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    13 hours ago · Skanderbeg. Gjergj Kastrioti ( c. 1405 – 17 January 1468), commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian feudal lord 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 ...

  2. 3 days ago · The Battle of Torvioll, also known as the Battle of Lower Dibra, was fought on 29 June 1444 on the Plain of Torvioll, in what is modern-day Albania. Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg was an Ottoman Albanian general who decided to go back to his native land and take the reins of a new Albanian League against the Ottoman Empire.

    • 29 June 1444
    • Albanian victory
  3. 3 days ago · Skanderbeg initiated the League of Lezhë in 1444 by bringing together prominent Albanian noble families in the city of Lezhë. Proclaiming himself "Chief of the League of the Albanian People", Skanderbeg secured the support of the Albanian nobility to form a united front against the Ottoman Empire .

  4. 1 day ago · Up ahead, Kulla e Sahatit is a 35-metre-high clock tower that has told time since 1822. Make peace with both heights and confined stairwells because a climb to the top of this Ottoman-era monument is rewarded with views over Skanderbeg Square and beyond.

  5. 3 days ago · Skanderbeg, der unbesiegbare Herrscher der Albaner, wurde einstimmig zum Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres der „Heiligen Liga“ gewählt. Jedes Mitglied des Bündnisses konnte den Umfang der finanziellen und militärischen Unterstützung frei bestimmen.

  6. 4 days ago · The Ottoman Turks invaded Albania in 1388 and completed the occupation of the country about four decades later (1430). But after 1443 an Albanian of military genius—Gjergj Kastrioti (1405–68), known as Skanderbeg —rallied the Albanian princes and succeeded in driving the occupiers out.

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