Albania's Greatest Warrior | Skanderbeg The Dragon of Albania
In the annals of history, there are figures who rise above the rest, leaving an indelible mark on their nation and the world. Skanderbeg, also known as George Kastrioti, was one such legendary leader whose life and exploits have become an integral part of Albania's national identity. Often referred to as the "Dragon of Albania," Skanderbeg's journey was characterized by bravery, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to his people.
His rise from a hostage of the Ottoman Empire to the valiant defender of Albanian independence has left a mark on history and cemented his name in legend, he was truly a captivating figure and led a 25 year long anti-Ottoman rebellion. He was a warrior driven by an unyielding spirit to resist Ottoman over lordship. This is his story.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction - Skanderbeg
00:58 Chapter 1 - Early Life and Captivity
04:01 Chapter 2 - Rise to Power
05:48 Chapter 3 - A Change of Heart
08:00 Chapter 4 - The League of Lezhë
12:48 Chapter 5 - The Defender of Albania
17:19 Chapter 6 - Consolidation of Power
21:52 Chapter 7 - Later Life & Death
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24-1 in battles with 5-8k soldiers in each battle, against 100k enemies in each battle. truly unheard of ! one of the greatest leaders of all time
can you name the battle
@@etoeto6754 Battle of albulena is one of them . In case your brains aren’t poisoned by orthodox leaders just google it.
Unheard of!? *Alexander the Great* was the most successful military strategist *and* warrior of all time. He fought with small armies and destroyed the largest and most powerful empire of ancient history, the Persian empire, in just 10 yrs. Skanderbeg was successful too but only in one geographic region, the Caucuses, where Alexander was successful throughout the Mediterranean, mid East and parts of Asia and India. 3.5% of the world's landmass was ruled by Alexander and the Macedonians.
@@amodernalchemist432 Doesn’t matter who is the best from the two, they’re from the same blood line. Macedonian was a sub tribe of Thraco-Illyrian which they spoke the same language. A-LE-KSI-ANDER As-Born-Like-Dream
@@BaldBrothers2009😂😂😂 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander Easier and safer to search, prior to posting...
Gjergj Kastriotit Lavdi falimderit qe une Sot e foli gjuhen e zotit gjuhen shqipe 💪🇽🇰🇦🇱🇺🇸🇺🇸🇸🇻🇸🇻🙏
Djuradj Kastriotich was pure 100% Serbian, by mother and father side. Try to check what Albanian academy of science said about him, is it Serb or Arbanas.
@@fantommorbius5175he killed sebian too. Three is not a single book too prove it he killed qetniks too even Jesus was Serbian Grow up
@@fantommorbius5175 Interesting that no historian mentions him of speaking Slavic… Don’t you think?
Skenderbeg is the greatest general in history in my opinion because he was a protector, against all odds he protected his country. Whereas Alexander, Napoleon or Genghis Khan they where conquerors don't forget they killed and slaughtered millions of people they where murderers, and people still glorify them. Skenderbeg always nr 1 in my heart 🇦🇱🐐
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The Only General in History who never lost a battle. 32 Wins vs 0 Lost and 98.2% of the battles were outnumbers like Fisrt Siege of Kruja when Skanderbeg had 15.500 forces vs 82.000 ottoman troops. The Greates General of all time
That only serves to prove that the albanians when united are a force to be recond with
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BIO JE SRBIN 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
@@GoranPecicGTFO, even your president Vuçic is Albanian, the son of Fahri Musliu
@@GoranPecic Hah explain us why Servia hasn’t built him a statue in middle of Belgrade yet ?
Skenderbeg should be at the top list as one of the best fighters in the history of humanity ! I don’t think exist any leader or fighter to face such a big army with very small army and still win, just shows how brave and clever man he was
Next to king Leonidas
Stefan the great
Only Leonidas of Sparta
He need more recognition
Respect
He was not just a Strategist military general, but he was also from a Noble Albanian family. He was a KING, and he unified all the Albanian Princes of that time. The Legendary Gjergj Kastriot, the Shield of Europe!
Even me as a serb is proud of skanderbeg, he was a huge asset vs the ottomans. He fought besides all types of slavic people and didnt discriminate anyone. An absolute gigachad.
Yet no one in serbia haven’t built him a statue .. and we all know why 🇦🇱😊
SKANDERBEG SS PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT!
@@hristina3829 See, this is the thing you don’t understand or act like you don’t understand. First of all religion doesn’t play a role in our everyday life, second nobody is interested in what you have built or turks for that matter. The sooner you realize that nobody wants anything from you the better . Bilateral relations is different conversation 👍🏻
Yes he burned Slavs what a gigachad😂
Gjergj Kastrioti was not a Slav nor he fought with slavs slavs are treators that sell theyr daughters to ottomans
I love it when channels cover this legendary leader.❤
I hope you enjoyed the video!
@historyprofiles I did thank for the outstanding work your channel does.
This guy was like Spartacus and William Wallace. With the skilled swordsmanship and passion of Richard the Lionheart and Musashi Miyamoto. I find it interesting that he also had a similar upbringing to that of Vlad Tepes but fought on opposing sides, and he was not cruel as Vlad was, but was a guy who had honor and defiance to the Empire that was in charge of the time.
They are both traitors from Ottoman perspective.
Swormanship of Musashi Miyamoto As an albanian i feel proud Great comment ❤
Brilliant well said 👍
@@MightyChelseaFC thank you
Great video, thank you! I've been to Kruje several times; it's a beautiful place.
Another brilliant video with great detail and special effects, I have wanted to go to Albania for a while, after seeing this vidro, I will make it my next vacation
Please do!
If you wanna see Skanderbeg's history you need to go at the museum of Kruje at a castle its truly very good and north Albanian has the best mountains to hike and South Albanian has the best beaches i hope you enjoy it there!
LOVE your channel. Thank you for working so hard to make the amazing videos you do.
Thank you so much Diane! It means a lot!!!
Pojma ti nemas ko je bio skender beg🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣@@historyprofiles
The artwork is epic and this was a excellent video, first time coming across your work!
Much appreciated! Thank you for watching!
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The images used were so bad though. I have never seen that portrait of Skanderbeg in my life. Also, his museum in Kruje has a number of awesome artwork oh him and his warriors. He didn't use any of them.
its AI generated @@katerpese
@@katerpeseshiko portretin e Gjonit që ndodhet në Itali eshte identik e gjen edhe në googel
I have read a book about Skanderbeg and his family, what a great warrior from a great family with honor and integrity that never forgot about his family and country even though he was taken from his family as a very young boy
does it says that his family had Serbian (Slavic) names?
@@gorila987k His mother was Serbian his father was Greek.He was speaking and writting Greek.
@@xristoslazarakos9250 his letter ti king of Naples are written in Serbian cyrilic and is kept in Ragusa lybrary museum tho
@@xristoslazarakos9250 also Barack Obama had the father serbian and the mother greek
@@ARYANSES Barack Obama is 110% albanian! Prophet Mohamed 110% albanian! Mohamed Ali 111% albanian! Al Pacino 110% albanian! Kylian Mbappé 220% albanian!!!!!
I'm Albanian, I've seen your documentary, but I have to say I don't agree with the way you described my hero and my KING Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeu. From your description comes a wrong and incomplete image that is, the complete opposite of what his contemporaries said. Scanderbeg was a VERY educated person he spoke many languages (more than 10) he had enormous culture also in terms of esoteric / gnostic demonstrated by the use of symbols in his helmet: the goat, the use of the star with 6 points (blue and yellow color) in the totally red flag (imperial color) with the black double-headed eagle (i.e. black PHOENIX rising from its ashes: solve et coagula. ) He was in the order of the DRAGON together with many important exponents of his time and was also a TEMPLAR. In the correspondence between Scanderbeg and the Prince of Taranto, extracted from "The Turks and the history of Scanderbeg" by the fifteenth century writer, Pagnel: "... you have offended my people by calling them 'Albanian sheep' and according to your tradition think of us in offensive terms. You have demonstrated that you have no knowledge of my race. My ancestors were Epiriotes, where Pyrrhus came from, whose strength could hardly be borne by the Romans. This Pyrrhus, who Taranto and many other towns in Italy supported with the army. I don't need to talk about Epiriotes. They are much stronger men than your Tarantini, a kind of wet men born only to fish. If you want to say that Albania is a part of Macedonia, I can concede that many of our ancestors were nobles who went as far as India, under the command of Alexander the Great, defeating those peoples. It is from these men that what you call 'sheep' descend. But the nature of things hasn't changed. Why are your men fleeing from these 'sheep'?” Not to mention the helmet which bears the Pelasgian symbol of the goat Amalthea (which according to the myth had fed Zeus with its milk as a child), and the engraving * IN * PE * RA * TO * RE BT * (Jhezus Nazarenus * Principi Emathie * Regi Albaniae * Terrori Osmanorum * Regi Epirotarum * Benedictat Te) which translates 'Jezus of Nazareth blesses the Prince of Emathia, King of Albania, Terror of the Ottomans, King of Epirus'. It is important to understand that in the Middle Ages the 'Macedonian' and 'Epiriot' ethnicity was synonymous with 'Albanian' according to scholars. In his speech to the documentary, Prof. Jahja Drancolli highlights the fact that Scanderbeg was taken hostage already in adulthood when his personality and identity was well formed, underlining that in reality it was his military-strategic capabilities that were copied by the military system of the Ottoman Empire and not the other way around. This aspect emerges from the beginning of the documentary by Prof. David Nicolle, who argues that the Ottomans copied many things from the countries they occupied including clothing, traditions, culture, and even military fighting strategies. That is why the most powerful political-military machine in the world of that time was not capable of subduing the Albanians neither with force, nor with the quantity of soldiers sent, nor with military tactics, nor with technology or with money. Not only that, but during those 25 years of armed resistance, the Ottoman Empire was defeated in a decisive and continuous way, demonstrating that the intellectual, political, military, and above all the moral and civil qualities of the Albanians were in every respect superior to the standard Empire preparation. The Albanian society of the fifteenth century already possessed the main quality that a community should have to build a nation and a state: the awareness of who they were, the knowledge of their ancient Illyrian-Pelasgian roots and consequently the connection with their past. All of this was the result of a long process that began before the creation of the Principality of Arbëri in the 13th century. In this context, Scanderbeg's intentions were not only to create an Albanian state on the periphery of the Ottoman Empire, but to destroy the empire itself, to then form the Kingdom of Albania in the western Balkans, reviving the glorious times of Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, and of Justinian, Emperor of Byzantium, of whom he was a descendant in all respects. Scanderbeg created the first Albanian National League in 1444 in Lezha, with the aim of uniting all the Albanian territories in a single national state based on the ethno-linguistic heritage that united them, unlike the other Balkan countries which in the centuries ago for the creation of their states were based on religion. As Prof. Kristo Frasheri rightly specifies, the pillar in which all the Albanian resistance is placed was the indisputable fact that the Albanians were aware of being an already well-formed nation, long before the arrival of the Ottomans in the Balkans. Otherwise we would never have been able to face the Ottoman invasion and to resist assimilation for a long time.
Brunilda, urimet e mija me te perzemerta per njohjen e sakte te historise se Gjergj Kastriotit dhe mesjetes shqiptare. Well done! Gjergj Kastrioti was ( and still is!) an indisputable hero of Albanian people. He is the personification of our ancestry and unity , of our endeavor for resistance against all kind of invasions.
Can you please tell me where are his brother and father buried they didnt cover that topic i dont know why because it is really important
@@argvas373 Greeks aren’t even mentioned during ottomans since they went hiding like rabbits. Ofc you would want Gjergj Kastrioti to be greeks but he fought for albania not greece . Malaka poptaqi take your pills 💊
Georgios kastriotis...greek...you can understand only of the name..the albanian change the history...the only conection you have with the Pelasgian is only if you accept your greek roots that you have the most of the Albanians especially the south albanians ..
@@Drgezimdauti you writing almost a book but you say nothing..you dont have any proof that your ancestors are Pelasgian...you are one small country and you are intepentent for european interest...never fighting for your freedom..albanian was allies with ottoman..and dont say one time we fighting turkey..we speak for the most of the time...
There are seven squares throughout the world that hold the name Skënderbeu (Skanderbeg): Tirana, Chicago, Zurich, Skopje, Pristina, Rome, Paris. There are many statues of him in Tirana, Pristina, Geneva, London, Brussels, Budapest, Rome, Michigan, Spain, Australia, etc. In all of them, the Albanian hero is depicted riding on the horse symbolizing the warrior.
Would love to visit some of them! Thank you so much for watching I hope you enjoyed the video!
allah the moon god is hiding in the toilet while im playing my guitar non-stop Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 4020 In-book reference : Book 36, Hadith 95 It was narrated from Abu Malik Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “People among my nation will drink wine, calling it by another name, and musical instruments will be played for them and singing girls (will sing for them). Allah will cause the earth to swallow them up, and will turn them into m*****s and p**s.”
The Main Street in the neighborhood of Arbanasi in Zadar, Croatia is called…. Ulica Jure Kastriotića Skenderbega!!
@@historyprofiles I suggest to you my friend to visit libraries to learn the Nationality of GEORGIOS KASTRIOTIS
"The decision of the Albanian government authorities TO HIDE THE STATUE OF SKENDERBEG EVERY TIME A MEETING WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS TAKES PLACE is surely sending perplexing messages to Albanian people." Perparim Xhaferi, 2019 "Albanian National Identity in the twenty-first century: Escaping from the Ottoman heritage?", University of Sydney, pp. 202
You describe the history great !!!Thanks for this 👏🇦🇱❤🦅
BUT what connection do you criminal Shqipetar ´nation have with Skanderbeg. The Ottomans brought you from SHQIPERIA ONE ALBANIA FROM THE CAUCASUS AND THAT'S WHY YOU WROTE SHQIPERIA THROUGH ALBANIA! YOU THINK THE WORLD WILL IMMEDIATELY FORGET WHO YOU ARE IF CRIMINAL NATO HELPS YOU TO BECOME A MEMBER OF NATO FROM DRUG DEALERS AND CRIMINALS AND TERRORISTS! YOU SHQIPETARI INVADERED THE BALKANS AND ALBANIA WAS OLD SERBIA AND SKENDERBEG WAS A SERBIAN: IT WAS JUST THAT THE TURKS CROSSED IT!
Thank you for this great job you have done 🦅
Very cool thank you for other great History profile's Love your content brother !!
Much appreciated brother!
I consider myself so lucky to be albanian and speak the same language as Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg!
Our biggest Flex it's this Legend Skanderbeg 🇦🇱 Thank you for this masterpiece and the hard work you put in 🤝🏻
i as a serb would say hes a big flex not only for albos but for everyone that fought against the otttoman empire. He fought besides all types of slavic people vs the ottomans and thats what a true leader does, he didnt discriminate anyone.
@@user-fi5hc9um6q W serb 🇦🇱🤝🏻🇷🇸 tell those serbian analphabet kids who are trying to claim as a serb hero
@@user-fi5hc9um6q he fought slavs serbs to 🤣
@@user-fi5hc9um6qhe killed Slavs
@@user-fi5hc9um6q actually on his stamp its in denmark museum he said king of albanians bulgarians serbs and greeks .. i read that stamp cause i am from greece and he weote that in greek alphabet he was christian first and after greek and serbian ..
Outstanding production, this is an amazing story. The way you you bring history to life , and the soul that you bring with it. You are truly one of the world's greatest Heralds.
Thank you so much Rolf! It really means a lot!!!
Its Amazing that his Grand Niece looks totally like him. Her name is Sophie Castriota
Thank you in behalf of all Albanians! Amazing work . We are the Land of Eagles. ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM!
Albania has no history
And yet many of you have succumbed to the enemy and took on their religion. You should all return to mother Orthodoxy and defy the tyranny of the Turks.
@@argvas373 So you skipped the whole video 😂.. typical ultranationalists ignorants greek . The parasites of the EU after milking EU taxpayers money now you went on hunting other’s history.
@@argvas373Greeks have no history. Greeks are Albanian, Turkish and Slavic mix.
Thank you for this beautiful video!
Beatiful story put together, as an Albanian however 2 things we have learned different in our history: 1. Skanderbeg didn't kill any other Albanian who didn't convert to Christians but he was actually the only one who united all the Albanian regards to their religious. 2. He was not betrayed after the lost of the Berat fight, he actually lost the fight because his own nephew betrayed him to the Ottomans by promising him good and high titles after they would kill Skanderbeg wixh thanks God didn't happened. All Europe should be proud of him.
Glad you caught that. Documentary is beautifully edited but their history of Skenderbeg is not exactly correct. Skanderbeg's goal was to fight for Albania's independence from the Ottoman Emprire. He never forced anyone to convert. After Skenderbeg,There were many heroic Albanian warriors who continued to fight their independence from the Ottomans. I say with the greatest of pride, we are the only nation on the planet that's never been motivated or devided by religions-ñeeiod Full stop. Religion is in YOUR heart Albanian is OUR unified PRIDE.
Thank you for this. I never heard of him nor others you feature on your channel and that's refreshing and feeds my historical needs
I hope you enjoyed the video! More coming soon!
Venice has proven to be the best Turkish allie many times...
Scanderbeg's modus oparandi was: "United we stand".
Splendid video sir! Interesting stuff indeed.
Thank you kindly! Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent video, you've just gained a new subscriber.
Proud to be born in raised in Dibra where Skanderbeg was born. When he returned to Albania he went through my village and the path where he rode with his warriors is called Kepi i Skenderbeut since it's a path located in between two huge steepy rocks. From there he went to Mat and then Kruja.
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Lord Alexander aka skenderbeg one of the greatest master mind general of all time defending his people his land of birth until his last breath in the long run hard to defeat the mighty Ottoman Empire especially with Mehmet the conqueror as the sultan
This is a good video. One correction needs to be made. The goat on Skanderbeg's helmet has nothing to do with apparently the goat trick. In reality the goat on his helmet is the same goat Alexander the Great war on his helmet, like Pyrrhus and Achilles before him. All three of them (Pyrrhus, Alexander the Great and Skanderbeg believed were related by blood to Achilles. Alexander the Great's mother Olympia who was an Illyrian from the Molossian tribe believed to be a direct descendant of Achilles, which makes Achilles an Illyrian. Anyway that's a topic for another day. So in conclusion the goat on Skanderbeg's helmet is more than just a goat trick on the battle field. He wore it to show he is a descendant of Alexander the Great and Pyrrhus of Epirus, another Illyrian.
GJERGJ KASTRIOTI (scanderbeg) uniting the Albanian nation under his flag 🇦🇱 🇦🇱 and winning every battle against the ottomans is one of the glorious moment of the Albanian nation .. My respects..
The Albanian Dragon Gergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg
Yoooo the greatest warrior profile I've seen
Thank you so much! I really wanted to make a good skanderbeg video to represent him well! I hope you enjoyed the video!
This was epic! Great job History Profiles . Thank you so much. It's always a joy listening to those people remarkable lives
Thanks for listening Elke! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!!!
@@historyprofiles You are more than welcome Ollie. Thank you!
unstoppable cult It was narrated from Anas that : 'Ali came to some people of Az-Zutt, who worshipped idols, and burned them. Ibn 'Abbas said: "But the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'" Grade: Sahih (Darussalam) Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4065
LONG LIVE KASTRIOTI!!!!! LONG LIVE KASTRIOTI!!!!! thanks to him I am here today and have my family and because of him the entire Balkan was NOT bred out!!!! KASTRIOTI WILL FOREVER LIVE ON EVEN AFTER EARTH IS GONE!!! this man was real not a myth but a true and real hero who never died by the sword and he was UNTOUCHABLE!!! LONG LIVE KASTRIOTI LING LIVE BIG ALBANIA one day it shall once again be ONE BIG ALBANIA true land of the free and respect for all people all religions all beliefs we are raised to always respect ALL and wealth does not make a man but a man makes a man !! LONG LIVE BIG ALBANIA
Albania is a region in Azerbeijan. And that's where Albanians come from. Djuradj Kastriotovic was a Serbian. Have a nice day.
@@MrThorinoUhh don’t forget Cristiano Ronaldo (Kristijano Ronaldović) Elon Musk (Ijon muskić) Eminem (Eminemović) The moon (Munić) Brazil (Brazilović) are Serbian too ;-;
Skanderbeg had three older brothers, Stanisha, Reposh and Constantine, and five sisters, Mara, Jelena, Angelina, Vlajka and Mamica. Try to find one albanian name ^. Oh wait, there is NONE. All Serbian names including his mother Vojislava.
@@yeskia468 I don't deal in made up facts. That's your niche. I work just with straight up academically proven historical data. You should try it too. Research your family tree. There are worse things in world than being Serbian. You could have been born as an Englishman. Imagine how horrible THAT would have been.
Albania did not exist, small or large, to be freed. The Serbo-Greek Kastriotis did not fight for any free Albania and eventually the Balkans burned. You are talking nonsense. A GREAT ALBANIA never existed and never will. Kastriotis is not the founder of some Albania, but the Arnouts, the terrible Turko-Albanian warriors and the Turks in Tirana. This video and the Albanian neo-propaganda are making false history. Liars.
proud to be albanian and proud of Gjergj kastrioti skenderbeu ✝️🇦🇱💪🏻❤️🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱
🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱☦️☦️☦️
☪️🇦🇱☪️🇦🇱☪️🇦🇱 SHQIPE forever 🎉
@@Guhhgvc kopil turkie tradhtar i fejes
Go back to Serbia@@ulbazom365
*Islam forever@@Guhhgvc
Sorry for being late bro! I’ve been working alot but thank you for making a video on skanderbeg you are the best history channel on KZhead by far
Thank you so much for watching! I don’t remember if it was you who really wanted this video but I hope you enjoyed it!
You're keeping your graphic artist well busy with all of these amazing profiles from history! I love your channel and I feel like it is only getting better every day. The artists you use have an amazing knack for realism but they manage to keep the action-star presence a huge dude with an axe displays. Every warrior looks S-tier and fierce. It's a good recipe. Keep it up!
easy cult Ibn 'Abbas said: "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'" Grade: Sahih (Darussalam) Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4059 In-book reference : Book 37, Hadith 94 English translation : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4064
AI generated pictures.
@@greenpulseeducation5002 they have been well selected from amongst lots of garbage then lol its a win for the channel either way
1:24 Devşirme means recruit in Turkish
Thank u fore the great work u done on this history of our King.🙏
Тако је брате драги! Нашег великог јунака и војсковође!
🗡️🛡️⚔️ he's a legend ✝️🐉.
He is indeed! Thank you so much for watching!
Great warrior !! I'm amazed about the similarities between Vlad Țepeș and Skanderbeg and even Stefan cel Mare and they almost Lived in the same time line and fighting ottomans 😮
Gjergj and Vlad were not the same at all
Meanwhile turkoserbians supplied ottomans with their women. Sultan Murad had orgies with Mara Brankovic meanwhile Albanian warriors defended its women. Don’t believe me?! Google Sultan Murad wife Mara Brankovic the daughter of Durad Brankovic , vassal of ottomans 🇹🇷❤️🇬🇷🍆🇷🇸🥰👨👩👦👦🤭
The King ... The Legend ... Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg 🇦🇱 🇽🇰
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He defeated on multiple times two of the greatest Ottoman emperors including Mehmet II the conqueror of Constantinople himself.
Mehmet II did not fight Skanderberg during his reign though, only his pashas such as Ballaban did and were defeated by Skanderberg. During The Albanian campaign, The Sultan was occupied with the States' affairs and external conflicts against Vlad/Wallachia, Venice and the Kharamides Turcomen in Eastern Anatolia. Mehmet II only came twice in Albania when Skanderberg was alive: The first was with his father, Murad II, in his youth and Mehmet didn't manage anything, he was simply a spectator, and the second time he scavenged the territory but couldn't find Skanderberg (some say he took refugee in Venice, some others say he was inside Kruje) and decided to build two forts around Albuena and left it to his pashas before going back to Constantinople.
@@Optimusturk The fact that sultan mehmet sent for 20 + years almost each year armies to subdue Skanderbeg and still couldn't achieve it during Skanderbeg's lifetime, shows a lot about Skanderbeg. The participation of Mehmed in two sieges of Kruje, even if he showed briefly and may had let the siege mostly in the hands of his generals(the sultan may have given them instructions however) , did increase the morale of the ottoman troops and tells us about the some serious involvment in conquering Albania.He could had invaded Italy only after conquering Albania.
Proud to be Albanian🇦🇱✝️
I am proud to be his Descendant.
I am proud to be a penguin 🐧
One of my great friends growing up was Albanian named Ardit Shehaj. He was the first Muslim I ever met but I always thought Muslim was the dominant religion? I'm a historian but a bit ignorant on this area was hoping you could clarify or enlighten me
@@Fluffy_Penguin727👍 you🤵🏿
@@davidtownsend6092 we are all Albanians. We dont care about religion, even though 58% are muslims we have a christian national hero. 4 main pillars of being albanian are: 1. Lamguage 2. Group awarness. 3 Skanderbeg. 4 flag. Religion is personal.
You are a gift HP, thank you!
Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed!
Damn the Ottoman Empire just couldn’t help but make warriors destined to destroy them. They cause Vlad to go crazy and now this guy.
Actually, Skanderbeg was a couple of years earlier.
Biggest & Strongest Warrior int the World at this Time ⚔️
And he was 🇷🇸 orthodox Christian, natural born Serbian!!!
@@TheCarobnjakizVozaorthodoxy doesn't equal serbian,you religion defined fool
@@TheCarobnjakizVoza 🚨 The Father of the Serbian Nation Dobrica Cosic considers the ability to lie and lying to be the highest moral virtue of the Serbian people and the foundation of Serbian pride
@@user-irj1nxa3cof2z Dobrica Cosic is not a father of Serbian nation! Some facts regarding Serbs, we were always against agresors like Othomans , Austro-Hungarians, Germans and NATO. We kicked out all of them from our land ( only NATO not but we will kick them too) on the other hand, Albanians have always been vassals and servants of the occupiers. The greatest specialty of the Abanians is to steal other people's history and heroes since they don't have their own.
@@TheCarobnjakizVozahahahahaha😂I’m also orthodox Christian but I’m 100% Albanian.
Very Good Work 💪 you explained 100% very very Well-done to you.
Thank you for watching!
Great video, man!
Fascinating ,cheers ! 🔥🍷
Thank you for watching!!
This badass was worthy of a bigger country. His story is very similar to that of Vlad the Impaler, ruler of Wallachia.
Both of them raised by ottomans and fought Mehmet in the same time line . Members in order of the dragon guessing by they're name . I can stop wondering if they knew each other🤔
Difference is Vald was killed and Skanderbeg not . Skanderbeg died because of malaria as an old man ! For as long as he was well and healthy he was the shield of europe wich is the reason he has many statues across western countries. So skanderbeg is a bit higer level in my opinion 🇦🇱👍🏻
Skanderbeg and Hunyadi of Hungary were the same age, born in 1405 and grew up together in Ottoman camps. As for Vlad, he was born 1431 much later and haven’t heard about contributing towards each other, but I’m sure Skanderbeg was probably very much appreciating his skills as a great warrior. As a politician Vlad was terrible, fighting everybody and not being able to unify principalities within his homeland. At least all these warriors, they showed loyalty for trying to defend their homelands.
Great video, Gjergj Kastrioti was his name, the name Skanderbeg or Iskender Bey, stems from the turkish way of saying Alexander the Great. Bey meaning great or greater. His got this name because the Ottomans saw his military prowess and compared him to Alexander the Great, who was revered as one of the greatest military tacticians.
Ђорђе Кастриота
@@banebajonet Juraj Kastriotić
@@zagrepcanin82 😂😂😂
@@klevisbraimllari6564 keta ropqirat greket dhe serbet enderrojn se esht i tyre Xherxh Kastrioti 😂😂😂
GJERGJ KASTRIOT SCANDERBEU NO SLAV @@zagrepcanin82
Thank you for this work. I am Albanian myself
Thank you so much for watching! I hope I represented him well!
@@historyprofiles you represented him exactly as we learned in our school books. thank you again
Almost, but it was good. Trim mbi trima Gjergj Kastrioti🇦🇱🇽🇰
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All Albanians need to convert to Albanian-Orthodoxy to reunite with the spirit of Skanderbeg and become great once again
Proud to be Albanian. Would watch a series of Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu
He for Illyria; not Albania. Christian who’s father was Greek and his mother Serbian. This hero had nothing to do with Muslim Turk Albanians. He had everything to do with Christian Illyrians.
@@kostasg7109 why don't you guys go and build a statue of him in the middle of Belgrade?
@@kostasg7109 I recommend to all Greeks to build a statue of Kastrioti with his beautiful BIG ALBANIAN flag waving in the middle of Athens!
@@kostasg7109he had nothing to do with religion, he protected Albania no matter the religion
What an awsome human being thank you for this education on this
Thank you for watching!
Still fighting neo-ottomans from his grave. The neo-ottomans try to cover his statue and raise their asses in prayer to their desert god in front of his statue. Skanderbeg will always fight against them, because we have his flag, and we have his legacy. We will never forget
Shuj. Real Muslims in albania hate him. Talk for yourself...
What desert God are you talking about? The Muslim God is the God of Abraham as well. They're all from the desert, don't you know your religion?
@@gledianlalushllari9577 What religion is that??? Started by barefoot arab in the 7th century who talked to ali baba in his sleep?? Do you know Christianity and Judaism were around for 1000 years before mohamet? And you also know Skanderbeg called them "The religion of the faithless dog"? Its the religion of the turk mongoloids, and it has no place in Albania.
What Desert God?
@@Optimusturk You must be the dumbest bear in your forest....
Perfect!!!!! History profiles 🙏
Thank you for watching!!!
He was the beast
He was indeed!
His niece Sophie Castriota,looks totally like him...its amazing
SERBIAN BEAST. 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸💯💯💯
@@fantommorbius5175 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@fantommorbius5175 in your dreams
I have seen the huge skanderbeg statue in a square named after him in the Albanian capital Tirana. Strangely it is very close to a famous mosque there which was built by an ottoman general and his Descendants who were part of the ottoman power skanderbeg stood against. Similarly skanderbeg being held by the ottomans in his younger life and rising against them is just like Vlad tepes, of what is now Romania, known as Vlad the Impaler.
I need to visit it! And yes the two were extremely similar!
@@historyprofilesif you do, visit the castle at kruje it’s a museum dedicated to skenderbeg it’s only like 2 bucks to get in and you can go out on the balcony and just imagine 100k ottoman troops camped on the fields below at the foot of the mountain
holy cult It was narrated from 'Ikrimah: "Some people apostatized after accepting Islam, and 'Ali burned them with fire. Ibn 'Abbas said: 'If it had been me, I would not have burned them; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'No one should be punished with the punishment of Allah.' If it had been me, I would have killed them; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'" Sunan an-Nasa'i 4060
The mosque was build by Ethem bey Mollaj and completed by Sulejman Bargjini, both albanian ottoman generals, 200 years after Skanderbeg. Strange maybe for you, but not for albanians where churchs and mosques are side by side, and both are near comunist monuments. This is ower complicated history my friend, we embrace it as it is...
What is more strange, is that we can find the sultan mehmed Mosque inside Kruja castle, the same castle Skanderbeg used to defeat sultan mehmed army.The fact that this particular mosque(or parts of it like Minaret) still stands inside the Kruja Castle, is a big insult to Skanderbeg and for what he fought for.
Champion of Christ George Kastrioti
Another great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Skanderberg un des plus grands patriotes de l'histoire de l'humanité un vrai Albanais est chrétien
Book - Scanderbrrg Roy de Seruie. Tovssainct qvinet & Nicolas de sercy. year 1744. The end.
“Social media made y'all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it.” ~ Mike Tyson
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Yeah stop disrespecting history remember your all Slavs mixed with Turks !!
@@MrPolinikis Nice projection of yourself you got going there 🗿🍷
@@southepirote7676 who needs to project when this is your country kzhead.info/sun/fJeDlZZ6f4ajqIE/bejne.htmlsi=NYzMx4x1Z9tuCyhA
In terms of military Ottomans at that time were the most organised and armed in the world, compared only to nowadays US, they had canons, a lot of infantry and horses. A true superpower of that time. Resisting them for 25 years is a great feat however the greatest thing is his legacy, it continous to move Albanians forward even 550 years after his death. A lot of historical generals are famous only for attacking and invading, Skanderbeg is remembered as a master of defense.
Proud to Be ALBANIAN 🇦🇱 Proud that I am born with ALBANIAN BLOOD 👐🏻 Proud about our HISTORY Proud about for everything ALBANIANS have done for the countries that today are ungrateful and have hidden the true ALBANIAN HISTORY. Ilyrian Forever 🇦🇱👐🏻🇦🇱
Example?
Pusho se le nom
@@notme1411 Pse la nom o boss? Eshte krenar per vendin e tij sic eshte anglezi e e gjermani e kshu me rall
Omg your proud to be the most illiterate country in Europe with the highest crime rate and fabricated history .. well done 👏 bro !
@@MrPolinikis Ukrainians have also the same kind of neighbors as Albanians . Bunch of uneducated ultra nationalists that haven’t visited a single place in their life other than bar down street hub . Ask your local police about the highest crime rate in europe it’s their duty to inform citizens 🐵👎🏻
greetings from Romania , brothers in arms, member Nicolae Iorga who wrote your history
Excellent video!
Can you tell us how he chose as his flag the double headed eagle, which was the symbol of the Eastern Roman Empire(Byzantine) until then?
the Black double headed eagle with the red background was the coat of arms of his family even before the birth of Scanderbeg..but the Skanderbeg family was not the only one. Many other Albanian noble families had double-headed eagles as their emblem from centuries earlier
@user-jf6yv8rj2s...however an empire called Byzantine never existed...
OK. From which century. I know, I just wrote down the name.
@@user-jf6yv8rj2s around the 10th century..we cannot go further back because the sources are lacking..why are you so interested?? you are from some neighboring country??
@@lagjescuni5482 Because is the same emblem of the Eastern Roman Empire. It makes sense to be his family. They were Orthodox and Constantinople hadn't fell yet. Many wished to be the heirs of the Romans. The red flag was the emblem of the army as the yellow was that of Eastern Orthodox Church, as remains the same till today in Greece. I am Greek.
Wow! I never knew about him and Albania. Now I know! I met great people from there, ... but this Skanderbeg, what a great person in history! Very speziell when you look at the size of that county
He is a cherished figure there! I hope you enjoyed the video!
Nope. Real Muslims hate him. 👌
Size of our country ??? Well illyrians were located from veneto north , epirus and morea south , adriatic sea west and thracia east . After we were located in south of bosnia , croatia , montenegro , half of serbia , macedonia , epirus , morea and today albania .
While Skanderbeg was fighting the Ottomans in what is today Albania, other Albanians called the Arvanite were fighting the Ottomans down in what is today Peloponnesus(Morea) and other parts of Greece. There's a little bit kinda mixed history of the people in the Balkan area. You can see in this area the bravery of the same people.
@@dios1ish868the mixed history is in your head from the propaganda you’ve been telling yourself’s for years. Arvanites are Greek and always been Greek. Albanians converted to Islam and became Turkish soldiers!
Amazing
I hope you enjoyed the video!
Mehmed Ferid Pasha (Turkish: Avlonyalı Ferit Paşa or Avlonyalı Mehmet Ferit Paşa) (1851, Yanya, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Ioannina, Greece) - 1914, Sanremo, Kingdom of Italy) was an Ottoman statesman. He served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 15 January 1903 until 22 July 1908,[1] at the time when the Sultan restored the 1876 Constitution following the Young Turk Revolution.
GJERGJ KASTRIOTI .MBRETI I SHQIPËRISË DHE EPIRIT.ESHT BRETI I SHQIPTARËVE. I ARVANITASIT. I ARBËRESHEVE.🇦🇱🦅🇦🇱
the successor of alexander the great king of albania dardania macedonia and epirus!.
😂 pass the crack pipe 😂
Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Impressive man. The Ottomans raised and educated him well
Well done mate!!
Skenderbeg is dragon for all europe ❤
Great video keep it up you're doing amazing 👍😁
Thank you so much 😁 it means a lot!
Ahmed Niyazi Bey (1873 - 1913) (Turkish: Resneli Niyazi Bey, Ahmet Niyazi Bey; Albanian: Ahmet Njazi Bej Resnja; "Ahmet Niyazi Bey from Resen") was an Ottoman revolutionary, who was the bey of the Resne (now Resen, North Macedonia) area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1] An ethnic Albanian,[2][3][4] Niyazi was one of the heroes of the 1908 Young Turk Revolution and of suppressing the 1909 countercoup as he played leading roles in both events.
For all Greek and Serb nationalists out there stealing history. 1. A report of the envoy of the Duke of Milan from 1454 calls Skanderbeg "an Albanian Christian" ("quello Sanderbech...è christiano Albanexe"). 2. The Italian humanist and poet Antonio Bonfini Asculano (1427-1502) calls Skanderbeg an "Albanian prince" ("Sandorbegum Albanensem Principem"). 3. Even the Venetians never questioned his Albanian origins. In 1464, a Venetian senator angrily said of Skanderbeg, that "we do not trust him at all, because he is Albanian, treacherous and dangerous" ("nuy non si fidamo di luy per niente, perche è Albanese et è traditore et tristo!"). 4. In 1464, the Duke of Milan, Francesco Sforza, wrote a letter to Skanderbeg, addressing him with these words: "The excellent and powerful lord, like our dear brother, the Albanian lord Gjergj Kastrioti, called Skanderbeg" . ("Illustri et potenti Domino tanquam fratri nostro carissimo Domino Georgio Castriot aliter Scanderbeg albanesi"). 5. In a letter from Giovanni Antonio, the prince of Taranto, on October 31, 1460, at the beginning of the letter he addresses Skanderbeg with these words: "Giovanni Antonio, prince of Taranto, sends greetings to George the Albanian!" ("Ioannes Antonius princeps Tarenti Georgio Albano salutem!"). He goes on to say: "Italian blood is not afraid of the Albanian face!" (nec faciam Albanam timebit Italicus sanguis!") and other such insults to the Albanians. Likewise Ottoman sources, historians and chroniclers, describe him as being Albanian: Asikpasazade (1400-1484) Tursun Beg (1420-1499) Mehmed Nesri (1450-1520) Idris Bitlisi (1457-1520) Ibn Kemal (1468-1534) Sadeddin Efendi (1536-1599) Mustafa Ali (1541-1600) Solakzade (1592-1658) and others, all describe him as being an Albanian (arnavud). Hoca Sâdeddin Efendi (1536-1599), in his Tacü't-Tevarih, says: “The Albanian ruler had a handsome son named Iskender, whose bodily figure inspired love, while his attractive face was an expression of his beauty and grace.” Ibn Kemal, historian of the Turkish court during Skanderbeg’s wars, writes: “The Albanians, these tigers of mountain wars have as their religion rebellion. Even their worst warrior is one of the strongest and bravest on the battlefield, just as if he was a knight on the legendary horse…” Skanderbeg’s own testimony, however, is stronger than both Western and Ottoman sources combined. So what excatly did he say about himself? Let’s see how he replied to the albanophobe cited above, namely Giovanni Antionio of Taranto who had insulted the Albanian nation: “Moreover, you scorn our people, and compared the Albanians to sheep, and according to your custom think of us with only insults. It would seem you know nothing of the origins of our race. Our elders were the Epirotes from whence Pyrrhus himself came forth, the might of whom the Romans could barely withstand. Those very Epirotes whom with their weapons set forth and conquered Taranto and much of Italy. There exists no challenge to their might from the likes of the Tarantines, a species of wet men born only to catch fish. And since you proclaim Albania as part of Macedonia, you grant also then, our elders as nobles who went as far as India under Alexander the Great, defeating all the people that came before them with great ease. From those men descend these who you now call sheep. But the nature of things have not changed. Why do your men run away in the faces of sheep?”
Because you're very smart. Where is the grave of his father, and brother Rapos, typing Orthodox name for that time. By the way, his mother's name is Vojislava Brankovic, from a very famous and strong Serbian aristocratic family. Father name Jovan, buried in the biggest and oldest Serbian monastery Hilandar in Greece Mount Atos,once again, Serbian monastery. Siblings names: Rapos, Mamica, Vlajica etc all 6-7 siblings have orthodox (Serbian) known names for that time. So you said it's Albanian ?? Only thing Albanian in his live were his shepards and servents, also some soldiers.
@@fantommorbius5175 He can be buried in China for all I care. Still doesn't change the fact he's Albanian and fought for Albania. He even insulted the Italians when they insulted Albanians. Go argue with the authors, not me. And don't even bring up pseudo Balkan theories 😑
@@fantommorbius5175 Lies. And the reason Serbia haven’t built Skanderbeg a statue in middle of Belgrade yet is … ? 🤗
Great video. Most videos about Skanderbeg has been done about his geniality of being a great war strategist general, but he was a really good diplomat as well. Many correspondences that he had with many of the other leaders in the 25 years he reined as the lord of Principality of Arbanon, with princes, popes and even the 2 Sultans as well, shows how eloquent and wit he was in his way of words.
I hope you enjoyed the video! He lived a crazy life and must have been a genius when it came to strategy! Was also a mighty warrior!
Love videos on Albanian history
I hope you enjoyed!
@@historyprofiles Always enjoy your videos.
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Thank you for sharing our Albanian national hero🇦🇱❤️
He does not have anything connecting him to Squipetars
@@blagojepetrovic8017 Blood and religion
@@GehtdichNixan-gm8un By blood he was a Serb. By religion, he converted back to orthodoxy. I know that is something that you Squipetars do not wasn't to acknowledge but it is true and a billion of you couldn't change that.
@@blagojepetrovic8017 in contrast to you we are open for international references which proof Skanderbeg to be of majorly Albanian descent, you semi-illiterate halfturk
@@blagojepetrovic8017 Live in your fantasy world russian immigrant.. He was 100% albanian. If he was serbian, why did he burn down serbian villages as a revenge of the blockade of Brankovic when Skanderbeg tried to unite with Johann Hunyadi? He declared himself as albanian he faught for albanians he was albanian! You are just another serbian facist who tries to appropriate albanian history as you guys do all the time.
Much respect, you brought this period of back to life! I would love to see more of those vids by you ❤️
I hope you enjoyed the video! More on the way!
I have only 1 question for all of you watching this. Where is his brother burried? You should look this up on internet, and than you will know the true story and origin of "Albania's Greatest Warrior | Skanderbeg The Dragon of Albania"...
Hilandar in a place called Albanian tower (albaniski pirg). But what does it mean??!! his wife is buried in Valencia, does it mean that she was spanish?!! Stop polluting with nonsense, find your Heroes!!!
Oh, nothing really, just being burried in THE holiest Serbian ortodox monastery, is the same as some city in Spain, keep up the smart work lad@@lekdukaxhini3392
@@OzreNS1976 Get some real education you ultranationalist ignorant
Mbreti i perjetshem i shqiptareve i pavdekshem I perjetshem vigan 🔥🌠🇦🇱🙏👊
Well well...color me impressed, lad. A well researched history video. A lot of other channels leave details out when presenting the history of Gjergj Kastrioti aka Skanderbeg. Good on you. 😉👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is a really good video. Great story. I can see why Skanderbeg is considered a folk hero in Albania
He is considered a hero in Albania, while there is no actual legit evidence to suggest that the man himself was an in fact "Albanian" with an ethnic sense: "Skanderbeg's mother Vojsava was a Serbian noblewoman from the influential Brankovic family and sister to Mara Branković." "The name of the Kastrioti tribe is probably derived from the Greek word "kastron" (fortress)" "There are two different Skanderbegs today: the historic Skanderbeg, and a mythic national hero as presented in Albanian schools and nationalist intellectuals in Tirana and Pristina" Schmitt Jens Oliver (2009), Skanderbeg: Der neue Alexander auf dem Balkan, pp. 44, 45 "Skanderbeg's true status as a 'hero of the Albanian nation' is HARD TO PIN DOWN, due to the lack of primary sources. He has been CONSTRUCTED as a national figure by both non-communist Christian Albanians and by the atheist communists alike." King, Russell; Mai, Nicola (2008), Out of Albania: From Crisis Migration to Social Inclusion in Italy, Berghahn Books, p. 62
@vandare6913 His contemporaries and early biographers all considered him an Albanian. According to Marin Barleti (fl. 1508), his main biographer, he was an Albanian fighting for Albanian freedom alongside his fellow Albanians. Here’s a few archival sources: 1. A report of the envoy of the Duke of Milan from 1454 calls Skanderbeg "an Albanian Christian" ("quello Sanderbech...è christiano Albanexe"). 2. The Italian humanist and poet Antonio Bonfini Asculano (1427-1502) calls Skanderbeg an "Albanian prince" ("Sandorbegum Albanensem Principem"). 3. Even the Venetians never questioned his Albanian origins. In 1464, a Venetian senator angrily said of Skanderbeg, that "we do not trust him at all, because he is Albanian, treacherous and dangerous" ("nuy non si fidamo di luy per niente, perche è Albanese et è traditore et tristo!"). 4. In 1464, the Duke of Milan, Francesco Sforza, wrote a letter to Skanderbeg, addressing him with these words: "The excellent and powerful lord, like our dear brother, the Albanian lord Gjergj Kastrioti, called Skanderbeg" . ("Illustri et potenti Domino tanquam fratri nostro carissimo Domino Georgio Castriot aliter Scanderbeg albanesi"). 5. In a letter from Giovanni Antonio, the prince of Taranto, on October 31, 1460, at the beginning of the letter he addresses Skanderbeg with these words: "Giovanni Antonio, prince of Taranto, sends greetings to George the Albanian!" ("Ioannes Antonius princeps Tarenti Georgio Albano salutem!"). He goes on to say: "Italian blood is not afraid of the Albanian face!" (nec faciam Albanam timebit Italicus sanguis!") and other such insults to the Albanians.
Likewise Ottoman sources, historians and chroniclers, describe him as being Albanian: Aşıkpaşazade (1400-1484) Tursun Beg (1420-1499) Mehmed Neşri (1450-1520) Idris Bitlisi (1457-1520) Ibn Kemal (1468-1534) Sadeddin Efendi (1536-1599) Mustafa Ali (1541-1600) Solakzade (1592-1658) and others, all describe him as being an Albanian (arnavud). “The Albanian ruler had a handsome son named Iskender, whose bodily figure inspired love, while his attractive face was an expression of his beauty and grace.” ~ Hoca Sâdeddin Efendi, in his Tacü't-Tevarih. “The Albanians, these tigers of mountain wars have as their religion rebellion. Even their worst warrior is one of the strongest and bravest on the battlefield, just as if he was a knight on the legendary horse…” ~ Ibn Kemal. Cope.
Yet Skanderbeg’s own testimony is stronger than both Western and Ottoman sources combined. So what excatly did he say about himself? Let’s see how he replied to the albanophobe cited above, namely Giovanni Antionio of Taranto who had insulted the Albanian nation: “Moreover, you scorn our people, and compared the Albanians to sheep, and according to your custom think of us with only insults. It would seem you know nothing of the origins of our race. Our elders were the Epirotes from whence Pyrrhus himself came forth, the might of whom the Romans could barely withstand. Those very Epirotes whom with their weapons set forth and conquered Taranto and much of Italy. There exists no challenge to their might from the likes of the Tarantines, a species of wet men born only to catch fish. And since you proclaim Albania as part of Macedonia, you grant also then, our elders as nobles who went as far as India under Alexander the Great, defeating all the people that came before them with great ease. From those men descend these who you now call sheep. But the nature of things have not changed. Why do your men run away in the faces of sheep?” (Taken from Pope Pius the II’s Commentaries)
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respect skanderbeg from turkey. a noble warrior.
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Why? Without Skenderbeg, the Turks would have taken Rome…
@@Witnessmoo why would i care of rome. I admire great people, not soil.
@@yokartikTurkey is Great enough there is no need for Rome Love from Albania🇦🇱🇹🇷
What is the main evidence of some serb natiinalist claiming Scanderbeg was an ethnic serb? If this was so, how come there is not a single person of Serb ethnicity with the surname of Kastrioti or similar, while there are Albanians in Italy with this surname and the Kastrati clans in Kosovo and Northern Albania?
There are 5 Reasons why Serb Nationalist claim him 1. His Mother Ethnicity is not known but her Name wich was Vojsava Tripalda, because of the Surname Tripalda they thought she was Serbian cause Serbs back then were called triballi. But even if she was Serbian,Bulgarian or Vlach Skanderbeg still considerd himself as Albanian due to his Father. 2. His Siblings had Slavic Names but it was nothing abnormal for Albanians to have Slavic,Greek or Latin Names cause Albanians didn't had a own Church till the 20th Century there are also Albanians today who have turkish or arab name because of Islam. 3. His Father and his Brothers were buried at the Serb-Orthodox Monastry Hilander in Atos. But being burried there didn't had to do something with their Ethnicity they even were buried at the Arbanski Pirg (Albanian Tower) at Hilandar. 4.The Serbs at that time were the lapdog of the Ottomans and they were helping them as much as they could, so Serb Nationalist want Skenderbeg to Show the World they were fighting the Ottoman every time and to glorify themselfs. 5. They trying to destroy the Albanian Identity with Actions like that. Not only with Skanderbeg but also they say that the Serbs were the Illyrians and we Albanians came from the Caucasus, The biggest Albanian Tribes were original Serbian Tribes and became serbs due to Assimilation, even on Serbian Wikipedia they say that Adem Jashari Was Serbian just to supress the Albanians. Hope it Shows you why Serbian Nationalist are so crazy about us
@@alban.k Thanx for expl. I also think they claim Sca derbeg bcs his mkthera name was slavic - Vojislava, but again, his surname was defi ately not slavic and atill exista today amkng Albanians in difderent forms - Castriota (Arbresh), Kastrati (Kosovo and North Albania), Kastrat (Sanxhak of Novi Pazar), etc. Also, if he were serb, why wluld all foreign (non-Albanian and non-serb slurces) from medieval time to today consider him Albanian. Also, he is from Kruja. Why wluld a serb nobleman end up in Kruja specifcally? I notoced serb nationalist arw not really well informed. They seem to equate everythi g that is slavic with serb. So if something is of slavic etymology, tkponyms, names, ezc. they automatically call it serb but they forget that most of these slavic toponyms e d up with suffix "ec" which is not a serb suffix but rather older slavic lanvuahe feature flund in Bulgarian and Macedonian languages. For example Pogradec is how Macedonains and Bulgarians wouls ca a town and im werb language (central south slavic it would be Pogradac)...etc etc. Also, those serb nationalist do not realize that not only all other slavic things are not serb things but they shohld also realize that if ylu take away the east orthodox christianoty from them (which btw thwy dod not invent but they receoved it from others- so it is not thwir authentic element of identity), they noonger have an identity. In other oweds of you remove thw east orthodox chrostoanity from them, you can no longer tell the difference between them and Bosniaks, Croats and Montenegrins....except in the dialect....
Skenderbeg, the national hero of Albania, was an incredible leader who fought for the independence and freedom of his people. His bravery and determination inspire me! 🇦🇱💪🏼
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Watching from Greece.hi everybody. Interesting video.
100k soldiers walking for days or weeks must look and sound nutty
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