Andrea II Muzaka

Andrea II Muzaka (c. 1318–1372) inherited the Muzaka principality from his father Theodore I about 1331 and carried it to its greatest extent. He rose against Byzantine rule in southern Albania in 1335–1341 and in 1336 swore fealty to the Angevin king of Naples, which recognized him as Despot of the Kingdom of Albania.

When Stefan Dušan's Serbia overran the country, he led the resistance and in 1350 retook Berat. After Dušan's empire collapsed, Andrea and King Vukašin both claimed Kastoria's lands; Andrea won at Pelister in 1369, and the Byzantine emperor named him Despot of Epirus.

He adopted a double-headed eagle under a star as his arms, and in 1371 seized Kastoria from Prince Marko. He died in 1372, ruling from the Adriatic to Kastoria.