Albano Contarini

Albano Contarini was a Venetian nobleman and governor of Athens from 1395 to 1397. He was born to a Venetian father of the Contarini family and an Albanian mother from Avlona (Vlorë). He tried to buy Vlorë from Komnina, the wife of Balša II.[1] By July 18, 1399 Albano Contarini had been appointed podestà and captain of Nauplia and was to take over what was left of the government of Argos.[2]

References
  1. Blushi, B. (2011). Otello, Arapi i Vlorës: roman. MAPO Editions. ISBN 9789995639600. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  2. K.M. Setton (1975). Athens in the Middle Ages. Рипол Классик. pp. 261–. ISBN 978-5-88501-407-6.
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