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	Skanderbeg - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Gjergj Kastrioti (George Kastrioti) (1405, Kruja - January 17, 1468, Lezha), better known as Skanderbeg, is the most prominent figure in the history of Albania.
		Obliged by the Ottomans to pay tribute to the Empire, and to ensure the fidelity of local rulers, Gjon Kastrioti's sons were taken by the Sultan to his court.
		In 1423, Gjergj Kastrioti and his three brothers were thus taken by the Turks.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/s/k/a/Skanderbeg.html (2774 words)

	Gjergj Kastrioti-Skanderbeg Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Kidnapped by the Ottoman Turks at a young age, Albanian freedom fighter Gjergj Kastrioti-Skanderbeg was raised under Islam and trained as a general within the ranks of the Turkish military before fleeing his captors and reconverting to Christianity in 1443.
		To assure the loyalty of Albanian princes such as Kastrioti, Sultan Murad II established a practice of kidnapping the sons of royalty and raising them in the court of Adrianopel (now Edirne, Turkey) to become loyal Turks.
		In 1443, at the same time the 41-year-old Kastrioti- Skanderbeg broke his political allegiance to the Ottomans, he renouncing the Turkish faith of Islam and reconverted to the Roman Catholic faith of his father.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-gjergj-kastrioti-skanderbeg (1720 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Born in Krujë, Skanderbeg was a descendant of the Kastrioti family, who were one of the principal families in what was then called Arbëria (today Albania).
		Later Hamza Kastrioti was captured in the battlefield by Skanderbeg himself, and imprisoned in the castle of Krujë.
		In 2006, a statue of Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg was unveiled on the grounds of St. Paul's Albanian Catholic Community in Rochester Hills, Michigan, making it the first Skanderbeg statue in the United States.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Gjergj_Kastrioti (3392 words)

	Welcome to Kruje,Albania - Albanian Canadian League Information Service (ACLIS) Presentation
		The youngest of Gjon Kastrioti's four sons, Gjergj, was sent with his three brothers as a hostage to the Sultan at Constantinople in 1415.
		Gjergj Kastrioti (1405—January 17, 1468), better known as Skanderbeg or Skenderbej, was an Albanian leader who resisted the expanding Ottoman Empire for 25 years and is today considered a national hero of Albania.
		The Kastrioti or Castriota family, of Albanian origin, begins with certainty with John Castriota, lord of Mat and Vumenestia, who died in 1443.
	albca.com /albania/kruje.html (2971 words)

	Gjergj Kastrioti - Skenderbeu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Gjergj Kastrioti, që muer famë me mbiemrin Skënderbe, ishte djali ma i vogël i Gjon Kastriotit, kryetari i nji prej familjeve princore ma të fuqishme të Shqipnis së Mesme.
		Gjergj Kastrioti ishte i pamëshirshëm me anmiqtë por gjithmonë i gatshëm me falë ata që i kishin ba keq dhe që i kërkonin ndjesë.
		Gjergj Kastrioti ishte nji Katolik i divotshëm dhe i frymëzuem nga forca morale që ngriti valën e Kryqzatave në shekujt e maparshëm.
	www.zemrashqiptare.net /Shqiperia/FiguraTeShquara/GjergjKastrioti.htm (10127 words)

	Skanderbeg - Definition, explanation
		Gjergj Kastrioti (1405, Kruja, January 17, 1468, Lezha) better known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian prince who united the Albanian tribes of Epirus, Albania and a montenegrin tribe in resisting the expanding Ottoman Empire for 25 years.
		In 1423, Gjergj Kastrioti and his three brothers were taken by the Turks.
		Ludvig Holberg's beskrivelse af Skanderbeg i Heltehistorier (Gjerg Kastrioti fra Albanien) Ludvig Holberg's beskrivelse af Skanderbeg i Heltehistorier (Gjerg Kastrioti fra Albanien)
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/sk/skanderbeg.php (1993 words)

	Gjergj Kastrioti - Skenderbeu - Heroi yne kombetar - Parajsa.com
		Gjergj Kastrioti, qe muer fame me mbiemrin Skenderbe, ishte djali ma i vogel i Gjon Kastriotit, kryetari i nji prej familjeve princore ma te fuqishme te Shqipnis se Mesme.
		Gjergj Kastrioti, që muer famë me mbiemrin Skënderbe, ishte djali ma i vogël i Gjon Kastriotit, kryetari i nji prej familjeve princore ma të fuqishme të Shqipnis së Mesme.
		Gjergj Kastrioti ishte nji Katolik i divotshëm dhe i frymëzuem nga forca morale që ngriti valën e Kryqzatave në shekujt e maparshëm.
	www.parajsa.com /dossier/gjergj-kastrioti-skenderbeu.php (11290 words)

	Skanderbeg Summary
		Born in Krujë, Skanderbeg was a descendant of the Kastriotis, who were one of the principal families in what was called then, Arberia (today Albania).
		A reason of this defeat of Scanderbeg's army, was the betrayal of his nephew, Hamza Kastrioti who was an officer of Scanderbeg's cavalry that passed on the Ottoman side with other Albanian forces and gave the Ottomans important information about the locatin and the organization of the Albanian troops.
		Later Hamza Kastrioti was captured in the battlefield by Scanderbeg himself, and imprisoned in the castle of Krujë.
	www.bookrags.com /Skanderbeg (5052 words)

	Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu
		Gjergj Kastrioti, që muer famë me mbiemrin Skënderbe, ishte djali ma i vogël i Gjon Kastriotit, kryetari i nji prej familjeve princore ma të fuqishme të Shqipnis së Mesme.
		Gjergj Kastrioti ishte i pamëshirshëm me anmiqtë por gjithmonë i gatshëm me falë ata që i kishin ba keq dhe që i kërkonin ndjesë.
		Gjergj Kastrioti ishte nji Katolik i divotshëm dhe i frymëzuem nga forca morale që ngriti valën e Kryqzatave në shekujt e maparshëm.
	vl.netfirms.com /skenderbeu.htm (10137 words)

	info: Gjergj_Kastrioti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		George Kastrioti (born Gjergj Kastrioti, May 6 (disputed), 1405 - January 17, 1468), better known as Skanderbeg (Turkish:Ä°skender Bey), is one of the most prominent historical figures in the history of Albania and the Albanian people.
		Born in DibÃ«r, Skanderbeg was a descendant of the Kastriotis family, who were one of the principal families in what was then called Arberia (today Albania).
		Gjergj Kastrioti SkenderbegGj ergj K astrioti- S kenderbeg (1405-1468) Gjergj (Albanian: George) Kastrioti was born in Kruja from Gjon Kastrioti, lord of Middle Albania, who was obliged by...
	www.napoli-pizza.net /Gjergj_Kastrioti.html (3700 words)

	Qendra e Shtypit, Botimeve dhe Përkthimeve Ushtarake
		Reliktet e Gjergj Kastriotit (mburoja, përkrenarja dhe njëfarë mburoje e kalit) nuk kanë dalë ndonjëherë nga Muzeu i Armëve dhe Instrumenteve në Vienë.
		Gjergj Kastrioti e kaloi fëmijërinë dhe rininë në oborrin e sulltanit.
		Gjergj Kastrioti, kur u mor peng në oborrin e sulltanit, ka qenë vetëm 9 vjeç.
	scanderbeg.dk /articles/Ushtria-051014-03.htm (3924 words)

	Scanderbeg And His 25 Year Rebellion! - Ancient Roman Empire Forums
		Gjergj Kastrioti (1405—January 17, 1468), better known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian prince who united the Albanian tribes of Epirus, Albania and a Slavic tribe from Montenegro in resisting the expanding Ottoman Empire for 25 years.
		Hamza Kastrioti, on the other hand, had spent 14 years as the right hand of Skanderbeg, and new every military tactic that his uncle had ever employed in his war against the Ottomans.
		The only serious defense was mounted by Hamza Kastrioti, who knew, that not matter what had happened during the last three months, Skanderbeg could not have mustered more than 11,000 soldiers there.
	www.unrv.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=1729&mode=linearplus (4224 words)

	ACLIS - Albanian Canadian League Information Service - A logistic office of Albanian Canadian League -
		Gjergj Kastrioti (Italian: Giorgio Castriota) (1405 - January 17, 1468), better known as Skanderbeg or Skenderbej, was an Albanian leader who resisted the expanding Ottoman Empire for 25 years and is today considered a national hero of Albania.
		He was born in Krujë, Albania; his father was an Albanian nobleman, Gjon Kastrioti (Giovanni Castriota), lord of Middle Albania, and his mother was Vojsava.
		The Kastrioti family are from the Northern Alps of Albania.
	www.albca.com /aclis/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=284 (1003 words)

	Advocates for Kosova Independence (AKI) - A Bravenet.com Forum
		Gjergj Kastrioti returned in Albania (Kruja) and fought his glorious battles there along with Albanian nobels.
		According to you, Gjergj Kastrioti is a serb...
		He posed resistence to Gjergj Kastrioti's army which ran to join the Crusaiders in Minor Asia but was too late.
	pub33.bravenet.com /forum/2761509579/fetch/384710 (349 words)

	Home Page for the Albanian American Student Organization
		In keeping with that spirit, the Gjergj Kastrioti Scholarship Fund was established and proudly states that in only our second year of existence has awarded four scholarships to worthy recipients.
		This fund is made possible by the continuous efforts of the AASO and generous contributions of the Albanian community.
		Both chapters, and other future chapters, will work together in promoting a greater fellowship between Albanian students, promoting our culture and heritage, and helping Gjergj Kastrioti Scholarship Fund in assisting deserving Albanian students to achieve their educational goals.
	www.oakland.edu /org/aaso/Overview.htm (248 words)

	Welcome to Frosina.org :: An Albanian Immigrant and Cultural Resource
		The Double-Headed Eagle is the emblem of Albania, and its placement in fl at the center of a crimson-red field became the national flag of Albania during the early part of the 20th century.
		Yet few people know that the Double-Headed Eagle was also Scanderbeg's personal standard in the15th century as well as that of the Kastrioti clan from which he was descended.
		The revolt's astonishing achievements have ever since inspired and heartened Albanians everywhere they are located in the world.
	www.frosina.org /about/infobits.asp?id=159 (334 words)

	Giovanni Armillotta: The Arbëreshët, the Christian Albanian emigration to Italy
		The intensification of the relationship between the kingdom of the two Sicilys and that of the Albania of Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeg soon helped Ferdinando I il Bastardo (1458-94) in his fight against Angioni, obtaining lands in Puglia.
		Skenderbeg (1405-68) until his death fought to ensure the freedom of his country in an epoch during which the Ottoman Turks threatened the entire West from the gates of Vienna (in a museum in that city to this day, Skenderbeg's helmet and his sword are still preserved).
		In 1470 after the marriage of Irena Kastrioti to the prince of Bisognano (a great feudal lord of Calabria), many of the Albanians of Puglia moved with the noble Irena to the land of her consort, thus populating Macchia Albanese, San Cosmo Albanese, San Demetrio Corone, San Giorgio Albanese, Spezzano Albanese and Vacarizzo Albanese.
	foreignaffairs.tripod.com /armillotta/albania01_frosina.html (1219 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - Albania
		George Kastrioti was unanimously elected as its Leader and as Commander of the joint armies.
		Gjergj rebelled in 1443 but Hassan Bey was already "in charge" since 1442.
		I understand Gjon died in 1442 and the news was received by his son in or before spring 1443 but in 1443 for sure (and certainly last quarter of 1442 then for the death).
	forum.paradoxplaza.com /forum/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=152764 (2248 words)

	Shkodra
		Born in 1405, he was truly a great man: a prince, a lawgiver, a warrior, a leader, a diplomat, the soul of a nation, who embodied the legend that exemplifies the indomitable spirit of the majestic eagle, the soaring bird that represented his family principality and symbolizes the Albanian nation!
		On 28 November 1443, Kastrioti returned to his homeland, seized his father’s fortress, raised his family’s principality banner (a fl double-headed eagle on a bloody red background) and, at a later date, converted back to his faith of origin - Catholicism.
		Kastrioti’s valiant crusade for faith rightfully earned him the title Champion of Christendom bestowed upon by Pope Nicholas V (1455-1458) and Athleta Christi by Popes Calixtus II (1455-1458), Pius II (1458-1464), and Paul II Therefore, as Albanian Catholics, especially from the Great Highlands of Shkodra, we owe our very faith to Kastrioti.
	www.shkoder.net /fjala/2006/fgrishaj.htm (4427 words)

	Gjergj Kastrioti
		Ndërsa më poshtë argumentoi “Gjergj Kastrioti, u tregon shqiptarëve si asokohe edhe tashti se janë të aftë të bëjnë punë të mëdha dhe se bashkimi është i mundur edhe kur larushia është e pasur.
		Gjergj Kastrioti, ishte djali i katërt i Gjonit dhe lindi në Mat ne vitin 1405, sipas At M. Barletit, i cili u muar peng në moshë të vogël (gjashtë vjeç, po sipas At Barletit), u stërvit e luftoi në ushtrinë e sulltanit, duke arritur të merrte gradën e gjeneralit.
		Epoka e Gjergj Kastriotit, përfaqëson një nga elementët kryesore që përbën boshtin e vet-identifikimit kolektiv të shqiptarëve, që i kanë bërë ata të ndjehen një komb i vetëm.
	www.shpresa.com /shpresa76/gjergjkastriot.htm (2433 words)

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		Sipas dokumentavet më të pranuarshme, Gjon Kastrioti, pasi zotëroi Dibrën dhe Matin, e shtriu sundimin e tij gjer në rrethet e Tiranës dhe, nga anë e detit, gjer në Shufadajë të Leshit, duke përfshirë kështu të tërë principatën e vjetër t'Arbërisë.
		Kjo fitore e Gjergj Aranitit bëri bujë lartushtuëse n'Evropë dhe ngjalli shpresa të reja, sepse ishte e para herë që një ushtëri e madhe turke dërrmohej në një mënyrë t'atillë prej një ushtërie të krishtere.
		Gjergj Araniti iu bëri ballë deri më 1435.
	www.ermenji.org /historia/chap6.html (2157 words)

	Albania
		The current national flag of Albania is said to have been his flag and his helmet was and is still shown on several Albanian symbols.
		Jean Kastrioti took control around 1400 of the region spreading from Tirana and Shkodra after a long struggle against the Balsha and Thopia family.
		Jean Kastrioti was defeated in 1422 by the Ottoman Sultan Muhrat II (1421-1451) and has to give him his son Georges as an hostage.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/al.html (2294 words)

	Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), 98-01-17
		The President of Albania, Rexhep Meidani, members of the Government, the representative of the Republic of Kosove in Tirane, representatives of the Diplomatic Corps in Albania and of religious communities, placed bouquets of flowers in the obelisk devoted to the National League and in the Memorial of Scanderbeg.
		Gjergj Kastrioti, named Skender by the Turks (as they called the Great Alexander) fought for 25 years in succession against Ottoman armies, becoming an insurmountable barrier for the extension of their domination in Europe.
		ROME, Jan 17 (ATA) - By Ilenja Mehilli: The Albanian National Hero Gjergj Kastrioti - Scanderbeg was commemorated on January 17, 1998 in Rome.
	www.hri.org /cgi-bin/brief?/news/balkans/ata/1998/98-01-17.ata.html (4907 words)

	BALKAN UPDATE: Gjergj Kastrioti “Skenderbeg”
		Gjergj Kastrioti lived and died for what he firmly believed were the sacred values of faith, virtue, honor, freedom, courage, and love of country.
		Kastrioti was the son of an Albanian prince, Gjon Kastrioti, who ruled the Albanian lands in the Balkan Peninsula at the end of the 14th century and the beginning of the fifteenth century.
		Here, Gjergj was sent to the Ottoman military academy where he excelled in all ways and adopted the Moslem alias “Iskender Bey,” or Lord Alexander after Alexander the Great.
	www.balkanupdate.com /2005/12/gjergj-kastrioti-skenderbeg.html (2075 words)

	Skanderbeg information - Search.com
		George Kastrioti (Gjergj Kastrioti) (1405 - January 17 1468), better known as Skanderbeg, is the most prominent figure in the history of Albania.
		His father was an Albanian lord of the Kastrioti family.
		Born in Krujë, Skanderbeg was a descendant of the Kastriotis, who were one of the principal families in what was called then, Arberia (today Albania).
	www.search.com /reference/Skanderbeg (3187 words)

	Konjak Skenderbeu
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	www.konjakskenderbeu.com.al /?fq=shqip&gj=en (267 words)

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		The youngest of Gjon Kastrioti's four sons, Gjergj, was sent with his three brothers as a hostage to the Sultan at Constantinople in 1415.
		He impressed his tutors at the military school he attended and they gave him the title "Skender-beg" for the valour on the field of battle.
		As the Turks retreated near Nish on 3 November 1443, Gjergj withdrew his nephew Hamza and 300 Albanian horsemen and headed for Dib'r and then Kruj'.
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