The Gropa were a noble Albanian family which ruled the region between Pogradec, Ohrid and Debar from the 12th until the 14th century.

[3] At the beginning of the 13th century, Pal Gropa, an Albanian nobleman, held the Byzantine title of Sevast.

[4] As part of the Kingdom of Albania, Pal Gropa was given extended privileges by Charles I of Naples on May 18, 1273: "nobili viro sevasto Paulo Gropa »casalia Radicis maioris et Radicis minons, пeс non Cobocheste, Zuadigorica, Sirclani et Craye, Zessizan sitam in valle de Ebu".

He joined the Albanian ruler and noble Andrea II Muzaka, and managed to take Kostur, Prilep and the entire Dibër region from Marko by that year.

[8] The Gropa family's descendants were located in Sicily at the end of the 15th century, and would later be found all over southern Italy [4] and in Zakynthos in Greece.