjini's princedom, with Lezha as its own capital city, included Zadrima, the areas in north and northeast of Shkodra and was extended in remote areas of present Serbia, having Ulpiana, near Pristina, as the second capital city.