Was Skanderbeg Serbian? Origins of George Kastrioti

Who was Skanderbeg (Gjergj Kastrioti), the national hero of Albania? A look into the history of the medieval Albanian warrior king.

Chapters:
0:14 Skanderbeg 1:17 The Family of Skenderbeg 4:02 Religion & Language of Skanderbeg

Quotes:

"The most successful of the opponents to Turkish rule was George Castriota-Skanderbeg. A Serbian by birth" - Walter Laqueur, American historian and Professor of Georgetown University. 1977.

"The national hero of Albania, whose name is still remembered throughout a land which has practically no national history except the story of his career, was of Serbian origin" - William Miller, The Cambridge Medieval History - Volume 4 - Page 584. 1923.

"Skanderbeg himself, as been seen - Skanderbeg, the national hero of Albanians, was of Serbian origin; and only strengthened his position by giving his sister Maria in marriage to Stephen Crnojevic" - Francis Seymour Stevenson, British Scholar and Historian. 1912.

"A portion of the country was transferred in the beginning of the fifteenth century to the Castriots, a family of Serbian origin, though associated in history and legend with the Kings of Epirus and Macedon" - William Jackson Armstrong, American historian. 1905.

"For some years it (Albania) had been ruled by Skanderbeg, a most valiant man of Serbian origin" - Theodore Spandounes, Byzantine Historian.1538.

"Skanderbeg was a brave man of Serbian nature" - Gjon Muzaka, Albanian historian. 1515.

Sources:

"Breve memoria de li discendenti de nostra casa Musachi", Gjon Muzaka. 1510.

"Historia de vita et gestis Scanderbegi, Epirotarum principis", Marin Barleti. 1509.

"Chroniques Gréco-Romaines", Karl Hopf. 1873.

"A History of Europe: From 1378 to 1494", W.T. Waugh. 1932.

"Mehmed the Conquerer and His Time", Franz Babinger. 1953.

"Skanderbeg: Der neue Alexander auf dem Balkan", Oliver Jens Schmitt. 2009.

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