Skanderbeg Crnojević

Skenderbeg Crnojević
Died 1528/1530
Cause of death Unknown
Nationality Ottoman
Ethnicity Serb
Title Sanjakbey of Montenegro
Religion Serbian Orthodoxy
→Islam (converted)
Parents Ivan I Crnojević

Staniša "Stanko" Crnojević, known as Skenderbeg Crnojević[A], (l. 1457—1528) was a 16th-century Ottoman sanjakbey of the Sanjak of Montenegro in 1514—1528.[1]

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Biography

Staniša was born in present day Montenegro into the House of Crnojević. He was the son of Ivan I Crnojević, who was the Lord of Zeta from 1465 to 1490. In 1485 his father sent him to the Ottoman sultan to guarantee his loyalty.[2] He was converted from Serbian Orthodoxy into Islam and was given the name Skenderbeg Crnojević.[3]

Sanjakbey

He became sanjakbey in 1514, holding the position until his death in 1528. In a defter from 1523, he is mentioned as having 2100 Akıncı in the Crmnica region.[4]

Skenderbeg Crnojević ruled from his capital at Cetinje. During the reign of Selim I, he was known as one of the most prominent Muslim administrators of Slavic origins in the northern reaches of the Ottoman Empire. Staniša Crnojević is known to have commanded an army of approximately 3000 Akıncı, and he maintained correspondence with neighboring contemporaries, such as Gazi Husrev-beg.

After his death in 1530, a Christian inquisition and conflict began against his followers. The uprising was eventually put down by Gazi Husrev-beg, who was killed in battle against Christian clans. His men, however, succeeded in maintaining order in the region.

Preceded by
Ivan I
as Lord of Zeta		 Sanjakbey of Montenegro
1514-1528		 Succeeded by
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References

  1. ^ His name at birth was Staniša Crnojević. The most used variations is the islamized version Skanderbeg[5]/Skenderbeg[3] Crnojević. Other variations are Bušatlija Stanko (Stanko of Bušati, a village in Montenegro).
  1. ^ Denkschriften , Volume 64, p. 46
  2. ^ Šekularac, Božidar, page 99: "otac dao kod sultana 1485. godine kao znak jemstva svoje odanosti."
  3. ^ a b Šekularac, Božidar, page 99: "jedan od Ivanovih sinova, Staniša, „poturčio“, primio islam i postao Skenderbeg Crnojević."
  4. ^ Historija pomorstva i ribarstva Crne Gore do 1918 godine, p.420
  5. ^ The Cambridge medieval history, Volume 4. Cambridge Univ Press. 1923. http://books.google.com/books?id=f83RAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Skanderbeg+Crnojevi%C4%87&dq=%22Skanderbeg+Crnojevi%C4%87&hl=en&ei=ZoeLTbesI5HWsgaRuK2YCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAjgK. Retrieved March 24, 2011. "who had become a Musulman, held, under the name of Skanderbeg, the post of Turkish " governor of Montenegro,"" 

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