Skanderbeg's Defense of Krujë (1466–1467)

Name: Skanderbeg's Defense of Krujë (1466–1467)
Start: 1466
End: 1467

Type Event Region Albania Time 1466–1467

In 1466–1467, Albanian leader Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg repelled Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II's large-scale sieges of Krujë Castle;…

Timeline

1466–1467Krujë Castle · AlbaniaIn summer 1466 Mehmed II personally led a large army against Krujë; failing to take it, he left Ballaban Pasha to continue the blockade and built the Elbasan fortress. Skanderbeg harassed Ottoman supply lines in the mountains and sought aid in Italy; after Ballaban was killed in April 1467 the siege was broken, and Skanderbeg entered Krujë on April 23.
1467–1468Krujë and surrounding mountains · AlbaniaIn summer 1467 Mehmed II again personally campaigned against Krujë but withdrew without taking the city. Skanderbeg continued to operate from Krujë with limited aid from the Papacy, Naples, and Venice; he died of illness at Lezhë on January 17, 1468. Krujë finally fell in 1478.

Siege of Krujë (1466–1467) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kruj%C3%AB_(1466%E2%80%9367)
Skanderbeg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjergj_Kastrioti_Skanderbeg