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	Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeg
		Skenderbeg's military successes evoked a good deal of interest and admiration of the Papal state, Venice and Naples, themselves threatened by the growing Ottoman power across the Adriatic.
		As an active defender of the Christian cause in the Balkans, Skenderbeg was also closely involved with the politics of four Popes, one of them being Pius II (1458-1464) or Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, the Renaissance humanist, writer and diplomat.
		Skenderbeg's posthumous renown was by no means confined to his own country.
	www.geocities.com /spiritofalbania/skenderbeg (772 words)

	:: Tirane Attractions ::
		Tracing Albanian history through the centuries, the National History Museum's timeline halls are dedicated to sequential eras, including the first-known inhabitants, the Illyrians, the Roman Empire, the Ottomans and Communist rule.
		Historical accounts are presented in English along with visuals and artifacts, including a reproduction of Skenderbeg's famed goat's head helmet and two-man sword.
		Tirana's main square and one of Tirana's most frequented points of interest, Skenderbeg Square is steeped in history.
	www.tirane.com /attractions (261 words)

	Beer2go launches Skenderbeg for the Albanian folk hero's 600th birthday - UK & Ireland - Beer Advocate
		Skenderbeg was born Gjergi Kastrioti in the middle Albanian town of Kruja.
		Skenderbeg distinguished himself in battle and was eventually made a general in the Turkish army.
		Skenderbeg reunited the Albanian princes under his command and for the next 25 years successfully prevented Albanian from being recaptured by the Turkish army.
	www.beeradvocate.com /forum/read.php?thread=460245&id=460245 (512 words)

	The Frosina Forum: Scanderbeg beer??
		Skenderbeg was born Gjergi Kastrioti in the middle Albanian town of Kruja.
		Skenderbeg distinguished himself in battle and was eventually made a general in the Turkish army.
		Skenderbeg successfully reunited the Albanian princes under his command and for the next 25 years successfully prevented Albanian from being recaptured by the Turkish army, before dying of natural causes in 1468.
	www.frosina.org /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1786 (487 words)

	Albanian Information - Albanian.com
		Skenderbeg's personal magnetism ensured that those Albanians fit to take up arms were armed and ready for combat, a total of 17,500 at the most, who were thus outnumbered by five to one.
		After the death of Skenderbeg from natural causes in 1468, the citadel of Kruj' defeated the Turks for more then ten years under the direction of Lek' Dugagjin till at 16 june 1478 when it fell definitively to the Sultan Mehmet.
		Half-hearted attempts were made by the Turks to rebuild sections of the castle, after they have tightened their grip on the countryside, for they realised that sudden Balkan uprisings could overwhelm their government, and a defenceless castle is a doubtful asset to a ruling class.
	albanian.com /main/countries/albania/kruja/index.html (801 words)

	Skenderbeg - The Beer
		Skenderbeg was born Gjergi Kastrioti in the middle Albanian town of Kruja.
		Skenderbeg distinguished himself in battle and was eventually made a general in the Turkish army.
		Skenderbeg successfully reunited the Albanian princes under his command and for the next 25 years successfully prevented Albanian from being recaptured by the Turkish army, before dying of natural causes in 1468.
	www.real-ale.net /beer2go/skenderbeg (414 words)

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		Skenderbeg was distinguished as one of the best officers in several Ottoman campaignes both in Asia Minor and in Europa, and the Sultan appointed him General.
		After Skenderbeg's death from natural causes in 1468 in Lezha, his soldies resisted the Turks for the next 12 years.
		Skenderbeg today is the National Hero of Albania and all albaniens people oll over the world.
	www.angelfire.com /al/majlinda/engskand.html (345 words)

	Beer2go launches Skenderbeg for the Albanian folk hero's 600th birthday - Beer Advocate
		Skenderbeg was born Gjergi Kastrioti in the middle Albanian town of Kruja.
		Skenderbeg distinguished himself in battle and was eventually made a general in the Turkish army.
		Skenderbeg reunited the Albanian princes under his command and for the next 25 years successfully prevented Albanian from being recaptured by the Turkish army.
	beeradvocate.com /news/stories_read/f-460245 (481 words)

	Skenderbeg - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Skenderbeg, in Turkish Iskender Bey, real name Gjergj Kastrioti (1403?-1468), Albanian chief and national hero.
		Come what may, I am the friend of virtue and not of fortune.
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	encarta.msn.com /Skenderbeg.html (115 words)

	Skenderbeg
		Skenderbeg's sister Mara was married to Stefan Crnojevic, lord of Zeta, who with the Zetans helped Skenderbeg for 24 years in the wars against the Turks.
		"Skenderbeg's family was of Serb descent" and married to Danica daughter of Vojvoda Golem.
		According to Albanian Pirro Misha, Skenderbeg, as Albanians know him or think they know him, is nothing more than a myth: a mixture of historical facts, truths and half-truths, inventions and folklore The Albanian nationalist elites have turned Skenderbeg into the basis for the myth of ‘continuous resistance’.
	slavija.proboards37.com /index.cgi?board=general&action=print&thread=1162885214 (5308 words)

	Skenderbeg-A Serb « Serbian National Front
		Consequently, Skenderbeg became simply the national hero of all Albanians, the embodiment of the myth of ‘continuous resistance’ against their numerous foes over the centuries.
		It is well known that Skenderbeg’s mother was Vojislava was the daughter of the Serb ruler of Polog.
		Skenderbeg’s sister Mara was married to Stefan Crnojevic, lord of Zeta, who with the Zetans helped Skenderbeg for 24 years in the wars against the Turks.
	serbiannationalist.wordpress.com /2007/02/19/skenderbeg-a-serb (2220 words)

	Alban Kraja
		Skenderbeg, re degli albanesi, immobile sul suo cavallo, un arabo purosangue di colore bianco, osserva il suo esercito che, dalle navi ancorate nella rada, continua lo sbarco sulla spiaggia di Trani.
		Pio II e' grato a Skenderbeg anche per un prezioso contingente di trecento valenti cavalieri albanesi inviato a Roma nel '59 dal re a difesa del Santo padre.
		Skenderbeg si china sulla criniera del cavallo e continua a seguire lo sbarco delle sue truppe sulla spiaggia di Trani.
	www.albacenter.it /albart/shqip/kraja/campagna1.htm (2302 words)

	Carl Kosta Savich: Albanian Skenderbeg SS Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In Jun,1944, The Skenderbeg Waffen SS Mountain Division engaged in large-scale field maneuvers in the area between the towns of Berane and Adrijevica in Monte Negro (Crna Gora).
		The battle group “Skenderbeg” and Prinz Eugen held the Vardar area because it was the sole corridor of escape for the retreating German armies in Alexander Loehr's Army Group E, which was retreating from Greece and Aegean Islands.
		The Skenderbeg division engaged in a policy of ethnic cleansing and genocide against the Serbian Orthodox Christian populations of the regions under occupation by the division in Kosovo and Metohija, Montenegro, and southern Serbia.
	freeserbs.org /lat?a=e&doc=/~mladich/Kosmet/skenderbeg (2554 words)

	Durres, Albania - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		In 1443, when he learned that Albania had revolted against the Turks, Skenderbeg deserted and returned to his native land.
		In 1461, Skenderbeg, with the aid of Pope Pius II and the governments of Venice, Naples, and Hungary, forced the Turks to accept a 10-year armistice.
		When Skenderbeg abrogated the armistice in 1463, he was forced to fight Turkey without the aid of his former allies, and shortly after his death, Albania was defeated.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /durres_albania.htm (436 words)

	KRUJE
		The two major forces of 8 000 each were split up, the first under Skenderbeg to harry the near of the Ottoman army once it had encamped below Kruja, and the other forming small bands of guerrilleros to ambush, raid, and snipe at the Turkish caravan on its cumbersome trail from Macedonia.
		Since Murad II realised that his troops would mutiny if ordered to withstand the hostile winter encamped in a trap below Kruja, after four and a half months he retreated with loses estimated at more than twenty thousand - that is exceeding the strength of the whole Albanian army.
		Kruja under the direction of Skenderbeg defeated the turkish army lead by the Sultan Mehmet etc. for a quarter of a century.
	members.tripod.com /armendhereni/id62.html (717 words)

	Hardania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The leader of the country, Skenderbeg, was once given to the Uruks with his three brothers as hostages from his father John Kastriota.
		As a boy he was given to the Uruks in the “blood tax” and educated in the Uruk city of Mursa and given leadership roles for his bravery and valor.
		Skenderbeg has also developed a relationship with the magic guild and has several guild houses in the country and one transmuter university located in Durazzo.
	users.erinet.com /48096/Regions/Hardania.html (2493 words)

	BALKAN UPDATE: Gjergj Kastrioti “Skenderbeg”
		Skenderbeg’s excellent academic and military record caught the eye of the Sultan, who gave him the rank of general even before reaching twenty years of age.
		Skenderbeg’s military successes against the enemies of the Ottoman Empire became legendary, as were the decorations and gifts bestowed on him after each incredible triumph.
		Skenderbeg sensed the danger to him and to his father’s people and decided to seize the moment in November 1443, when he was sent on a military excursion to defeat the Hungarians led by another great freedom fighter (and thorn in the side of the Sultan), Janos Hunyadi.
	www.balkanupdate.com /2005/12/gjergj-kastrioti-skenderbeg.html (2074 words)

	Ottoman Conquest - History - Albania - Europe
		Kastrioti, popularly known as Skenderbeg, successfully resisted Ottoman control for 25 years with military help from Rome, Naples, and Venice.
		Albanian resistance collapsed after Skenderbeg’s death, and the Ottomans reoccupied the country by 1506.
		Skenderbeg’s name has been invoked throughout Albanian history to inspire national unity and independence.
	www.countriesquest.com /europe/albania/history/ottoman_conquest.htm (355 words)

	Monument to fascism in central Pristina
		A memorial complex dedicated to the members of the notorious Skenderbeg SS Division, the Kosovo Regiment and the Albanian gendarmerie to be built on a surface of 1.5 hectares
		He was placed at the head of the League so they could more easily realize their influence on the territory of Kosovo and Metohija.
		The military formations were the Albanian gendarmerie, the Kosovo Regiment, and the Skenderbeg SS Division, which engaged a total of more than 11,000 Albanians.
	www.slobodan-milosevic.org /news/gj050705.htm (579 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).
		Skenderbeg was a highly educated man, (he knew five languages).
	foreignaffairs.tripod.com /armillotta/albania01_frosina.html (1219 words)

	Eurozine - Re-Inventing Skenderbeg - Fatos Lubonja Albanian nationalism and Nato neo-colonialism
		However, according to the myth as it is always retold, he did not forget his origins and when he grew up he turned against the Turks and liberated his fatherland, fighting in 1443 for her freedom for 25 years until his death.
		Skenderbeg represents a climax in Albanian historical memory just as the Serbs consider the battle of Kosova in 1389 in which Prince Milos killed the Turkish Sultan, one of the most important myths in the Serbian collective awareness.
		Despite centuries of repetition, both these myths increasingly "forget" two historical truths, that the mother of Skenderbeg (Vojsava) was a Slav, and that Albanians also fought alongside the Serbs against the Ottomans at the Battle of Kosova under the flag of Christianity.
	www.eurozine.com /article/2001-10-24-lubonja-en.html (2832 words)

	The Indy Experience.com - The Ultimate Guide to Indiana Jones!
		She moved to the side as one raced by, her eyes catching the sight of the statue of Skenderbeg that dominated the center rotary of the upcoming square.
		It bolstered her courage, however fleeting, for she was by nature rather girlish and delicate, and found suppressing her fears and acting brave quite taxing.
		Skenderbeg’s skeletal remains were surrounded by weapons, armor, and various jewels, but all that Indiana Jones noticed was the sight of the Crown resting next to the skull.
	www.theindyexperience.com /fan_work/fan_fiction/crowns_of_illyria_part_6.php (9108 words)

	HISTORY_The_Illyrians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		For the next 25 years, operating out of his stronghold in the mountain town of Kruja, Skenderbeg frustrated every attempt by the Turks to regain Albania, which they envisioned as a springboard for the invasion of Italy and western Europe.
		Skenderbeg's long struggle to keep Albania free became highly significant to the Albanian people, as it strengthened their solidarity, made them more conscious of their national identity, and served later as a great source of inspiration in their struggle for national unity, freedom, and independence.
		The Turks established their dominion over Albania just as the Renaissance began to unfold in Europe, so that, cut off from contact and exchanges with western Europe, Albania had no chance to participate in, or benefit from, the humanistic achievements of that era.
	albania.faithweb.com /History/Albanian_History/history_the_ottoman_empire.htm (884 words)

	[Art-Cafe] Happy birthday Skenderbeg ! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Skenderbeg reunited the Albanian princes under his command and for the next 25 years successfully prevented Albanian from being recaptured by the Turkish army.
		Well, Ginny Buchan, one of the directors of Beer2go, was so impressed with the Skenderbeg legend, on a visit to Albania, that she felt that the 600th anniversary of his birth just had to be marked in some way.
		Hence, a strong beer for an Albanian strong man. Brewed for Beer2go by an East Anglian microbrewer the beer is a 5.5% dark, ruddy ale with a creamy head.
	www.alb-net.com /pipermail/art-cafe/Week-of-Mon-20050411/006817.html (544 words)

	Silvana: All that matters is our freedom!
		Le forze armate di Skenderbeg suscitarono molto successo nel rispetto e nella ammirazione dello stato pontificio, Venezia e Napoli, entrambe minacciate dalla sua grandezza.
		Come un difensore attivo dei cristiani nei Balkani, Skenderbeg si occupò anche della sicurezza politica di quattro papi, uno di loro era Pio II (1458-1464).
		Molti musei e monumenti sono eretti in suo onore, tra cui il Museo di Skenderbeg nel suo famoso castello a Kruja.
	digilander.libero.it /Silvana_80/Skenderbeg.htm (604 words)

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