Name
His name is most commonly known in the Albanian form, Gjergj Arianiti, in English George Arianite or George Araniti. His full name was George Araniti Thopia Comneni. His name in Slavic form was "Golem Arianit Komnenovic", and a 1452 document referring to him as "Golemi Arenit Comninovich de Albania". Another form of his surname, Harianites, is used in a French document of the Charles VII era.
He shared a distant relation from his great grandmother with the famous Byzantine Komnenos dynasty, originating in Paphlagonia, Asia Minor. He was thus often referred to as Gjergj Arianit Komneni.
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