It was said that the Albanian princes had allied themselves with Lazar of the Serbs and Tvrtko of the Bosnians.
Skanderbeg had been an Ottoman sanjakbey, who defected from the empire and united several Albanian princes under the League of Lezhë.
Soon after Skanderbeg united the Albanian princes in 1443, the Ottoman Empire sent forces to quell the rebellion.
Dispatched hastily to Istanbul along with other Albanian princes and captains, he was skinned alive publicly, in Istanbul.
Another possibility is that is was named after the Albanian feudal prince, Lekë Dukagjini.
The Albanian princes were invited to the wedding of Skënderbeg's younger sister, Mamica, who was getting married to Muzaka Thopia in 1445.
In 681/2, however, he joined the Armenian and Albanian princes in a general uprising against the Arab hegemony.
He then formed the League of Lezhë, a confederation of Albanian princes united in war against the Ottoman Empire.
Books on the Albanian prince began to appear in Western Europe in the early 16th century.
In 1445, the Albanian princes had been invited to the wedding of Skanderbeg's younger sister, Mamica, who was being married to Muzaka Thopia.