Voisava Kastrioti, an albanian orthodox noblewoman of Polog: Correcting the historical record on the mother of Skanderbeg
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








