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Gjergj Kastrioti ( c. 1405 – 17 January 1468), commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian feudal lord [ 4][ 5][ 6] and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia . A member of the noble Kastrioti family, he was sent as a hostage to the ...
The National History Museum "Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu"(Albanian: Muzeu Historik Kombëtar "Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu"), also known as the Skanderbeg Museumor the Kruja Museum, is located in Krujëand is one of the most important and visited museums in Albania. The museum was built at the end of the 1970s and was inaugurated on November 1 ...
House of Kastrioti. The Kastrioti were an Albanian noble family, active in the 14th and 15th centuries as the rulers of the Principality of Kastrioti. At the beginning of the 15th century, the family controlled a territory in the Mat and Dibra regions. The most notable member was Gjergj Kastrioti, better known as Skanderbeg, regarded today as ...
The Myth of Skanderbeg is one of the main constitutive myths of Albanian nationalism. [ 1][ 2][ 3] In the late nineteenth century during the Albanian struggle and the Albanian National Awakening, Skanderbeg became a symbol for the Albanians and he was turned into a national Albanian hero and myth. [ 4][ 5][ 6] After the death of Skanderbeg, the ...
Skanderbeg Square. Coordinates: 41°19′42″N 19°49′6″E. / 41.32833°N 19.81833°E / 41.32833; 19.81833. Albania. The Skanderbeg Square ( Albanian: Sheshi Skënderbej) is the main plaza in the centre of Tirana, Albania. The square is named after the Albanian national hero Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu. The total area is about ...
Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu. The Skanderbeg Monument is a monument in the Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania. It commemorates Skanderbeg (1405–1468), the national hero in Albania for resisting the Ottomans . Created by Odhise Paskali, [1] the 11 metres (36 ft) monument was inaugurated in 1968 on the 500th anniversary of the death of ...
1419–1426: ally of Despot Stefan. until 1437: Ottoman vassal. Gjon Kastrioti [a] was an Albanian feudal lord [1] [2] from the House of Kastrioti and the father of Albanian leader Gjergj Kastrioti (better known as Skanderbeg ). He governed the territory between the Cape of Rodon and Dibër and had at his disposal an army of 2,000 horsemen.
Jovan Sterija Popović, author of Serbian Đorđe Kastriotić, 1403–1468, the Greatest Strategian of the World. Skanderbeg is the protagonist of three 18th-century British tragedies: William Havard's Scanderbeg, A Tragedy (1733), George Lillo's The Christian Hero (1735), and Thomas Whincop's Scanderbeg, Or, Love and Liberty (1747).