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The Albanian Kingdom (Gheg Albanian: Mbretnija Shqiptare, Standard Albanian:
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I The Princely House of Wied
United Kingdom of Prince William of Wied, Prince of Albania (Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich) (26
Great Britain and
March 1876 - 18 April 1945) reigned briefly as sovereign of Albania from 7 March
Northern Ireland - Part
II 1914 to 3 September 1914 when he left for exile. His reign officially came to an end
on 31 January 1925 when the country was declared a republic. Outside the country
Kingdom of Greece and in diplomatic correspondence, he was styled "sovereign prince", but in Albania
Kingdom of Hannover he was referred to as mbret, or king. He was also styled Skanderbeg II, in homage
to Skanderbeg, the national hero. Born in Neuwied, he was the third son of
Electorate of Hesse- William (Wilhelm in German), 5th Prince of Wied (Prinz zu Wied in German)
Kassel (brother of Queen Elisabeth of Romania), and his wife Princess Marie
Landgraviate of Hesse- of the Netherlands (sister of Queen Louise of Sweden).
Kassel

Landgraviate of Hesse-
Philippsthal

Landgraviate of Hesse-
Philippsthal-Barchfeld

Grand Duchy of Hesse


and by Rhine

Landgraviate of Hesse-
Homburg

Principality of
Hohenzollern-
Hechingen

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Holstein-Sonderburg-
Augustenburg

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Holy Vatican State -


Part I

Holy Vatican State - His paternal grandparents were Hermann, Prince of Wied, and Marie Wilhelmine
Part II Friederike Elisabeth of Nassau-Weilburg. Marie was a daughter of Wilhelm, Duke
of Nassau and his first wife Charlotte Louise of Saxe-Altenburg. Charlotte was a
Kingdom of Iceland
daughter of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Duchess Charlotte Georgine
Kingdom of Ireland of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. His maternal grandparents were Prince Frederik of the
Netherlands and Princess Louise of Prussia. Louise was a daughter of Frederick
Kingdom of Italy William III of Prussia and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Prince William served
Principality of as a Prussian cavalry officer before becoming a captain in the German General
Liechtenstein Staff in 1911.

Principality of Lippe

Kingdom of Lithuania

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Luxemburg

Order of St John

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Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Grand Duchy of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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Principality of Reuss -
Elder Line

Principality of Reuss -
Younger Line

Kingdom of Romania

Empire of Russia - Part


I
Prince William's aunt Queen Elisabeth of Romania, on learning that the Great Powers
Empire of Russia - Part
II were looking for a prince to rule over Albania, asked Take Ionescu to attempt to
persuade the great powers to appoint her nephew to the post. Eventually the European
Kingdom of Sardina Great Powers, Austria-Hungary, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Grand Duchy of Saxe- French Third Republic, the German Empire, the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of
Weimar-Eisenach Italy selected William, a member of the German princely house of Wied, to rule over
newly-independent Albania. The announcement was made in November 1913 and the
Duchy of Saxe- decision was accepted by Ismail Qemali, the head of the provisional government.
Meiningen
The offer of the Albanian throne was first made to him in the spring of 1913 but
Duchy of Saxe- he turned it down. Despite rejecting the offer, the Austrians put pressure on
Altenburg Prince William in an attemptto change his mind.
Duchy of Saxe-Coburg
und Gotha - Part I

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und Gotha - Part II

Kingdom of Saxony

Principality of
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Sicilies

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Wurttemberg

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Mediatized Houses

House of Arenberg

House of Auersperg

House of Bentheim

House of Bentinck

House of Castell
He let the Great Powers know on 7 February 1914 that he would accept the throne.
House of Colloredo On 21 February 1914 a delegation of Albanian notables made a formal request,
House of Croy which he accepted thereby becoming By the grace of the powers and the will of
the people the Prince (Mbret) of Albania. One month after accepting the throne
House of Erbach on 7 March, he arrived in his provisional capital of Durrës and started to
organise his government, appointing Turhan Pasha Përmeti to form the first
House of Esterhazy
Albanian cabinet. This firt cabinet was dominated by members of nobility
House of Fugger (prince Essad pacha Toptani defence and foreign affairs, prince George
Adamidi bey Frachery finances, prince Aziz pacha Vrioni agriculture).
House of Furstenberg

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House of Leyen

House of Lobkowicz

House of Looz und


Corswarem

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Winneburg

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House of Oettingen

House of Orsini-
Rosenberg

House of Ortenburg

House of Pappenheim

House of Platen-
Hallermund

House of Puckler und


Limpurg

House of Quadt His brief reign proved a turbulent one. Immediately following his arrival revolts
broke out in central Albania against his Chief Minister, Essad Pasha, and against
House of Rechberg
foreign domination. Greece encouraged the formation of "provisional government of
House of Rechteren- North Epirus". Although an agreement was made to grant extra rights to the Greek
Limpurg minority, the Hellenic Army occupied Southern Albania excluding Berat and Korçë.
William's position was also undermined by own officials, notably Essad Pasha
House of Salm-Salm
himself, who accepted money from Italy to finance a revolt and to stage a coup
House of Salm- against William. Pasha was arrested on 19 May 1914 and tried for treason and
Reifferscheidt sentenced to death. Only the intervention of Italy saved his life and he escaped
to Italy in exile. The outbreak of World War I presented more problems for Prince
House of Starhemberg
William as Austria-Hungary demanded that he send Albanian soldiers to fight
House of Sayn- alongside them. When he refused, citing the neutrality of Albania in the
Wittgenstein Treaty of London, the remuneration that he had been receiving was cut off.
House of Schaesberg

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Gortz

House of Schonborn

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Schwarzenberg

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House of Stolberg

House of Thurn und


Taxis

House of Toerring-
Jettenbach

House of
Trauttmansdorff

House of Waldbott

House of Waldburg

House of Wied

House of Windisch-
Gratz

House of Wurmbrand-
Stuppach

Princely and Ducal - AI


With Albania in a state of civil war since July 1914, Greece occupying the south
Princely and Ducal -
AII of the country, the great powers at war with one another, his regime collapsed,
and so Prince William left the country on 3 September 1914 originally heading to
Princely and Ducal - BI Venice. Despite leaving Albania he did so insisting that he remained head of state.
Although several of the factions competing for power in postwar Albania billed
Princely and Ducal -
BII themselves as regencies for William, once central authority was definitively
restored in 1924 the country was declared a republic on 31 January 1925, officially
Princely and Ducal - ending his reign. With the monarchy in Albania set to be restored with President
BIII Ahmet Zogu becoming king, Prince William reaffirmed his claim to the throne
Princely and Ducal - announcing he still claimed the throne for himself and his heirs. Prince William died
BIV in Predeal, near Sinaia, in Romania leaving his son Hereditary Prince Carol Victor
as heir to his Albanian claims. He was buried in the Lutheran church in Bucharest.
Princely and Ducal -
BV

Princely and Ducal - CI

Princely and Ducal -


CII

Princely and Ducal -


CIII

Princely and Ducal -


CIV

Princely and Ducal - DI

Princely and Ducal -


DII The Family Titles and Styles of the House of Wied
Princely and Ducal - EI
The members of this family bore the titles of Prince or Princess of Albania and

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Princely and Ducal - FI Prince or Princess zu Wied together with the formal appellation of His or Her
Highness. The title and style used for the Prince in Albanian was Mbret (King
Princely and Ducal - or Emperor) and Madheri (Majesty) as used by the Ottoman Empire.
FII

Princely and Ducal -


GI

Princely and Ducal -


GII

Princely and Ducal -


GIII

Princely and Ducal -


HI

Princely and Ducal -


HII

Princely and Ducal -


HIII

Princely and Ducal - II

Princely and Ducal - JI

Princely and Ducal -


KI The Genealogy of the Princely House of Wied
Princely and Ducal - LI

Princely and Ducal -


LII

Princely and Ducal -


LIII

Princely and Ducal -


LIV

Princely and Ducal -


MI

Princely and Ducal -


MII

Princely and Ducal - NI

Princely and Ducal -


NII

Princely and Ducal -


NIII

Princely and Ducal -


OI

Princely and Ducal - PI


H.H. Prince William of Wied, Prince of Albania (German: Wilhelm Friedrich

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Princely and Ducal - Heinrich; Albanian: Princ Vidi) (26 March 1876 - 18 April 1945) reigned briefly
PII as sovereign of Principality of Albania as Vidi I from 7 March 1914 to 3 September
1914 when he left for exile. His reign officially came to an end on 31 January
Princely and Ducal - 1925 when the country was declared a Albanian Republic. Outside the country and
PIII
in diplomatic correspondence, he was styled "sovereign prince", but in Albania he
Princely and Ducal - was referred to as mbret, or king. He was also styled Skanderbeg II, in homage
PIV to Skanderbeg, the national hero
Princely and Ducal - RI

Princely and Ducal -


RII

Princely and Ducal -


RIII

Princely and Ducal - SI

Princely and Ducal -


SII

Princely and Ducal -


SIII

Princely and Ducal -


SIV

Princely and Ducal - TI

Princely and Ducal -


TII

Princely and Ducal - UI

Princely and Ducal - VI

Princely and Ducal -


WI 1) H.H. Prince Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania (19 May 1913 - 8 December
1973) was the only son of William, Prince of Albania and briefly heir to the Principality
Princely and Ducal -
of Albania. He held the title of Hereditary Prince of Albania. Carol Victor was
WII
born on 19 May 1913 in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia as Prince Charles Victor of
Nobility of Holy Wied (German: Karl Viktor Prinz zu Wied). He was the second child and only son
Roman Empire - I of Prince William Frederick of Wied (1876-1945), son of William, Prince of Wied
Nobility of Holy and Princess Marie of the Netherlands, and his wife, Princess Sophie of Schönburg
Roman Empire - II -Waldenburg (1885-1936), daughter of Victor, Hereditary Prince of Schönburg
-Waldenburg and his wife Princess Lucia of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.
Nobility of Holy Through her maternal grandmother was related with the Dutch Royal Family.
Roman Empire - III
His great-grandparents were King William I of the Netherlands and King
Nobility of Holy Frederick William III of Prussia.
Roman Empire - IV

Nobility of Holy
Roman Empire - V

British Peerage Part I

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British Peerage Part II

British Peerage Part


III - A

British Peerage Part


III - B

British Peerage Part IV

Higher Nobility I

Higher Nobility II

Higher Nobility III

Higher Nobility IV

Higher Nobility V

Higher Nobility VI

Higher Nobility VII

Higher Nobility VIII

Higher Nobility IX

Higher Nobility X 1) H.H. Princess Maria Eleanora, Princess of Albania (Prinkësh i Shquipëria).
b. at Potsdam, Prussia, 19o9 February 1909, She d.s.p. in a Communist
Higher Nobility XI internment camp at Miercurea Ciuc, Rumania, 29th September 1956.
Higher Nobility XII

Higher Nobility XIII

Higher Nobility XIV

Higher Nobility XV

Higher Nobility XVI

Nobility of Armenia

Nobility of Albania

Nobility of Austria

Nobility of Belgium

Nobility of Denmark

Nobility of Netherlands

Nobility of Finland

Nobility of France The Royal Albanian House of Zogu


Nobility of Germany

Nobility of Hungary

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Nobility of Italy

Jacobite Nobility

Jewish Nobility

Nobility of Lithuania

Nobility of Malta

Nobility of Mexico -
Brazil

Nobility of Norway

Nobility of Poland -
Part I

Nobility of Poland -
Part II

Nobility of Russia

Nobility of Spain

Nobility of Sweden The House of Zogu is a European dynasty founded by Zogu Pasha who migrated
Nobility of Switzerland to Mati, Albania in the late 15th century and was then appointed Governor of Mati
by the Ottoman Sultan, with the position of Governor then becoming hereditary
Nobility of Ireland among the Zogu clan. The ancestral home of the Zogus was Castle Burgajet. The most
US Colonial Families - famous member of the dynasty is Zog I, Skanderbeg III, who in 1928 was proclaimed
Part I King of the Albanians and ruled until he was deposed by Victor Emmanuel III of
Italy and the Italian invasion in 1939. Victor Emmanuel subsequently assumed the
US Colonial Families - Albanian throne. The current head of the dynasty is King Zog's son
Part II
Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, known as King Leka.
Indian Princely
Families and States

Nobility of China

Nobility of Mongolia

Princely House of
Borjikin - Borjigin

Nobility of the
Ottoman Empire

Kingdom of Morocco

Kingdom of Bhutan

Empire of China

Kingdom of Egypt

Empire of Ethiopia

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Empire of Haiti

Kingdom of Hawaii

Empire of Persia

Kingdom of Iraq

Kingdom of Jordan

Empire of Korea

Kingdom of Tahiti

Kingdom of Tunisia

Kingdom of Nepal

Kingdom of Libya

Empire of Vietnam

Kingdom of Cambodia

Kingdom of
Madagascar

Sultanate of Oman Albanian Royal Family Titles and Styles


Kingdom of Bahrain
The Albanian Sovereign bears the Titles of Mbret i Shqiptarëvet, King of the
Kingdom of Swaziland Sons of the Eagle King of the Albanians with the formal appellation of His
Majesty. The Heir Apparent bears the Titles of Princ i Shqiptarëve, Trashëgimtar,
Kingdom of
Afghanistan Crown Prince of Albania with the formal appellation of His Royal Highness.
The Sons of the Albanian Sovereign and male descendants in the male line
Sultanate of Brunei bear the Titles of Princ i Shqiptarë, Prince of Albania with the formal appellation
of His Royal Highness. The Daughters of the Albanian Sovereign, and female
Sultanate of Zanzibar
descendants in the male line, bear the Titles of Princësh i Shqiptarë, Princess
Kingdom of Rwanda of Albania with the formal appellation of Her Royal Highness.

Kingdom of Laos

Kingdom of Tonga

Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia

Empire of Japan

State of Qatar

United Arab Emirates

Kingdom of Lesotho

Malaysia

State of Kuwait

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Kingdom of Thailand

Kingdom of Burundi

Kingdom of Yemen

Mughal Empire

The Genealogy of the Royal House of Albania

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Amet Bej Zogu became ruler of Albania after the First World War, and on 1
September 1928 was proclaimed "King of the Albanians". He ruled until the
Italian invasion in April 1939. When he became king he granted royal rank to
his mother and siblings. The siblings were accorded the style "Highness". The
issue of the king were accorded the style "Royal Highness". The titles of the
issue of Zog's siblings is unclear, but they seem to be "Prince (or Princess) Zogu"

Xhemal Zogu Pasha, Hereditary Governor of Mati, b.Burgajet ca 1860, d.Mati 1911
(1904?). He m.1st at Mati in 1880 Melek Zogu (Burgajet 18__-Burgajet 1884);
m.2d at Mati 1891 Sadijé Toptani, who was accorded the title "Queen
Mother of the Albanians" in 1928 (28 Aug 1876-Tirana 25 Nov 1934)

1a) Pr Xhelal Bey Zogu (Burgajet 14 May 1881-Istanbul 26 Feb 1944); m.1st
Burgajet 1908 (div 1912) Ruhijé Doshishti (Dibra 9 Mar 1881-Cannes 6 Dec 1956);
m.2d Burel 1931 Ikbal Pekkini (b.at Pekkini, d.Burel 3 May 1932); m.3d Burel
2 Aug 1932 (div 1933) Faika Minxhalliu (Delvine 1897-Kruja 9 Dec 1935); m.
4th Burel May 1933 Hyrijet Allaj (Elbasan 1916-Alexandria 17 Oct 1993)

1b) Said (b.and d.Burgajet 1909)

2b) Malika (b.and d.Burgajet 1911)

3b) [Pss] Elvira, b.Burel 3 May 1932; m.Alexandria, Egypt 10 Jun 1955
(sep 1986) Ibrahim Hadidi (b.Alexandria 9 Oct 1934)

4b) [Pr] Skender, b.Davos 3 Jun 1933; m.Compiègne 10 Nov 1962 Jacqueline
Cosme (Bucquy, Pas de Calais 7 Aug 1932-Senlis 14 Dec 2001)

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1c) [Pss] Virginie Alexandra Geraldine, b.Compiègne 25 Jan 1963; m.St.Jean-


de-Luz 6 Jun 1987 Raphael de Urresti (b.St.Jean-de-Luz 18 Oct 1959)

5b) [Pss] Melita, b.Burel 18 Jun 1934; m.Alexandria 22 Feb


1958 Abdel Aziz Khadr (Alexandria 20 Oct 1927-2002)

6b) [Pss] Vera, b.Durazzo 3 Feb 1936; m.1st Cairo 24 Dec 1955 (div 1961) Essawi
Khadr (b.Mahallah, Egypt 12 Jan 1936); m.2d Cairo 1970 Nasser El Gueneyni

7b) [Pr] Mirgin, b.Durazzo 3 Sep 1937; m.Cannes 23 Nov 1959


Maryse Alexandrine Juliette Ferrando (b.Cannes 17 Jan 1934)

1c) [Pr] Alexandre, b.Paris 10 Jan


1963; m.Emmanuelle Munoz

1d) Erina (b.1994)

2d) Anna (b.1995)

3d) Flora (b.1996)

2c) [Pr] Michel, b.Cannes 16 Sep 1966

8b) [Pr] Genc (Tirana 3 Nov


1938-Istanbul 17 Apr 1944)

2a) Pss Adilé (Mati 25 Feb 1894-Paris 1966);


m.Emin Agolli Doshishti (1890-1938)

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3a) H.M. Zog I, King of the Albanians, Skanderbeg III of the Albanians (Albanian:
Nalt Madhnija e Tij Zogu I, Mbreti i Shqiptarëvet, IPA: [ˈzɔɡu]; 8 October 1895 - 9 April
1961), born Ahmet Muhtar Bej Zogolli, was King of Albania from 1928 to 1939. He was
previously Prime Minister of Albania (1922-1924) and President of Albania (1925-1928).

1b) H.M. Leka I, King of the Albanians Leka, b. 5 April 1939 - 30 November 2011),
was the only son of King Zog I of the Albanians and his queen, born Countess

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Géraldine Apponyi de Nagyappony. He was called Crown Prince Skander at birth.


Leka was pretender to the Albanian throne and was referred to as King Leka I
by Albanian monarchists.

1c) HRH Crown Prince Leka of the Albanians (Leka Anwar Zog Reza Baudouin
Msiziwe Zogu, born 26 March 1982) is the only child of the late King Leka I of
Albania, and the late Susan Cullen-Ward. Prince Leka is an official at the Albanian
Ministry of Interior and in the past has served at the Albanian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. The prince is referred by some Albanian monarchists as King Leka II,
since the death of his father, who was known as Leka I as King of the Albanians.
In May 2010, the Prince was engaged to Elia Zaharia, an Albanian actress and singer.
On 30 November 2011, he succeeded as head of the House of Zogu, titular King of
the Albanians, and 3rd Sovereign Head of the Order of Besa and
of the Order of Skanderbeg, upon the death of his father.

4a) Pss Nafijé (Mati 12 Sep 1900-Egypt 21 Mar 1955); m.1922 Ceno
Bey Kriziu (Kosova 1887-assasinated at Prague 14 Oct 1927)

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5a) Pss Senijé (Mati 15 Nov 1908-Cannes 15 Apr 1969); m.Tirana 12 Jan 1936
(div 1949) Pr Mehmen Abid of Turkey (Yildiz 17 Sep 1905-Paris 8 Dec 1973)

6a) Pss Myzejen (Mati 10 Nov 1909-Cannes 10 Apr 1969)

7a) Pss Ruhijé (Mati 23 Dec 1910-Cairo 31 Jan 1948)

8a) Pss Maxhidé (Mati 8 Oct 1911-Cannes 12 Oct 1969)

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Line of Succession to the Albanian Throne


The Albanian monarchy was overthrown in 1939 when King Zog fled the country
following an invasion by Mussolini's Italy. The pretender and head of the House
of Zogu since the deaths of both King Zog in 1961 and Zog's son King Leka I, in 2011,
is HRH Prince Leka II of Albania (b. 1982), following this the line of succession
is unclear, however, if Prince Leka II dies without issue it is expected he shall
appoint a cousin of his father's to become head of the House of Zogu and,
therefore, claimant to the Throne.

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