Skanderbeg
1405 to 1468
12 documented presences
9 places
Quo Fuit places 12 dated presences for Skanderbeg across 9 places, from 1444 to 1466. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Gjergj Kastrioti (also known as Skanderbeg; – 17 January 1468) was an Albanian nobleman and military leader who led the League of Lezhë in the Ottoman-Albanian Wars until his death.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Skanderbeg was documented, and when
1444year
Krujëattested
“File:Kthimi i Skenderbeut ne Krujë.png|Skanderbeg's return to Krujë, 1444 (woodcut by Jost Amman) File:Battle of Varna (Amman).jpg|A woodcut of the battle of Varna in 1444 At the beginning of the Albanian insurrection, the Republic of Ve…”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
1453year
Naplesattested
“In 1453, Skanderbeg paid a secret visit to Naples and the Vatican, probably to discuss the new conditions after the fall of Constantinople and the planning of a new crusade which Alfonso would have presented to Pope Nicholas V in a meeti…”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
5 April 1456exact date
Krujaattested
“On 5 April 1456, Skanderbeg entered Kruja and Moisi fled to him professing his willingness to take up arms against the Ottomans, and Skanderbeg pardoned him, remaining loyal until his death in 1464.”
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27 June 1458exact date
Naplesattested
“On 27 June 1458, King Alfonso V died at Naples and Skanderbeg sent emissaries to his son and successor, King Ferdinand.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
April 1459month
Albaniaattested
“After Serbian Despot Stefan Branković was dethroned in April 1459, he traveled to Albania and stayed with Skanderbeg and supported his anti-Ottoman activities, forging plans to recapture Serbia from the Ottomans and return to Smederevo.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
April 1459month
Smederevoattested
“After Serbian Despot Stefan Branković was dethroned in April 1459, he traveled to Albania and stayed with Skanderbeg and supported his anti-Ottoman activities, forging plans to recapture Serbia from the Ottomans and return to Smederevo.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
1461 to 1466period
Italyattested
“With Skanderbeg's recommendations, Despot Stefan moved to Italy in 1461 or 1466.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
August 1464month
Anconaattested
“However, Pius II died in August 1464, at the crucial moment when the crusading armies were gathering and preparing to march in Ancona, and Skanderbeg was again left alone facing the Ottomans.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
1466year
Albaniaattested
“In 1466, on his return trip to Istanbul, Mehmed II expatriated Dorotheos, the Archbishop of Ohrid and his clerks and boyars because of their anti-Ottoman activities and collaboration with rebels from Albania during Skanderbeg's rebellion.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
1466year
Istanbulattested
“In 1466, on his return trip to Istanbul, Mehmed II expatriated Dorotheos, the Archbishop of Ohrid and his clerks and boyars because of their anti-Ottoman activities and collaboration with rebels from Albania during Skanderbeg's rebellion.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
1466year
Romeattested
“Skanderbeg spent the following winter of 1466–67 in Italy, of which several weeks were spent in Rome trying to persuade Pope Paul II to give him money.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
1466year
Italyattested
“Skanderbeg spent the following winter of 1466–67 in Italy, of which several weeks were spent in Rome trying to persuade Pope Paul II to give him money.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
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Places Skanderbeg is documented in
Italy2 presences · 1461 to 1466Naples2 presences · 1453 to 1458
Albania2 presences · 1459 to 1466
Istanbul1 presence · 1466Rome1 presence · 1466Ancona1 presence · 1464
Kruja1 presence · 1456
Krujë1 presence · 1444
Smederevo1 presence · 1459
Other places tied to Skanderbeg in the record
In each of these, a source puts Skanderbeg and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Skanderbeg was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1426year
Macedonia (region)mentioned
“The earliest existing record of George's name is the First Act of Hilandar from 1426, when Gjon (John) Kastrioti and his four sons donated the right to the proceeds from taxes collected from two villages in Macedonia (in modern Mavrovo a…”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
1430year
Nikopol, Bulgariamentioned
“Several scholars have assumed that Skanderbeg was given a fiefdom in Nikopol in northern Bulgaria, because a certain "Iskander bey" is mentioned in a 1430 document holding fiefs there.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
10 October 1445exact date
Macedonia (region)mentioned
“On 10 October 1445, an Ottoman force of 9,000–15,000 men under Firuz Pasha was sent to prevent Skanderbeg from moving into Macedonia.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
27 September 1446exact date
Battle of Otonetëmentioned
“Skanderbeg defeated the Ottomans two more times the following year, once when Ottoman forces from Ohrid suffered severe losses, and again in the Battle of Otonetë on 27 September 1446.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
27 September 1446exact date
Ohridmentioned
“Skanderbeg defeated the Ottomans two more times the following year, once when Ottoman forces from Ohrid suffered severe losses, and again in the Battle of Otonetë on 27 September 1446.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
1448year
Kodžadžikmentioned
“During this brief period of rest, Skanderbeg took up the rebuilding of Krujë and erected a new fortress in Modrica in the Drin Valley near Sfetigrad (which had been lost in a 1448 siege) where Ottoman forces had previously slipped throug…”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
23 July 1448exact date
Shkodërmentioned
“On 23 July 1448, Skanderbeg won a battle near Shkodër against a Venetian army led by Andrea Venier.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
August 1448month
Dibër Districtmentioned
“In August 1448, Skanderbeg defeated Mustafa Pasha in Dibër at the battle of Oranik.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
4 October 1448exact date
Durazzomentioned
“The peace treaty, negotiated by Georgius Pelino and signed between Skanderbeg and Venice on 4 October 1448, envisioned that Venice would keep Dagnum and its environs, but would cede to Skanderbeg the territory of Buzëgjarpri at the mouth…”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
June 1450month
Krujëmentioned
“In June 1450, two years after the Ottomans had captured Sfetigrad, they laid siege to Krujë with an army numbering approximately 100,000 men and led again by Sultan Murad II himself and his son, Mehmed II.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
October 1450month
Edirnementioned
“Murad II acknowledged that he could not capture the castle of Krujë by force of arms before the winter, and in October 1450, he lifted the siege and made his way to Edirne.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
1451year
Albaniamentioned
“In 1451, Mehmed was focused on defeating the Karamanids and Menteşe in the East, but it was his intention to return to Albania.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
3 February 1451exact date
Edirnementioned
“A few months later, on 3 February 1451, Murad died in Edirne and was succeeded by his son Mehmed II (r.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
May 1452month
Krujëmentioned
“One year later, in May 1452, another Catalan nobleman, Ramon d'Ortafà, came to Krujë with the title of viceroy.”
source: Wikipedia: Skanderbeg
22 April 1453exact date
June 1454month
1456year
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March 1456month
1459year
31 October 1460exact date
17 April 1461exact date
1462year
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