The Albanian door of Topiajve is encountered for the first time in an agreement of Charles I of Anjou with some Albanian feudal lords.
In this document, alongside other Albanian doors, the knight (miles) Topia (Theopia) is mentioned. In 1338, from this door we know Tanush Topina, with the title of count, who owned the lands from Mati to Shkumbin in the Kingdom of Arberia.
The Pope of Rome also recognized the title of count, so the Topiaj were connected to the faith of the Latin Christian rite during the century. XIV. Gjin Muzaka in the genealogy drawn up in 1510 mentions Andrea Topina who kidnapped the daughter of King Robert Anzhu of Naples.
Andrea Topia and the French had two sons: Karli and Gjergji. Andrew's first successor continued to own his father's territories in the south of the principality.
The other branch of the Topiaj, with Gjergji at the head, in the war to survive against the Venetian state, owned the plains of Tirana, extending northward to the port of the Ismi estuary.
The early coat of arms of the Topiai is azure with a golden lion, raised on its hind legs, which holds a golden sword raised aloft. In the right corner of the forehead is a silver lotus.