Skanderbeg's rebellion

Skanderbeg's rebellion; Kryengritja e Skënderbeut
	Part of Albanian–Ottoman Wars
	; Skanderbeg turning away from the Turcs (Kronika tho iesth Historya swiata, 1564)
Date	November 1443 – 17 January 1468
Location	Sanjaks of Albania, Dibra, and Ohrid in the Ottoman Empire; League of Lezhë; Albania Veneta; (present-day Albania and North Macedonia)
Result	Albanian victory; Formation of the League of Lezhë; Multiple failures by the Ottomans to suppress the rebellion;
Territorial; changes	Some Ottoman-held Albanian territories are ceded to the newly formed League of Lezhë
Belligerents
League of Lezhë Members Principality of Kastrioti; Principality of Dukagjini (1444–50, 1467–68); Principality of Arianiti (1444–50, 1451–62); Lordship of Scuria; Principality of Muzaka (1444–50); Lordship of Sati and Dagnum (1444); Lordship of Spani (1444–55); Lordship of Golemi (1444–55, 1456–65); Lordship of Misia (1444–47); Lordship of Upper Zeta (1444–47); Crown of Aragon (from 1451) Kingdom of Naples; Republic of Venice (from 1463)	Ottoman Empire Republic of Venice (1447–48)
Commanders and leaders
Skanderbeg; Alfonso V of Aragon; Ferdinand I of Naples;	Murad II; Mehmed II; Andrea Venier;

Skanderbeg's rebellion (Albanian: Kryengritja e Skënderbeut) was an almost 25-year long anti-Ottoman rebellion led by the Albanian military commander Skanderbeg in what is today Albania and North Macedonia. It was a rare successful instance of resistance by Christians during the 15th century and through his leadership led Albanians in guerrilla warfare against the Ottomans.

On 2 March 1444, the regional Albanian chieftains and nobles united against the Ottoman Empire and established the League of Lezhë under Skanderbeg. The coalition would go on to successfully fight the Ottoman forces up until the fall of Shkodër in 1479, after which it was dissolved. After Skanderbeg's death in 1468, the league would continue fighting under Lekë Dukagjini.

Skanderbeg's revolt represented a reaction by sections of local society and feudal lords against the loss of privilege and the exactions of the Ottoman government which they resented. Because of the frequent conflicts between rival families in Albania during Skanderbeg's rebellion, particularly between Skanderbeg and Lekë Dukagjini, Albanian studies scholar Robert Elsie described the period as more of an Albanian civil war. However, Skanderbeg reconciled with Lekë in 1453 and re-allied with Gjergj Arianiti in 1456.