Skanderbeg - Wikipedia
Gjergj Kastrioti (c. 1405 – 17 January 1468), commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian feudal lord [2][3][4] and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia.
Skanderbeg | History, Albanian Leader & National Hero | Britannica
Skanderbeg (born 1405, northern Albania—died Jan. 17, 1468, Lezhë, Albania) was the national hero of the Albanians. A son of John (Gjon) Kastrioti, prince of Emathia, George was early given as hostage to the Turkish sultan.
Skanderbeg's rebellion - Wikipedia
Skanderbeg's rebellion (Albanian: Kryengritja e Skënderbeut) was an almost 25-year long anti-Ottoman rebellion led by the Albanian military commander Skanderbeg in what is today Albania and its neighboring countries.
Historiography of Skanderbeg - Wikipedia
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). [56]
Skanderbeg - the Albanian Strategic Genius - Strategos History
2022年11月27日 · In 1448 - after years of winning smaller skirmishes - Scanderbeg held the fortress of Svetigrad with just 12 000 men against 80 000 Ottomans. Two years later, Scanderbeg repeated his defensive success at the first siege of Kruje.
Scanderbeg: A History of George Castriota and the Albanian …
2017年11月21日 · This book delivers a thorough account of the life of the medieval Albanian military commander George Castriot Scanderbeg and paints a truly fascinating picture of a key period in world history -- that moment when the Byzantine Empire came to …
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Scanderbeg | Encyclopedia.com
2016年8月24日 · Scanderbeg or Skanderbeg (both: skăn´dərbĕg), c.1404–1468, Albanian national hero. His original name was George Castriota or Kastriotes, but the Ottomans called him Iskender Bey, and this was corrupted into Scanderbeg.
2008 | Oliver Jens Schmitt: Scanderbeg: an Uprising and its Leader
That the figure of George Castriota, known as Scanderbeg (1405-1468), is of major importance for the identity of the Albanians is seen in the fierce controversy that arose over the publication of a new biography on Scanderbeg by Swiss historian Oliver Jens Schmitt (b. 1973), professor at the University of Vienna.
Scanderbeg : a History of George Castriota and the Albanian …
The struggle of the Albanian people led by George Castriota Scanderbeg to defend Europe against the assault of the Ottoman Turks has been much celebrated. For a quarter of a century, from 1443 until his death in 1468, he used his military prowess to thwart the efforts of the most powerful Empire in the world at the time to subdue his tiny country.
The History of the Life and Deeds of Scanderbeg, the Prince of …
Scanderbeg, the son of a noble family, was taken hostage at a young age by the Ottoman sultan, Murad II. In 1443, Scanderbeg turned against the Ottomans and led the military campaign that drove the Turks from Albania. He maintained Albania's independence for 25 years, but after his death opposition to the Turks collapsed.