| Alltuni | |
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| Current region | Central Albania |
| Place of origin | Kavajë |
| Founded | 18th Century |
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| Estate(s) | 25chifliks |
The Alltuni were a wealthy and powerful Albanian feudal family at a time when the present day territory of Albania was under Ottoman rule. For almost two centuries they ruled over the entire region of Kavajë and large parts of the Myzeqe plains.
They self-claimed to be the descendants of an unidentified Kapudan Pasha, a beylerbey and great admiral from Ulqin, who allegedly married a daughter of Sultan Ahmed I.[1] Their great wealth was accumulated through sea trade, especially in the exports of livestock.
The Alltuni made alliances with the Bushatlliu familyofShkodër who later rebelled against the Sublime Porte. Members of this powerful family formed blood ties through marriage with other notable Albanian families such as the Taushani familyofElbasan, the Toptani familyofKrujë, the Karbunara (Shehu) family of Lushnjë and later the Zogolli familyofMat.
In traditional literature, the Alltuni are mentioned in Gjergj Fishta's epic poem Lahuta e malcis (p. 227 – Te ura e sutjeskës).[2]
The origin of the "Alltuni" family name possibly derives from the Ottoman Turkish word altın which means golden.
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| (1090–1443) Medieval Albania |
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| (1205–1479) Despotate of Epirus |
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| (1385–1831) Ottoman Albania |
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| (1479–1844) Venetian Albania |
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| (1583–1953) Other nobility |
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| (1831–present) Renaissance period |
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