The Forgotten Greek Warlord Georgios Kastriotis Skenderbeis of Epirus like the Molossian King of Epirus Pyrrhus. The Greek King the Hero that saved Europe against the Turkalbanians and Ottomans. One of the lesser known heroes of Greek history is George Kastriotis, known also as Skander beys. It is the national hero of Albanians at the same time is unknown or wrongly presented in Greece. as ethnic Albanian. Let's see who the final Skander beys. His real name is Georgios Kastriotis. The last name and has true origin after his grandfather, Konstantinos Kastriotis (1390), was ruler of the region of Kastoria and Imathia. His father was Ioannis Kastriotis, ruler of Kroias while his mother came from Serbia (Voisava). Shortly before the fall of Constantinople, and while the Sultan Murad II conquered the Byzantine one province after another, ask the ruler of Kroias as a manifestation of subjugation and domination of the guarantee, the ransom of 4 sons one of whom was George. I. The Kastriotis accepted and children embraced Islam after (it was Christians) were found to be raised in the sultan's court Andrianoupoleos along with the later conqueror of Constantinople, Mehmed the Second. Sultan Murad, seeing the great progress and the gifts of Greek children gave him the Turkish name "Iskender Bey" (Skanderbeg) which means "Alexander ruler." Despite the Ottoman upbringing, Georgios did not forget his roots. The news of the death of his parents and the oppression from the Turks gave rise to Skander beys in battle fleeing to Serbia and to return to the ancestral lands. Once married Androniki Comnena, George Kastrioti on November 28, 1443 declares the revolution against the Turks. As an emblem used the Byzantine double-headed eagle on a red background, the most current flag of Albania. George Kastriotis thanks martial virtues was able to rid the province of the Turkish occupation and cause admiration in the Christian West who expect the Ottoman threat. It was so great successes Kastriotis that forced him to the sultan to war against him. Typical are the praise of Pope Kallistratos III, naming the Kastriotis "knight of Christ" and "athlete of God." Even after the fall of Constantinople (1453), the Skander bey operated undisturbed until his death. On January 17, 1467 at the age of 63 died of malaria. He was buried with the values expected of a legend in the Church of St. Nicholas in Alessio (ancient Lissos). Evidence of the Greek origin of George Kastriotis: Despite knowledge of the origin of the Albanians continue to believe and propagate some Greeks unknowingly that the Albanian Skander bey was active in the region because of today's Albania. Of course, except that they forget their Greek territories (from the time of Pyrrhus), do the methodological error of timing differences in their attempt to find a great hero in the Albanian history has had to show a hero as always succumbed to bribery and political pressures of the larger forces (see Ottoman Empire, Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany and Soviet Union). Here are some proofs of the root of Georgios Kastriotis o himself Kastriotis were Greek speaking and all of the letters to the rulers of the West and the Sultan were written in Greek, even presented as a descendant of Epirus, not of Illyrian (see letter to the Italian Ursini, 1460). Brought Macedonian helmet and using the name of Alexander the Great, sample continuity national consciousness. Speaking of Pope Paul II said: "After Enslavement of Asia and Greece, after the slaughter of the offspring of Con sovereign / city of Trebizond and desolation ... most part of Macedonia and Epirus, opposite the savage conqueror of competitor to crush his cross, to lift on the Capitol Crescent and slaves to pay for the whole world I stand alone ... after the remains of soldiers after me and of my small Hellenic state". The Turkish biographer of Ali Pasha, Ahmet Moufit, writes Kastriotis about "the year 1443 he escaped from the Ottoman camp of Morava the Greek sovereign Kastriotis and went to the headquarters of his ancestors, the Kroia." Italian, English and Swedish reports consider Skanderbeg Greek. Thus Italian A. Salvi in the tragedy (1718) refers to him as a Greek (Greco). The Englishman C. Randall in 1810 he calls Greek Hero (Grecian Hero) and the Swedish Barrau initially and Rudbeck later (1835) consider Georgios Kastriotis Greek. The Greek Christian Kastriotis was conscious and was the holder of the Greek culture. The documents were prepared in the Chancellery was written in Greek. In 1461 his address to the Sultan Mehmed II wrote: "George is renamed Skanderbeys, ruler of Epirus and the soldier of Jesus Christ The Cross the Cross Hail Iskander Epirus and Greece ...". Similarly addressed to King Alfonso himself "Prince of Epirus."