Skenderbeg Crnojević

Staniša "Stanko" Crnojević (1457–1528) is a member of the Crnojević noble family that held the Lordship of Zeta; Stanko was the heir to Ivan I Crnojević, who rules from 1465 to 1490.

In 1485 his father sends him to the Ottoman sultan to guarantee his loyalty, as an Ottoman vassal.

Stanko converts to Islam and receives the name Skender, hence he is also known as Skenderbeg Crnojević, and becomes the Ottoman sanjakbey of the Sanjak of Montenegro in 1514–1528.

He is mentiones in Montenegrin epic poetry, in which he is sometimes known as Maksim.

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