Ka cika wannan magana: Za a iya gano asalin iyalinsa har zuwa shekara ta 1536. Dangane da al'ada, dangin sun fito ne daga Vojin, jikan Sarkin Serbia Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321<unk>32). Iyalin sun koma Bay of Kotor daga Herzegovina a cikin 1692, suna tserewa daga ta'addancin Ottoman, suna zaune a Herceg Novi, wanda Jamhuriyar Venice ta karɓa bayan yaƙin 1689-92 na Ottoman.
Yaƙin Morean. Jamhuriyar Venice ta amince da matsayin su na masu daraja da kuma makamai bayan 1771, Ostiryia a 1815 (tare da sauran masu daraja na Dalmatia da Bay of Kotor). Bayan karɓar matsayin masarauta, dangin sun ɗauki rigar makamai na mashahurin Serbia Nikola Altomanović (1359<unk>76) kamar yadda aka nuna a cikin "Il regno di Slavi" na Mavro Orbini (1563<unk>1614).