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Skanderbeg
Skanderbeg (1405–1468), born George Castriot, an Albanian national hero and military commander.…
Timeline
- c. 1423–1443Edirne (Ottoman imperial court) · ThraceSkanderbeg entered the court of Ottoman sultan Murad II as a hostage, converted to Islam, took the name İskender Bey, trained in the Ottoman army and rose to the rank of second-in-command, participating in several of the Ottoman Empire's campaigns in the Balkans.
- 1443–1468Krujë · AlbaniaIn 1443 Skanderbeg seized Krujë during the Ottoman defeat at the Battle of Niš and reverted to Christianity. In 1444 he formed the League of Albania centered on the League of Lezhë, thereafter repeatedly defeating Ottoman armies, including at the sieges of Krujë in 1450 and 1466, checking Ottoman expansion in the Balkans. From 1451 to 1460 Skanderbeg held his ground, fighting dozens of engagements against the Ottomans while sustaining the resistance with foreign aid from the Kingdom of Naples and the Roman Curia.
Sources
- 斯坎德培 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%8E%E5%BE%B7%E5%9F%B9
- Scanderbeg: A History of George Castriota and the Albanian Resistance to Islamic Expansion in Fifteenth-century Europe — David Nicolle (2010)