 Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Guta rinokosha reValona, riri pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yeAlbania yemazuva ano, rakanga rarwiswa kakawanda pakati pevaByzantine nemasimba akasiyana-siyana eItaly muzana remakore rechi13. Pakupedzisira rakakundwa neByzantium muna c. Pakasvika 1290, yakanga iri imwe yenzvimbo huru dzoumambo muBalkan. Kutonga kweByzantium kwakatora kusvika kuma1340, apo mutongi weSerbia Stefan Dušan, achishandisa hondo yevagari vemo yeByzantium, vakatora Albania. Valona yakawa mukupera kwa1345 kana kutanga kwa1346, uye Dušan akaisa mukwasha wake, John Asen, mukoma waTsar Ivan Alexander weBulgaria, achitarisira Valona seguta rake guru, uye Kanina neBerat senhare dzake huru. Zvisinei, maererano nedzimwe nyanzvi, Dušan akanga atora Valona naKanina kare muna 1337. Kukura kwechiremera chaJohane pamusoro penzvimbo iyi hakuna kujeka; hazvizivikanwe kana aive akaganhurirwa kutonga kwemaguta akavakirirwa aya, kana kuti chiremera chake chaive chakakura, nemachinda akasiyana siyana epakati peAlbania achimuudza semumiriri waDushan. 