Siege of Krujë (1478)
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| Albania[clarification needed] Venetian Republic |
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| Lekë Dukagjini | Mehmed II Davud Pasha[1] |
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The Fourth Siege of Krujë by the Ottoman Empire of Krujë in Albania occurred in 1478, following the death of the Skanderbeg, and resulted in the town's capture after the failure of three prior sieges.
Demoralized and severely weakened by hunger and lack of supplies from the year-long siege, the Albanian defenders surrendered to Sultan Mehmed II, who had promised them they could leave unharmed in exchange. As the Albanians evacuated with their families, however, the Ottomans reneged on this promise, killing the men and enslaving the women and children, taking many of the younger women as wives. A year later the Ottoman forces captured Venetian-controlled Shkodër, the last Albanian castle free of Ottoman control. After this, no Albanian unified force would ever again threaten the Ottoman Empire, only Albanian highlanders and tribesmen in the northern Albanian mountains. Most of the Albanian population would gradually convert to Islam, and Albania remained a part of the Ottoman Empire until the early 1900s.
One of the important historical sources about this siege is the fourth volume of the Annali Veneti e del Mondo manuscript written by Stefano Magno.[2]
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- ^ Babinger, Franz; Manheim, Ralph; Hickman, William C. (1992). Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time. Princeton University Press. p. 362. ISBN 9780691010786. http://books.google.com/books?id=PPxC6rO7vvsC&pg=PA362. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571, four volumes, American Philosophical Society, 1976—1984, p. 329, ISBN 978-0-87169-114-9, http://books.google.rs/books?id=0Sz2VYI0l1IC&pg=PA329&dq=%22stefano+magno%22+ottoman&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fDEZT7LKC8WE4gTTlfGCDQ&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22stefano%20magno%22%20ottoman&f=false, "Volume IV deals with the years 1478 to 1481 .... the siege of Croia"
Coordinates: 41°31′N 19°48′E / 41.517°N 19.8°E
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