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The Lordship of Mati^[1] (or Matja or Mat)^[2] was hereditary and tribal principality at the territory of north-central Albania. It is named after the Mat River.

In his study about ethnogenesis of the Albanians, Georg Stadtmüller, German historian and Albanologist traced the origin of Albanians back to the region of Matja.^[3] He emphasized that Matja region is, besided high mountains in northern Albania, is the only region where Latin language place names do not exist.^[4]

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At the beginning of the 15th century the Lord of Matja was Gjon Kastrioti, a father of Skanderbeg.^[5] When Skanderbeg began his rebellion against the Ottomans he also captured Mat which, together with some other territories like Kruja, Dibra, etc.., belonged to Skanderbeg's realm.^[6] A synod of Catholic archdiocese was held in Matja in 1462 by Pal Egnelli known for his baptismal formula.^[7]

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^ Tom Winnifrith (1992). Perspectives on Albania. Macmillan Academic and Professional. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-333-51282-1. Retrieved 26 July 2013. An hereditary and tribal principle (with some peculiarities) was ingrained among the northern clans. The ancestral lordship of Mati (north-central Albania)...
^ Henry Fanshawe Tozer (April 2004). Researches in the Highlands of Turkey: Including Visits to Mounts Ida, Athos, Olympus, and Pelion, to the Mirdite Albanians, and Other Remote Tribes. Kessinger Publishing. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-7661-8890-7. Retrieved 25 July 2013. ... the district called the Mat...
^ Robert Elsie (2010). Historical Dictionary of Albania. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 429. ISBN 978-0-8108-6188-6. Retrieved 27 September 2013. The thesis, republished in 1966, traces the origins of the Albanian people back to the Mat region and provides much thought-provoking material for the thorny issue of Albanian ethnogenesis.
^ André Du Nay (1977). The early history of the Rumanian language. Jupiter Press. p. 15. Retrieved 27 September 2013. G. Stadtmuller showed that the district of Mati and the region of the high mountains in northern Albania are the only areas in the western parts of the Balkan peninsula where Latin place-names are absent
^ Franz Babinger (January 1992). Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time. Princeton University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-691-01078-6. Retrieved 25 July 2013. ....his father, lord of the Matja district in Upper Albania...
^ John Musachi (2003). Early Albania: A Reader of Historical Texts, 11th-17th Centuries. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 53. ISBN 978-3-447-04783-8. Retrieved 26 July 2013. quote=Later, Lord Scanderbeg became not only Lord of Mat but also Lord of Kruja, of Dibra and of Birina, i.e. of Randisia, Tomorista, Misia and the Gjonem country down to the sea. {{cite book}}: Missing pipe in: |quote= (help)
^ Robert Elsie (24 December 2012). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B.Tauris. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3. Retrieved 25 July 2013. On his return to Durrës in 1462, Paulus Angelus held a synod in Matja to reorganise his archdiocese. In this connection he is remembered as the author of the baptismal formula he introduced in Albanian, one ofthe rare records ofthe Albanian

[Winnifrith1992-1] Tom Winnifrith (1992). Perspectives on Albania. Macmillan Academic and Professional. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-333-51282-1. Retrieved 26 July 2013. An hereditary and tribal principle (with some peculiarities) was ingrained among the northern clans. The ancestral lordship of Mati (north-central Albania)...

[Tozer2004-2] Henry Fanshawe Tozer (April 2004). Researches in the Highlands of Turkey: Including Visits to Mounts Ida, Athos, Olympus, and Pelion, to the Mirdite Albanians, and Other Remote Tribes. Kessinger Publishing. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-7661-8890-7. Retrieved 25 July 2013. ... the district called the Mat...

[Elsie2010-3] Robert Elsie (2010). Historical Dictionary of Albania. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 429. ISBN 978-0-8108-6188-6. Retrieved 27 September 2013. The thesis, republished in 1966, traces the origins of the Albanian people back to the Mat region and provides much thought-provoking material for the thorny issue of Albanian ethnogenesis.

[Nay1977-4] André Du Nay (1977). The early history of the Rumanian language. Jupiter Press. p. 15. Retrieved 27 September 2013. G. Stadtmuller showed that the district of Mati and the region of the high mountains in northern Albania are the only areas in the western parts of the Balkan peninsula where Latin place-names are absent

[Babinger1992-5] Franz Babinger (January 1992). Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time. Princeton University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-691-01078-6. Retrieved 25 July 2013. ....his father, lord of the Matja district in Upper Albania...

[6] John Musachi (2003). Early Albania: A Reader of Historical Texts, 11th-17th Centuries. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 53. ISBN 978-3-447-04783-8. Retrieved 26 July 2013. quote=Later, Lord Scanderbeg became not only Lord of Mat but also Lord of Kruja, of Dibra and of Birina, i.e. of Randisia, Tomorista, Misia and the Gjonem country down to the sea. {{cite book}}: Missing pipe in: |quote= (help)

[Elsie2012-7] Robert Elsie (24 December 2012). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B.Tauris. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3. Retrieved 25 July 2013. On his return to Durrës in 1462, Paulus Angelus held a synod in Matja to reorganise his archdiocese. In this connection he is remembered as the author of the baptismal formula he introduced in Albanian, one ofthe rare records ofthe Albanian

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