Skanderbeg
A son of John (Gjon) Kastrioti, prince of Emathia, George was early given as hostage to the Turkish sultan. Converted to Islam and educated at Edirne, Turkey, he was given the name Iskander - after Alexander the Great - and the rank of bey (hence Skanderbeg) by Sultan Murad II. During the defeat of the Turks at
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