ALBANIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

I. HAUS WIED

 

The members of this family bore the titles Prince[ss] of Albania, Prince[ss] zu Wied (Highness).

 

 

WILHELM Friedrich Heinrich Pr zu Wied (see WIED) (Neuwied 26 Mar 1876-Predeal, nr Sinaia, Romania 18 Apr 1945) assumed the new Albanian throne as Prince of Albania 6 Feb 1914 and fled 5 Sep 1914; he m.at Waldenburg, Saxony 30 Nov 1906 Sophie Pss von Schönburg-Waldenburg (Potsdam 21 May 1885-Fontaneli, Moldavia 3 Feb 1936)

 

1a) Karl Viktor Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Günther, Hereditary Pr of Albania, Pr zu Wied (Potsdam 19 May 1913- Munich 8 Dec 1973); m.New York 8 Sep 1966 Eileen Johnston (Chester 3 Sep 1922-New York 1 Sep 1985)

 

2a) Marie Eleonore Elisabeth Cecilie Mathilde Lucie (Potsdam 19 Feb 1909-d.in internment camp at Miercurea, Romania 29 Sep 1956); m.1st Munich 16 Nov 1937 Alfred Pr von Schönburg-Waldenburg (Droyssig 30 Oct 1905- Zeitz 10 Mar 1941); m.2nd Bucharest 5 Feb 1949 Ion Octavian Bunea (Galatz, Romania 1 Nov 1899-19__)

 

 

 

 

 

II. HOUSE ZOGU

 

    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.2nd Burel 1931 Ikbal Pekkini (b.at Pekkini, d.Burel 3 May 1932); m.3rd 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 (Burel 3 May 1932-11 Nov 2015); 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)

 

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 (Burel 18 Jun 1934-10 Jan 2016); 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.2nd 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.Paris 1993 Emmanuelle Munoz (b.Beaufort 1969)

 

1d) Erina (b.Nice 1994)

 

2d) Anna (b.Nice 1995)

 

3d) Flora (b.Grasse 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)

 

3a) Amet Bej Zogu, who became King ZOG I of the Albanians 1928, and fled from Albania in 1939, b.Burgajet 8 Oct 1895, d.Paris 9 Apr 1961; m.Tirana 27 Apr 1938 Geraldine Gräfin Apponyi de Nagy Appony (Budapest 6 Aug 1915-Tirana 22 Oct 2002)

 

1b) Leka, who, on his father's death, assumed the title King LEKA of the Albanians (Tirana 5 Apr 1939-Tirana 30 Nov 2011); m.Biarritz 7 Oct 1975 [per BRF] or 10 Oct 1975 Susan Barbara Cullen-Ward (Waverly, New South Wales 28 Jan 1941-Tirana 17 Jul 2004)

 

1c) Pr LEKA Anwar Zog Reza Baudoin Msiziwe, b.Johannesburg, South Africa 26 Mar 1982; m.Tirana 8 October 2016 Elia Zaharia

 

1d) Geraldine (b.Tirana 22 Oct 2020)

 

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

 

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)