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George Kastrioti Skanderbeg (Albanian: Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu; Italian: Giorgio Castriota Scanderbeg; 1405 – 17 January 1468) commonly known as Skanderbeg (from Turkish: İskender Bey meaning Lord Alexander or Leader Alexander) was a 15th-century Albanian nobleman.Skanderbeg was born in 1405 to the noble Kastrioti family in a village in Dibra.[citation needed] Sultan Murad II took him hostage in 1423 and he served the Ottoman Empire during the next twenty years.

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active years end year
1468-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
active years start year
1443-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth date
1405-05-06
birth place
Albania, Principality of Kastrioti
death date
1468-01-17
death place
Lezhë, Republic of Venice
parent
Gjon Kastrioti
place of burial
Albania, Lezhë
title
Dominus Albaniae (Lord of Albania)

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