Kastrati (tribe)
Coordinates: 42°17′N 19°26′E / 42.283°N 19.433°E
The Kastrati is a northern Albanian tribe and region in Albania. The Kastrati, together with Hoti, Kelmend and Shkreli are considered highland clans in the region of Malësia. The region is in the Malësi e Madhe District, east and north-east of Bajzë, a small town in Kastrat Municipality. The Kastrati were a fis, a community that is aware of common blood ties and of common history reaching back to one male ancestor, and consisted of one bajrak.
According to a local legend they are descendants of Dedli who was a brother of Grča, the ancestor of Kuči. It was also recorded that Alexius Kastrati, a lord of three villages, had in 1403 received a gift from the governor of Scutari. In a work of Jovan Cvijić it was recorded that in one of the villages (Kamenicë) of the Kastrati region the majority of the population were Orthodox Serbs. Cvijić also recorded that the Kastrati themselves have a story about their mixed Albanian and Serbian origin. The region had 300 Catholic and 200 Muslim households. According to the founding legend of the clan, 300 houses descend from a Delti or Dedli Bratoshi from Drekalovići of Kuči, while 200 houses descend from Slavs, Totović, Petrović and Pelović family who were living on the territory before arrival of Delti. The Petrović family is said to be related to the Petrović-Njegoš dynasty.
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