kidnapped boy Michael, was also a soldier under Gjergj Kastrioti's command. Mark identified with Skanderbegs cause and became sworn brothers ("vllam" a widespread practice among Albanians at the time) with Muzak Stresi, the Lord of Shkodër. Mark would go ahead and foster Morsinia, the Albanian Heiress of Muzak‘s realm, daughter of Muzak Stresi and Mara Cernoviche who were murdered by Hamza Kastrioti, the infamous nephew of Gjergj Kastrioti (Skanderbeg). Hamëz Kastrioti had appropriated the vast estates of the Stresi and had birth claims over the estates of the Kastrioti‘s; Ballaban Badera saw the opportunity and organized the coronation of Hamëz Kastrioti as King of Albania, under vassalage of the Ottomans. Gjergj Kastrioti (Skanderbeg) learned of the plans and gives the order that it must be stopped at any cost and all of Albania must take up arms. The Battle of Albulena ensued and Hamëz Kastrioti was captured. Ballban Badera later came as a commanding general of the army under Mehmet II during the Second Siege of Krujë (1466), where he kept the city besieged for just under a year. In that battle, Ballaban Badera was killed by an arquebus shot to the neck by Gjergj Aleksi, a defender of the city and a hunter in his civilian life. After Ballaban's death, the Ottoman Army stationed in Albania lost its unity and was soon defeated. Notes References 1460s deaths 15th-century Albanian people Albanians from the Ottoman Empire Ottoman military personnel killed in action Year of birth unknown People from Mat (municipality) Albanian Pashas Janissaries