Donika Kastrioti
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Donika Arianiti, also known as Donika Kastrioti, was an Albanian noblewoman and the spouse of Albanian leader and national hero Skanderbeg. She was the daughter of Gjergj Arianiti, an earlier leader in the ongoing revolt against the Ottomans.
Posthumous engraving by Johann Theodor de Bry
Skanderbeg
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Gjergj Kastrioti, commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian feudal lord and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia.
Portrait of Skanderbeg painted by Cristofano dell'Altissimo
Skanderbeg dueling a Tatar at the Ottoman court, some time before 1439
A woodcut of the battle of Varna in 1444
Woodcut depicting an engagement between Albanian and Ottoman forces