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Since then, he is revered by Albanian irrespective of faith; case in point, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zog_I_of_Albania King Zog I of Albania]] was an Sunni Muslim that took the parallel name Skanderbeg III by claiming to be indirectly descendant from him through Skanderbeg's sister, later on the Communist leader [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enver_Hoxha Enver Hoxha]] considered himself Skanderbeg's heir and it was especially during the communist regime that his figure was mythologized to give legitimacy to the government, and more recently Albanian Catholics regard Mother Theresa of Calcutá as his ideological heir of guarding the boundaries of Catholicism and Albanianism. As such, criticizing Skanderbeg is considered [[SeriousBusiness very offensive]] to Albanian national honor since he is an important symbol for their identity as an people, regardless of faith and creed. Curiously, Skanderbeg was a contemporary to UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler from UsefulNotes/{{Romania}} and fellow Order of the Dragon member, and they share many parallels such as waging war against the Ottomans after becoming their hostages, utilizing similar tactics that they learned from their enemies and being regarded as the defender of their nations and Christianity. However, Vlad is better known due to serving as inspiration for Literature/{{Dracula}} and his association with vampire myth, while Skanderbeg is relatively unknown outside of his own country in no small part due to Albania becoming an ''very'' reclusive CommieLand during the Cold War.

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Since then, he is revered by Albanian irrespective of faith; case in point, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zog_I_of_Albania King Zog I of Albania]] was an Sunni Muslim that took the parallel name Skanderbeg III by claiming to be indirectly descendant from him a kinsman of Skanderbeg through Skanderbeg's sister, later descent from his sister. Later on the Communist leader [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enver_Hoxha Enver Hoxha]] considered himself Skanderbeg's heir and it was especially during the communist regime that his figure was mythologized to give legitimacy to the government, and more recently Albanian Catholics regard Mother Theresa of Calcutá as his ideological heir of guarding the boundaries of Catholicism and Albanianism. As such, criticizing Skanderbeg is considered [[SeriousBusiness very offensive]] to Albanian national honor since he is an important symbol for their identity as an people, regardless of faith and creed. Curiously, Skanderbeg was a contemporary to UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler from UsefulNotes/{{Romania}} and fellow Order of the Dragon member, and they share many parallels such as waging war against the Ottomans after becoming their hostages, utilizing similar tactics that they learned from their enemies and being regarded as the defender of their nations and Christianity. However, Vlad is better known due to serving as inspiration for Literature/{{Dracula}} and his association with vampire myth, while Skanderbeg is relatively unknown outside of his own country in no small part due to Albania becoming an ''very'' reclusive CommieLand during the Cold War.

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