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Voisava Kastrioti, an albanian orthodox noblewoman of Polog: Correcting the historical record on the mother of Skanderbeg
2026-03-02
Abstract This article argues that Voisava Kastrioti, mother of the Albanian national hero Skanderbeg, was almost certainly an Albanian Orthodox noblewoman from the Polog region — and not Serbian, Bulgarian, or of ambiguous origin as frequently claimed. The argument rests on three independent pillars: (1) the documented Albanian population ofContinue Reading