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ALBANIAN 1345 AD - 1430 AD & 1443 AD - 1479 AD
After rebelling from Serbia in 1345, Albania fought successfully against the Angevins of Naples and the Venetians before falling to the Ottomans in 1430. In 1443, John Castriot “Scanderbeg” rebelled and fought against the Turks until his death in 1468. His son then took refugee cavalry (initially unarmoured and using a double-ended light lance and light shield) into Venetian service as the notorious “stradiots”. Reference: Armies of the Middle Ages Vol 2 1. Heath.