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@Newdivide

3 жыл бұрын

Skanderburg? Looks interesting Glad to hear your still here Connor! Awesome as always

@pyeitme508

3 жыл бұрын

Like the Spider Man CROSSOVER lol

@trtyuiop

3 жыл бұрын

Join the discord server in the description

@nightrunner3701

3 жыл бұрын

I had heard of skanderbeg. Great guy. Arguably equal to or better than chaps like vlad the impaler.

@rickastley5321

3 жыл бұрын

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Eu4 players: You underestimate my knowledge.

@apotato5567

3 жыл бұрын

Conquering the world as ryuku

@MetuendusDominus

3 жыл бұрын

Glory to the Ulmpire.

@strange_gaming9190

3 жыл бұрын

Ottomans when skandeburg dies is not cozy

@vampireseal4857

3 жыл бұрын

All hail the god general!

@Fidelcashflow52

3 жыл бұрын

we all know an alliance with Skanderbeg as the Byzantines is as must to crush the Ottomans

Everybody gangsta till the mountains speak Albanian

@ronjayrose9706

3 жыл бұрын

Ottoman Horse Archers: *Nani!*

@aokiaoki4238

3 жыл бұрын

His name was Georgios Kastriotis, not Skanderbeg and he was a Greek-Serbian, not Albanian.

@truthissacred

3 жыл бұрын

He wasn't Albanian ;)

@gentbax3955

3 жыл бұрын

@@aokiaoki4238 ahahahaaha grrek serbian wtf is that

@gigasigma8373

3 жыл бұрын

@@aokiaoki4238 his name was Gjergj Kastrioti, Skanderbeg is the surname he was given in Turkey which means Lord Alexander... So when you call Gjergj Kastrioti as Skanderbeg you are calling him as Lord Alexander.

Ottomans: Gives a portion of his land. Skenderbeg: Say sike right now.

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! That’s pretty good!

@ajithsidhu7183

3 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryHouseProductions please do one of the sikh empire and the camel tanks deployed

@skizzik121

3 жыл бұрын

@@ajithsidhu7183 camel tank as a phrase makes me very happy. Reality I'm certain is much less "Loony Tunes" than my drug addled brain is envisioning I'm sure but my head canon will reign supreme.

@ajithsidhu7183

3 жыл бұрын

@@skizzik121 but i am serious to invade Afghanistan the sikh tie cannons on camels to act as tanks , would be awesome of there did that to elephants

@puneetmishra4726

3 жыл бұрын

@@ajithsidhu7183 that is called Zamburak and yes Tipu did that with elephants. He made his war elephants kinda like rocket launcher.

Fun fact: In the Battle of Albulena we were outnumbered 8 to 1. We won lol.

@anatonlikarpov1293

3 жыл бұрын

And look who decide to show up. The star of the show 😂

@aokiaoki4238

3 жыл бұрын

His name was Georgios Kastriotis and he was a Greek-Serbian, not Albanian.

@admypz

3 жыл бұрын

@@aokiaoki4238 Lol why did he fight for Albania? And where was Greece then? Greeks disappeared a long time ago, modern Greece is a creation of the Philhellenism of the 17th century Europe and has nothing to do with ancient Greece except the national narrative.

@Anicapp

3 жыл бұрын

@@admypz DONT WASTE time to that dude hahaha they are so jelous

@ardianademi8309

3 жыл бұрын

@@aokiaoki4238 hmmm he cannot be greek cause he was not GAY

As an Albanian yes, Skanderbeg is very underrated in the world because people only know about generals that conquered massive amounts of territories but Skanderbeg was just incredible and everyone in the Balkans knows about him and is very respected in europe with alot of statues. He also fought wars in Italy and never lost once, in any battle he joined he was always the victor even though he had 0 help from anyone.

@someguysomeone3543

3 жыл бұрын

He did receive some help by the venetians but in true medieval fashion he fought against them too. His titles were pretty badass though:Jesus Nazarene Blesses Thee [Skanderbeg], Prince of Emathia, King of Albania, Terror of the Ottomans, King of Epirus.

@gigasigma8373

3 жыл бұрын

@@baril3d being a fanboy about the greatest middle age general of all time aint something bad, its something you should be proud of.

@rickastley5321

3 жыл бұрын

@@Someone-jz5pl exactly they also burned costantinopole

@ascanioscarpati8538

3 жыл бұрын

In Italy Skanderberg is really well known and i live nearby a square called Albania Square, and there is a big statue of him in the middle

@tana3846

3 жыл бұрын

@@someguysomeone3543 Bruh you name is Cucumber

Any person that had to play as Albania or Byzantium on EU4 knows what a Gigachad Skanderbeg is. The dude makes his ancient namesake proud. Cheers to any albanians reading this! 🇦🇱

@skenderbegshala3247

3 жыл бұрын

Greetings Brother

@Skanderbeg99

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers ☦️🇦🇱

@andrewtate5252

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers from Albania

@geosar5470

3 жыл бұрын

He was Greek. Look it up.

@denistrashani9097

3 жыл бұрын

@@geosar5470 ??? You ok there

My mans skanderbeg had plot armour until the writers realized the unstoppable beast they made would ruin the Ottoman arc

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

They had to kill him off for the second season

@sebastianpijov8708

3 жыл бұрын

They only replaced him with Vlad Tepes

@onuraslanfb07

3 жыл бұрын

@@sebastianpijov8708 vlad is a rat compared to Skanderbeg

@sebastianpijov8708

3 жыл бұрын

@@onuraslanfb07 Considering that Vlad used disease to damage the Ottoman army, you are right.

@martinhorvath4117

3 жыл бұрын

@@sebastianpijov8708 considering the Ottomans put Vlad in charge of Wallachia, you are right. considering he killed his own brother, his own people, you are right. Vlad Tepes wasn't a good leader, nor was he very succesful. Romanians only have him as someone who in known in the world, so they idolize him.

People who know who Skanderbeg is and what he did and all his achivements: "Oh I see."

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Can’t win ‘em all

@skizzik121

3 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryHouseProductions you got a pretty good ratio though. I appreciate your coverage of less "mainstream" historical badassery

In Romania we call arm wrestling Skanderbeg and nobody knows that it's named after this guy

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

That’s cool!

@someguysomeone3543

3 жыл бұрын

Probaly because once he asked the Albanian nobels who would be a prince or smth like that and he challenged everyone in arm wrestling and beat everyone until he called a herder and he actually was beaten by the hearder which showed to everyone that the nobility weren't as strong as the common folk or the poor as the thought.

@AndriPopUp

3 жыл бұрын

@@someguysomeone3543 I didn't know that, on wiki it just says that it's because he was called 'iron arm', which is not such a satisfactory explanation.

@AndriPopUp

3 жыл бұрын

@Ersi Leka Yea, I guess he'd be

@ahad1609

2 жыл бұрын

Your name is really cool. It is a link to the Balsa family in the Balkans.

Never heard of? Eu4 players: let us introduce ourself

@bukowski9526

3 жыл бұрын

So that's why the Ottomans have cores in Albania in 1444

@ClnlBogey

3 жыл бұрын

He should basically be Jadwiga in Civ 6. Those bonuses, minus the trade district make sense.

@alleshi5

3 жыл бұрын

@@bukowski9526 You have to say that to Serbia and Greece leaders who created marriage with ottoman empire. We Albanians do not give a Sh''i''t on muslim or christian religion when it comes to be ''Shqipetar''. Religion for us is like you or your family politic party support!!

@ledikraja6142

3 жыл бұрын

@@alleshi5 yea for real my great grand father were Catholic while I’m called a Muslim but the blood line is pure so only what I call the creator sometimes has changes as even that is the same zot from my great grand fathers blood culture and everything is the same.

@alleshi5

3 жыл бұрын

@@ledikraja6142 Agree!!!

In hungarian arm wrestling is called szkander (pronounced skander) in honour of him so he is better known here.

@Nebo-er6be

3 жыл бұрын

Ist That right? I read here that also in Romania arm Wrestling ist called Skanderbeg...I‘m very Proud of him

@EltonTheFirst

2 жыл бұрын

I am told in Romania the do the same to his honour. Love it

@sharknextdoor

2 жыл бұрын

🇦🇱 ♥️🇭🇺

@seal4150

2 жыл бұрын

Respect

@Rangstaa

2 жыл бұрын

@@EltonTheFirst why tho, did he help romania at some point?

I agree with History House! The General is the best general because he gave everyone the best insurance with Shazam himself

@trtyuiop

3 жыл бұрын

Join the discord server in the description

Skanderbeg had gained the nickname "Iron arm" due to his achievements, and was known throughout the balkans. His deeds were so well known that Romanians (who were also under Ottoman rule more or less) idolized him. To the extent that the word for "arm wrestling" in Romanian is actually "Skanderbeg" or "Skandenberg", and is used even today, though very few Romanians actually know the etymology and fewer question the obviously not-Romanian-sounding word.

@BandiAndras

3 жыл бұрын

Same with hungarian, an entirely different language.

@blackpaint9093

3 жыл бұрын

He was also Athleta Christi(the pope called him like that) and shield of europe(mehmet fatih)

@astritcana9624

3 жыл бұрын

wow, that's kind of interesting story. As an Albanian/Kosovan we have sympathies for Romania and Hungary, especially for Hungarian brave comander Ianosh Hunyadi . About him, we learnt a lot in primary school here. Regards

@aokiaoki4238

3 жыл бұрын

His name was Georgios Kastriotis, not Skanderbeg and he was a Greek-Serbian, not Albanian.

@astritcana9624

3 жыл бұрын

@@aokiaoki4238 If you are Greek, this is first time that I’m completely disagree with one Greek person. Believe me, because as an Kosovar/Albanian, I love Greece, and as a child when I was in Athens with my parents vising this beautiful country, I still keep most sweet memories. Skanderbeg was Albanian, his name was Gjergj (in English is George) Kastrioti , son of Gjon Kastrioti, an famous family in medieval Albania. If he has any thing to do with Serbian origin, is that his mother propably was serb. He has nothing to do with Greece ore Greek. This is very poor and based on religious fanatism saying that Gjergj Kastrioti was Greek-Serbian. Here in my country even that 90percent are nominally Muslim, only 4-7 percent supposed to practise Islam. I’m a proud for that I was grown in an secular country, with secular family which to us is considered traitor renegade that who divide Albanians based on religion. Gjergji was Albanian, orthodox faith, later to be converted in to Islam (forcedly of course) , and he died as an Christian Roman Catholic. He is our National hero, and his statue proudly stays in the centre of Kosovo Capital, Pristina.

Murad II : *"I have an Army."* Albanians: *"We. Have. Skanderbeg."* Ottoman Army and Murad: **[CONFUSED_SCREAMING]**

@easy5989

3 жыл бұрын

But turks won against him tho and ruled the balkan for 500 years

@easy5989

3 жыл бұрын

@Fafli Nah but whe still control albania for 500 years so?

@skenderbegshala3247

3 жыл бұрын

@@easy5989 there was never full control , many albanians escaped in the mountains , where turks had no chance to get. Also when you talk about "we" then let me tell you something. Ottomans were at some point not only turks , not homogenous. Many or maybe most high positions in the ottoman empire like vizier ect. were Albanians (just like skanderbeg himself) . I could give you a long list with names but that would be to much. When modern Turkey was born thanks to Atatürk , he was also albanian. The biggest football club Galatasaray founded by Ali Sami yen, an albanian. Turkeys national anthem written by an Albanian. Turkey introduced the latin alphabet (with some modification done by atatürk) thanks to Atatürk and Mehmet Fuat Köprülü. Both Albanians. Turkish Football legend Hakan Sükür , an Albanian. I can go on and on, officials, generales, writters, scientists, actors and models, sportsman ect. Albanians had and have a huge maybe even the biggest impact in ottoman and modern turkeys history and its victories. There are approximately 5-7 million albanians living in turkey. More than albanians in Albania + Kosovo combined! Turkey is a multi-ethnical nation , not a homogenous. Besides albanians , there are greeks, bosnians , bulgarians, georgians (Erdogan is of georgian descent) kurds , ect. living in turkey. What i want to say is, Turkey which is seen as the mother or big brother by the other turkic nations, like azerbaijan, turkmenistan, uzbekistan etc. , is the one which is the least of them being turkish by genetics / descendants.

@easy5989

3 жыл бұрын

@@skenderbegshala3247 with "we" i mean muslims

@gigasigma8373

3 жыл бұрын

@Fafli Nah they never won against skanderbeg, they only won the battle in berat when skanderbeg wasnt present.

That's what 6/6/6 and 5/5/5/0 stats does to a man.

@mingchina4499

3 жыл бұрын

Comrade Corbyn he's a 6/5/6 though

@martinbogado4924

3 жыл бұрын

A yes, EU4 reference

@slothgasm8455

3 жыл бұрын

The awarding of 5 manoeuvre is simply insulting

"and since he lived in the Balkans, it didn't take too long" 😂😂😂

@aviationfansalbania2332

3 жыл бұрын

Until his natural death man !

Me not being mentioned among history’s great: “My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.”

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Please don’t invade my country

@boredidiot1640

3 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryHouseProductions don't worry Britan will help you and colonize you yay you're safe Uhh...

@shaafalikhan3704

3 жыл бұрын

Vive Napoléon, vive l’empereur.

@achyuthansanal

3 жыл бұрын

why do I see you everywhere? HHP, The Armchair Historian, Epic History TV, Kings and Generals...

@rickastley5321

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly stop invading youtube comment sections

Vlad the Impaler to Skanderbeg: “You and I aren’t so different”

@bajlozi6873

3 жыл бұрын

Hobby: Spanking ottoman boiz

@marseldagistani1989

3 жыл бұрын

@@bajlozi6873 well one spanks one impales

@dismas8884

3 жыл бұрын

skanderbeg fought against muslim invasion, but today albania is a muslim country. that's a biggest middle finger to skanderbeg.

@marseldagistani1989

3 жыл бұрын

@@dismas8884 you can say that. But hey the Albanians did keep resisting even when the Ottomans tried to assimilate them and even had a cultural revival so that's something

@comradekenobi6908

3 жыл бұрын

@@marseldagistani1989 the Ottomans never really tried to assimilate anyone tbh comrade, idk maybe they're lazy Except if you're in Anatolia of course Compared to the Europeans like holy hell have you ever wonder how Latin Americans speak Spanish and Portuguese even though they outnumbered the entire population of those two countries?

through the magic of EU4 I've heard of him.

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Is he in EU4?

@luminator911

3 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryHouseProductions Yep and he's broken

@ralfantino2291

3 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryHouseProductions he is a 6/5/6 ruler and starts as a 5/5/5/0 general which is SUPER OP in the early game

@filipfajny8922

3 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryHouseProductions Yeah, he starts as the Albanian ruler and a general, and he's the best General in the start date, and the best general you will see in the early game [with is like 200 years]. His starts are quite fucking OP

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Right on. I’ve never played as Albania, but I guess it makes sense for him to be in charge lol

If this guy is not in the next Civilization game, i'm gonna be pissed. Would be so cool to play as him.

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

That actually would be pretty sick

@waffilushus

2 жыл бұрын

He won’t haha. If you want to play him in any game I suggest EU4 (Europa universalis 4)

i'm kind of surprised skanderbeg didn't find a way to ambush the ottomans by digging a tunnel under them and just having his men burst out of the ground like ants

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

That would be super scary

@albiontusha6822

3 жыл бұрын

There is a story of him trapping ottomans in a tunnel and masscring them

Ottoman Politician: signs the fake document Skanderbeg: duped 100

As a Albanian, I can agree that Skanderbeg should be more appreciated in other countries, in my knowledge other history books (for example the American History Books) do not talk about Skanderbeg or anything about Albania. And also yes, Skanderbeg is our mascot lol.

Alessandro Cutolo ( Italian historian ) : " Gjon ( father of Skanderbeg ) married Princess Vojsava, the daughter of another excellent Albanian leader, the Lord of Polog " . Source : in is work "Skanderbeg" , p.20, published in Milan (Italy) in 1940

@dzonimihajlovic2869

3 жыл бұрын

Vojsava is a typical albanian name hahahq... totally not serbian :)..

@Universal..

3 жыл бұрын

@@dzonimihajlovic2869( some Albanian women still have this name ) Alessandro Cutolo ( Italian historian ) : " Gjon ( father of Skanderbeg ) married Princess Vojsava, the daughter of another excellent Albanian leader, the Lord of Polog " . Source : in is work "Skanderbeg" , p.20, published in Milan (Italy) in 1940

@Universal..

3 жыл бұрын

@@dzonimihajlovic2869 Voisava (real name) ... Anyway the first name doesn't mean anything ... ( You may very well be a Frenchman with an Italian first name ... ) What the Serbs don't understand is that in addition to being Muslims, the Albanians came from Latin/Catholic or Byzantine/Orthodox countries, the dominant culture in Orthodoxy is Greek and Slavic (as Turkish Arabic is for Islam). No wonder ...

@dzonimihajlovic2869

3 жыл бұрын

@@Universal.. man, go watch ardian klosi the albanian historian what he said about skanderbegs origin..

@Universal..

3 жыл бұрын

@@dzonimihajlovic2869 This man is not reliable (he made a lot of mistakes ...). Moreover he was not appreciated ... Don't worry, the majority of Albanian historians will tell you that Skanderbeg was Albanian ... A minority will tell you the opposite ... But the majority of Albanian historians who will tell you that Skanderbeg was not Albanian are in fact ethnic minorities in Albania ... ( as for example : pascal milo who is Greek by descent and not Albanian etc ) .

The 6, 5, 6 ruler and 5, 5, 5, 0 General what a Chad

@eliotgashi9760

3 жыл бұрын

I like your funny words magic man

Skanderbeg was so strong that the only thing that could beat him was an illness

Fun fact: Arm wrestling in Romania its called Skanderberg

@Karadaklija2004

3 жыл бұрын

really? there is a story in albania about him that says he chose his soldiers by arm wrestling and all of them were albanian

@martinhorvath4117

3 жыл бұрын

@@Karadaklija2004 Szkander comes from him, yes, it's even used in Hungarian. It means arm wrestling.

@Karadaklija2004

3 жыл бұрын

@@martinhorvath4117 crazy

@namesurname8652

3 жыл бұрын

I know this, I was surprised because this is how we call it too! My Romanian friend was surprised that he's an Albanian hero. He thought is something related with scandinavians countries lol

@edonhajdari6615

3 жыл бұрын

@@Karadaklija2004 yes its true its a movie about him Skanderbeg you can see it but its on Albanian

I'm Italian & we know who he was, i thing everybody knows him in Italy... We have lots of statys in Italy the bigest is in Rom Piazza Albania and other EU _ contrys have his staty i know one in Belgium and I think its one in London

@aviationfansalbania2332

3 жыл бұрын

We have Some familiars there from Curbino (ancient town close to Daulia Vignolia and San Veneranda and Prodani zone where comes the pope Klementi XI

Wow ..he is awsome ... He literally defeated everyone messed with him ...

@ervisisfacetoface8227

3 жыл бұрын

He had 29 battles with ottomans 1 returned back, 1 Battle lost, 29 battles won against the ottomans, ✝️🇦🇱🦅⚔️🪓🗡

@sachinvenugopal6926

3 жыл бұрын

@@ervisisfacetoface8227 great dude

A friend of mine's ancestor! His descendants had to flee to southern Italy, in the region of Apulia, along with many Albanians who couldn't stand Ottoman supremacy. The Turks hoped his blood line would die out, but it lives to this day.

@rickastley5321

3 жыл бұрын

Yes i know of them is Ana Kastrioti

@paolofumarola2319

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickastley5321 no, I was actually talking about the family Castriota Skanderbeg

@rickastley5321

3 жыл бұрын

@@paolofumarola2319 yes , i said i know one of his descants , her name is Ana

@paolofumarola2319

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickastley5321 Does she live in Italy? I wouldn't guess so by the name...

@rickastley5321

3 жыл бұрын

@@paolofumarola2319 yes

Ottomans be like: And they don't stop coming And they don't stop coming And they don't stop coming And they don't stop coming And they don't stop coming And they all get slaughtered one by one.

Arminius: I ambushed and destroyed three Romans legions and forced the empire to rethink their entire strategy regarding Germania. Skanderbeg: Hold my beer...

@aleksandarvil5718

3 жыл бұрын

Hold My Albanian Raki.*

@based_kumanovar4799

3 жыл бұрын

Hold my rakija* 😂

@konradp5817

3 жыл бұрын

One german other albanian 🥇🏅

@zhanahneda3696

3 жыл бұрын

@@aleksandarvil5718 bruh-😂

@lt4395

3 жыл бұрын

Skanderbeg: Savior of Europe, Protector of Christianity - the one who fought the biggest empire of the time (24 out of 25 victories), which actually gave the last blow to Roman Empire (Fall of Constantinople), no my friend he was not holding a beer.

You deserve faaaar more attention Im Albanian and when i saw this i freaked. Also loved the a aron bit too.

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you like it!

The most underrated person, poor sikander bae.

@User12345fan

3 жыл бұрын

Poor Skana Der Rey

@kokekrisuri

3 жыл бұрын

He is not underrated to us who matter

Also known as the only general that has a chance of winning against the Ottomans in 1444

@aviationfansalbania2332

3 жыл бұрын

Yes true , he try to be connected with Hungarian Huniadi but this point was not maked reality due to the Serbian closing road ! They are always Servs and one day we will know them who are they !

@broadminded7774

3 жыл бұрын

Nah,,, more like 25!

Lol, a historian and a fond follower of comedy, nice reference of that classroom sketch btw, love it

The Man, the Myth, the Legend...

It's nice to see our history get recognised, very good video. BTW he actually died of Malaria.

During his italian expedition Skanderbeg came to face a southern pro angevin italian lord named Giovanni Antonio Orsini, the two exchanged letters and discussed matters of pride and nationality. Heres just a little part from Skanderbeg's letter to Giovanni : "Moreover, you scorned our people, and compared the Albanese to sheep, and according to your custom think of us with insults. Nor have you shown yourself to have any knowledge of my race. My elders were from Epirus, where this Pirro came from, whose force could scarcely support the Romans. This Pirro, who Taranto and many other places of Italy held back with armies. I do not have to speak for the Epiroti. They are very much stronger men than your Tarantini, a species of wet men who are born only to fish. If you want to say that Albania is part of Macedonia I would concede that a lot more of our ancestors were nobles who went as far as India under Alexander the Great and defeated all those peoples with incredible difficulty. From those men come these who you called sheep. But the nature of things is not changed. Why do your men run away in the faces of sheep?" And heres the link to the full picture, yes, a picture of the original letter Skanderbeg sent. Written in latin. 😊 www.google.com/search?q=skanderbeg+letter+to+prince+of+taranto&oq=skanderbegs+letter&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0i22i30i457j0i22i30.5647j0j9&client=ms-android-samsung-ga-rev1&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=t7FZ_ifkj5ZHPM

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@hmmm6317

3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow don't show this to modern Albanian nationalists

@denissaliaj9459

3 жыл бұрын

@@hmmm6317 why not?

@dominusalbaniae7812

3 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryHouseProductions np, always trying to educate people on albanian history. Im really fond of my albanian identity, just like Skanderbeg was!

@LABWARRIOR-ho4zd

3 жыл бұрын

@@hmmm6317 skanderbeg said crazier shit than modern albanian nationalists

Everybody asking who Skanderbeg is but nobody asking how Skanderbeg is 😥

@dismas8884

3 жыл бұрын

skanderbeg fought against muslim invasion, but today albania is a muslim country. that's a biggest middle finger to skanderbeg.

@madflaka4087

3 жыл бұрын

@@dismas8884 Fr though

@kaiserwilhelmthe2nd349

3 жыл бұрын

Me and my boy Bismarck and skanderbeg chillin He’s doing great

@liriani

3 жыл бұрын

@@dismas8884 not really, we love skenderbeg because he fought for albania and not for christ

@basileusandy9798

3 жыл бұрын

@@liriani He literally ordered for Muslim Albanians to convert to Christianity or to be kiilled if they refused. If you truly belive that he fought "Culture and People" then my friend you are clearly delusional. Nationality was born in the 18th century and behond. In the Middle ages Jesus Christ and religion was the main focus. Back then people didnt give a **** if you were a Christian Turk, Arab, Serb or Greek. No racism back then.

This guy sounds really cool, I love learning about overshadowed or underrepsented militayr leaders.

@abthedragon4921

3 жыл бұрын

Military*

Why no one in skanderbeg history videos ever mentions his relations with naples his campaign there and the arberesh.

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

I mentioned it very briefly, but I had to cut most of it out to save time

@tcc3569

3 жыл бұрын

Also Hamza didn't die but was sent to prison in naples and than sold to the ottomans again after some years

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Check the footnotes in the description. I go into some more detail there

@markbalaj8389

3 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryHouseProductions you mentioned he invaded Italy. Not sure if that's true but I know he was allies with Italian leaders and would often fight for them. The Arbëreshë people are direct descendants of Skanderbeg's troops that were stationed in Italy or told to flee to Italy once Skanderbeg died. edit: Funny video and a great intro for the younger crowd.

@CRE8TIVE_AU

3 жыл бұрын

@@markbalaj8389 abreshe are direct ancestors of scanderbegs army..yer because the catholik qlbanians Arnt loool..only difference is the catholiks of albania remained

Mehmed the second Said for Scanderbeg “There won’t be another lion like him on this earth”

Skanderbeg himself defined himself as Albanian (handwritten letter). Ex : " Ioannes Antonius princeps Taranti Georgio Albano salutem " = Georgio the Albanian 🇦🇱 salutes the prince Giovanni of Taranto . Source : (Pope Pius II , Commentarii) The same prince Giovanni Antonio described Skanderbeg as "Georgio Albano".

@rickastley5321

3 жыл бұрын

Lead us in the war against serbs in the comment section

@bajlozi6873

3 жыл бұрын

Universal you big brained individual

@SA-jd1rl

3 жыл бұрын

that handwritten letter is nonexistant ... there is only a testimony of this story by pope in his autobiography.

@Universal..

3 жыл бұрын

@@SA-jd1rl Lie . 🤥 Here's an extra gift = Skanderbeg's letter to Giovanni : - "Moreover, you scorned our people, and compared the Albanians to sheep, and according to your custom think of us with insults . Nor have you shown yourself to have any knowledge of my race . My elders were from Epirus, where this Pirro came from, whose force could scarcely support the Romans . This Pirro, who Taranto and many other places of Italy held back with armies . I do not have to speak for the Epiroti. They are very much stronger men than your Tarantini, a species of wet men who are born only to fish . If you want to say that Albania is part of Macedonia I would concede that a lot more of our ancestors were nobles who went as far as India under Alexander the Great and defeated all those peoples with incredible difficulty . From those men come these who you called sheep. But the nature of things is not changed . Why do your men run away in the faces of sheep ? " . ( Book VI of Pope Pius the II's Comentaries )

@rickastley5321

3 жыл бұрын

@@SA-jd1rl it is , is still in italy to this day

this was the best video on albania ive ever seen and u pulled some inside jokes as if u were albanian urself

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you liked it!

@alkritik1351

3 жыл бұрын

@Arber Xharra ive seen it

Cover them in bunkers and Chinese ammunition, Nice refence.

@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler

3 жыл бұрын

(laughs in Enver Hoxha)

@nicbahtin4774

3 жыл бұрын

Why so many bunkers its not like they were at war

@Someone-jz5pl

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicbahtin4774 enver was paranoid

@nicbahtin4774

3 жыл бұрын

@@Someone-jz5pl I guess man run out space to build factories so bunkers is the only thing left to build.

@marseldagistani1989

3 жыл бұрын

@@Someone-jz5pl every modern dictator ever

Thank you for doing a video on albanian history! I cant find many videos on albanian history. Skënderbeg is really famous in albania and Kosovo.

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

No problem! He’s an interesting guy!

@bajlozi6873

3 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryHouseProductions leave these dumb streamers guys, simp for Skanderbro

@denkapeneva2018

Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryHouseProductions you are historian and you know the truth albania is only geographical term their nation is mentioned in 18 century lol

@rronhaziri5619

Жыл бұрын

@@denkapeneva2018 Albania has been mentioned in different names during the Medival Ages but has roots all the way to Ancient Greece

@denkapeneva2018

Жыл бұрын

@@rronhaziri5619 no your nation shiptars are mentioned in 18 century

I want the first chapter of my story to have a cool pun like “Skanderbeginnings”

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Send me your autobiography then

@Newdivide

3 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryHouseProductions Connor I couldn’t help but notice you sound different Something bad happened or something?

@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681

3 жыл бұрын

I think you should change your name, otherwise it will start with "Randombeginnings".

@randomgamer3964

3 жыл бұрын

@@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 that wouldn’t be good

I only know him because he had this strange goat crown helmet i'm surprised that you didn't talk about that !

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

I saw that but decided that it looked too hard to draw haha

@skizzik121

3 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryHouseProductions that makes me happy you said "damn this shit is awesome" proceeds to attempt single drawing " nah it's not that cool"

@bilbildautaj5418

3 жыл бұрын

The goat on the Scanderbeg's helmet represents the ancient illyrian god PAN ore ALPAN whom the name ALBANIAN comes from,as many scholars think.(Niko Stillo,Germany).This god had a human body and the head and feet of a goat.Alexander The Great and Pyrrhus used similar helmets with the goat on them.The well known helmet was donated to Scanderbeg by the Pope of Vatican with the inscription "Georgivs Castriota,King of Albania and Epirus".The Vatican recognized Scanderbeg as the heir of Alexander The Great Alexander and Pyrrhus.The name Scander is the turkish version of Alexander.

@kevin-dm4rc

3 жыл бұрын

he was a metalhead

@user-jh5ho3nv1w

3 жыл бұрын

His armor was heavy af also the goat is an ancient symbol, alexander the great and other ancient balkan civilizations rulers had it

the legend says that it took 4 people to actually carry his sword! I personally was sceptic,but when I saw his original sword kept in Vienna,I said to myself:holy sh**,this sword is huge! ps. as you can see,I have his name,and I know that nobody cares,but ny father got a beating for giving me this name when I was born during the Yugoslav era! back then,the serbian regime really hated us to the bone,and didn't want us to have Albanian names I'm from Kosovo btw

@MateoTlm

2 жыл бұрын

Your father is a badass

@HannaMillerModel

10 ай бұрын

That's sword isn't for fight is emblems, Lek Dukagjini was more warrior and more Powerful. 💪

@sokoli3253

6 ай бұрын

Non it wasn’t for emblems but apparently you don’t know how big ans tall the man was. Like most of true highlanders. Leke Dukagjin is of course a legend and a hero but they were friends like brothers. Don’t make them rivals by comparing. Leke Dukagjin was the prince of north Albania. I’m from Shkodra so a know much about him and honor him but Gjergj has his history being raised far from his home and blood and this is particular because he must have suffered a lot about this distance and isolation and his strategies are like no one since he was son wise to earn the trust of the sultan and become his left hand to finally go unit and defend Albanian territory and blood. Leke Dukagjin never had to leave his lands, he was the one whom trusted the most since they were both man of word and won’t betrayed after givin their “besa”. Besa besa ka than Leka per ket tok s’na dhimset jeta… so proud to be a child of those mountains with such mighty ancestors. 🇦🇱🦅👐

As an Albanian, I concur this is true

When Skanderbeg comes to your house. You are the guest.

This was pretty awesome. As Albanians he is our biggest Pride and represents us the best. Thank you for shedding light to his life and accomplishments. Im loving the comical style aswell, Cheers 🤙

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’m glad you liked it!

Well, time to play EU4 as Albania after this video.

@bajlozi6873

3 жыл бұрын

I recommend. Played many times as Albania. Eat Serbia and some other ballkan contry you can get. Alliance potential with the Habsburg chins, Hungary and mabye Poland. Then proceed to spank ottomans 😝

@blackpaint9093

3 жыл бұрын

@@bajlozi6873 it doesnt work, if you want to ally with Hungary amd poland(which is necessary to beat the ottomans) you dont need to expand at all , or they won't accept the alliance, then jjst beat the ottomans, take a few provinces and slowly eat them all, you also have to be lucky, Skanderbeg should survive at least 20 years and Hungary/poland should accept the alliance. If not you won'y succeed, i did one good campaign with Albania, ended up owning the whole balkans, Venice, austria, Hungary, half of poland, Anatolia, holy land and even egypt, i went revolutionary but sadly in the end a coalition war with the whole of europe broke out

@bajlozi6873

3 жыл бұрын

@@blackpaint9093 rip

Everyone who ever played EU4 knows Scanderbeg as the most OP general of the game.

You made history fun .Good job buddy thanks for the video

Skanderberg:a random guy born in albania The comments:albanian national anthem starts playing

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

True dat

@albanian8527

3 жыл бұрын

If skanderbag was not born albania will not exist

@lt4395

3 жыл бұрын

Not a random guy born in Albania. He is Albania's national hero.

@lagjescuni5482

3 жыл бұрын

Not a random guy he was from a noble family the castle of kruje was his property

@lagjescuni5482

3 жыл бұрын

the second self called scanderbeg was a random guy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Manesi

Murad II ; Mehmed II: **has Ottoman Army** 4:35 Skanderbeg : _"Me And Horsey Bois"_

You deserve so much more recognition. Happy to see you grow as a channel as much as it makes me happy to see your videos! Wish you the best!

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I really appreciate kind comments like yours!

You should make a part 2. Theres so much more things to talk about him (myths, his tools etc)

Underappreciated key and peele reference. You keep doing what you're doing man ❤️

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you liked it. Thanks!

Now i feel like a proud Albanian

@tonit4233

3 жыл бұрын

Hadrian was almost as straight as Heliogabalus.

@aokiaoki4238

3 жыл бұрын

His name was Georgios Kastriotis, not Skanderbeg and he was a Greek-Serbian, not Albanian.

@anarquia201

3 жыл бұрын

@@aokiaoki4238 you balkan People are really funny with tour eternal hace bettewn each other Please carry on

@thesoundinyourhead1782

2 жыл бұрын

@@anarquia201 haha Wikipedia agrees with him though and there is a whole chapter on Wikipedia about the Albanian myth of skabdeberg from scholars that explain how this figure was used in late 19th and early 20th century from nationalistic propaganda. And guess what, all the scholars are not balkans. The sh! thole you live have taken a figure that fought with greek army from epirus and made him to look Albanian when he didn't even know Albanian language.

@anarquia201

2 жыл бұрын

@@thesoundinyourhead1782 sure is a conspiracy of the academics of the world to support Albania narrative Please carry on funny balkan people

I absolutely *love* how far the quality of the videos on this channel have come

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

This channel is criminally underrated

Excellent work my friend. You have mastered modern post ironic comedy.

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks my dude

The ottomen army was incapacitated? Sounds familiar...

@floorgangouh1663

3 жыл бұрын

He was to be named the third dracula but the pope and also skanderbeg died before he got named

Love your content . I have been following your channel for quite a while now. My history teachers made me hate history but after watching your videos I wished I had history teachers like you.

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I’m so glad that I can help you like history!

I've only watched one video and this is already my new favorite channel - I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING SKSKKS

"It has been reported that at the end of the 20th century some Christian Albanians still used the term "TURK" to refer to Muslim Albanians. " Matvey Lomonosov, "On Albanian Identity in the Late Ottoman Empire", Porta Balkanica, vol. 5, 2013, p.12

Respect from Albania for this video.

@trtyuiop

3 жыл бұрын

Join the discord server in the description

@lesdodoclips3915

3 жыл бұрын

@@trtyuiop yes

I've missed your content so much!!!

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Good thing I came back

I got a passing grade on an essay off of his back by saying stuff like: About his death we can only say that there was no weapon, general or battle of the time worthy of killing him so in the end he was taken without a fight.

Man, that guy was a total badass!

Awesome video. Thanks for your hard work. A few interesting facts to add for his legacy: - His role and battles play a major role in the Albanian identity. You can easily say that being Albanian revolves around Skanderbeg - Stradiot, a mercenary primarily Albanian group was formed from his battles.This mercenary group influenced the light cavalry of medieval Europe and is known to have fought as far as England. - Skanderbeg was given lands in southern Italy because of his help. These lands were later populated by Albanians fleeing from the Ottomans. They still live in Italy for 500 years and are known as Arbereshe. They had a heavy impact on Albanian literary reinaissance and independence.

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! These are some interesting facts!

Skanderbeg.

@sulkursell9130

3 жыл бұрын

Skanderbeg.

@dawg204

3 жыл бұрын

Skanderbeg.

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Skanderbeg

@trtyuiop

3 жыл бұрын

Skanderbeg

@bluecup1129

3 жыл бұрын

Skanderbeg

Love these videos

thanks a billion times for this fantastic creative video , telling our Albanian history. With truly Love from Republic of Kosovo

THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO HE IS OUR BIGGEST FIGURE AND INSPIRE EVERY ALBANIAN !!

It's always great to see new video on this channel. I wanted to write something witty but I'm tired.

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll give you a pass this time

Thank you very much for making this video. Skenderbeu is truly a great man and a man who i admire the most.

@shqiperia60

3 жыл бұрын

Is your dad the modern Scanderbeg?? I mean Edi RAMA 😊😊

@TheMitrovica2007

3 жыл бұрын

@@shqiperia60 haha no, i hate Edi Rama. This last name is my moms.

@aokiaoki4238

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMitrovica2007 It's an Indian name, probably came by Gypsies.

Take a shot every-time skenderbeg beats a ottoman army

The real skanderbeg was the friends we made along the way

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Impossible

@artanndoni7048

3 жыл бұрын

True that

Respect my brother thank you so much fir this video

following you since 8k my man so proud of you keep it up!

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it! Thank you!

Skanderbeg's story resembles a lot to that of Maratha general, Bajirao I. Both fought against a much powerful enemy, never lost a battle, died from fever and both of them are massively underrated.

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll have to look into him

As an albanian i am impresed by rhis Its so well done Great work A Fucking killed what the otoman empire can't kill

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you liked it!

Superb video! Thank you! Sticking to this time of history, can you make a video about Janos Hunyadi, please?

Love ur channel bro these vids are amazing

@HistoryHouseProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

. Anon from the castle walls The crescent banner falls, And the crowd beholds instead, Like a portent in the sky, Iskander's banner fly, The Black Eagle with double head. And shouts ascend on high .....'' Long live Scanderbeg. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "Scanderbeg exceeds all the officers, ancient and modern, in the conduct of a defensive army. I met him in Turkish history but nowhere else.'' - Major General James Wolfe, commander of the English army at the siege of Quebec, Canada, writting to Lord Sydney. "To one whom later age has brought to light, Matchable to the greatest of the great: Great both in name and great in power and might, And meriting a mere triumphant feat. The scourge of Turks, and plague of infidels, Thy acts, O' Scanderbeg, this volume tells." - Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser, in his preface to an English translation of Barletius. "Land of Albania, where Iskander rose, Theme of the young, and beacon of the wise, And he, his namesake, whose oft-baffled foes Shrunk from his deeds of chivalrous emprize. Land of Albania, let me bend my eyes On thee, though rugged nurse of savage men! Where is the foe that ever saw their back? ....." - Lord Byron in "Child Harold's Pilgrimage". "The Albanians, these tigers of mountain wars ... have as their religion rebellion. Even their worst warrior is one of the strongest and bravest on the battle-field, just as if he was a knight on the legendary horse. But he has no horse, nor proper weapons for battle. Instead of the horse, he has a lance which strikes as lightning, he has spears who's points are full of posion as the sting of hornets, he has also a wooden bow with some arrows. Furthermore, he is stronger than iron ... " - Ibn Kemal, Historian of the Turkish court during Skanderbeg's war against the Turks "The Albanians have been born to resist and disobey." - Dursam Bey, during the second siege of Kruja

Imagine not knowing skanderbeg before this video.

Thank you for video sir 💐💐💐👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Another solid production for the house of history

Turks named him "Skanderbeg" by his ancestor Alexander the great because even Alexander(in albanian "a le' si n'andërr "or" he was born to be a warrior") of albanian tribe emathia(in albanian "the great land")who is nowadays macedonia(now inhabited with bulgarians that claim they're his ancestors but they're not) was an Albanian/Shqipetar too

@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681

3 жыл бұрын

I think they renamed him because they couldnt pronounce his real name.

@blockie9706

3 жыл бұрын

Alexander the Great was Albanian bro even his name was Albanian "Meryamun" (mirë jam unë) that means "im fine", don't believe to greek nationalists they also say everyone is greek but hell no!

mehmed II: Aight screw this im just gonna build a new castle

3:35 "You're home late Gary..." "Hey wait! You're not Gary!" 😅🤣🔥

Dude, this animation Is awesome!:))

I’m glad to see skenderbag is also a patron

You know, before I remembered what the name actually is, I've thought Skanderbeg was some kind of a mythical goat, but this bc his balls of steel gave him so many victories, he _is_ the goat What a coincidence, lmao XD

@kesildmara2976

3 жыл бұрын

Also has a goat on his helmet

This is the only channel were you find history with fun 😊