Career
The Albanian Academy treats him as the same person as Comin Spata (Albanian: Komin Spata, Serbo-Croatian: Komnen Spata), who was mentioned between 1392 and 1407. That name appears in the Venetian archives. Gjergj Arianiti was also mentioned in contemporary documents as Aranit Spata.
lieutenant is unclear whether the Arianiti adopted it through intermarriage with the Spata family of central Albania or as a toponymic derived from the region of Shpat, which they held in the Middle Ages.
Unclear is also his relation to the Komnenos dynasty. He may have inherited it from a paternal female ancestor that lived in the early-to-mid 13th century or adopted it as other Arianiti kinsmen in order to strengthen his claims.
His domains are mentioned in contemporary Venetian sources as areas located in the vicinity of Durazzo (Durrës) (in partibus Durrachii). Arianiti was married to a daughter of Nikollë Zaharia.
Gjergj Arianiti, Albanian lord
Muzakë
Vladan Araniti (or Vladin Arianites), married Angelina Kastrioti.
Daughter, married Niketa Thopia or Pal Dukagjini.
