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The Connections of Skanderbeg
Albanian noble and military commander (1405–1468) Every person recorded alongside Skanderbeg in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Skanderbeg in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Jovan Kastriot, Voisava Kastrioti
- Spouses
- Donika Kastrioti
- Children
- Gjon Kastrioti II
- Siblings
- Mara Kastrioti
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1405 to 1468.
Medieval era
Timur
April 9, 1336 – February 19, 1405
The founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405)
Medieval era
Mehmed the Conqueror
March 30, 1432 – May 3, 1481
Seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
Medieval era
Joan of Arc
1412 – May 30, 1431
Peasant girl who led French armies and became a saint and national symbol
Medieval era
Henry V of England
September 16, 1386 – August 31, 1422
King of England from 1413 to 1422
Medieval era
Ferdinand II of Aragon
March 10, 1452 – January 23, 1516
King of Aragon, Sicily, Naples, and Valencia (1452-1516)
Medieval era
Isabella I of Castile
April 22, 1451 – November 26, 1504
Queen of the Crown of Castile, from 1474 to 1504; first queen of a dynastically-united Spain, from 1479 to 1504 (1451–1504)
Medieval era
Vlad the Impaler
1431 – December 14, 1476
15th-century ruler of Wallachia
Medieval era
Sejong the Great
April 10, 1397 – February 17, 1450
Fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
Medieval era
Montezuma II
1466 – June 29, 1520
9th tlatoani of Tenochtitlan and ruler of the Aztec Triple Alliance (1466-1520)
Medieval era
Pachacuti
1380 – 1460
11th Inca Emperor
Medieval era
Johannes Gutenberg
1400 – February 3, 1468
Inventor of movable-type printing, the engine of the modern mind
Medieval era
Ibn Khaldun
May 27, 1332 – March 17, 1406
Historiographer and historian