Profiles: The Albanian Royal Family

King Zog I

photo: Albanian Royal Court

Full Name: Ahmet Muhtar Zogolli
Titles: King of the Albanians
Born: October 8, 1895 at Burgajet Castle, Burrel, Ottoman Albania
Parents: Xhemal Pasha Zogolli and Sadije Toptani
Married: April 27, 1938 in place, to Géraldine Apponyi de Nagy-Appony
Children:
– Crown Prince Leka I (1939)

Reign: September 1, 1928-April 7, 1939 (formally deposed January 2, 1946)
Died: April 9, 1961 in Suresnes, Paris, France
Buried: Mausoleum of the Albanian Royal Family

Unofficial Royalty: King Zog I of the Albanians
Albanian Royal Court: King Zog I

Queen Geraldine

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Full Name: Géraldine Margit Virginia Olga Maria Apponyi de Nagy-Appony
Titles: Queen of the Albanians
Born: August 6, 1915 in Budapest, Hungary
Parents: Count Gyula Apponyi de Nagy-Apponyi and Gladys Virginia Steuart
Married: April 27, 1938 in Tirana, Albania, to King Zog I of the Albanians
Children:
– Crown Prince Leka I (1939)

Died: October 22, 2002 in Tirana, Albania
Buried: Mausoleum of the Albanian Royal Family

Unofficial Royalty: Queen Geraldine of the Albanians
Albanian Royal Court: Queen Geraldine

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Crown Prince Leka I

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Full Name: Leka Skënder Zogu
Titles: Crown Prince of the Albanians; King of the Albanians (in pretense)
Born: April 5, 1939 at the Royal Palace of Tirana
Parents: King Zog I and Géraldine Apponyi de Nagy-Appony
Married: October 8, 1975 in Biarritz, France to Susan Cullen-Ward
Children:
– Crown Prince Leka II (1982)

Died: November 30, 2011 in Tirara, Albania
Buried: Mausoleum of the Albanian Royal Family

Unofficial Royalty: Leka I, Crown Prince of the Albanians
Albanian Royal Court: King Leka I

Crown Princess Susan

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Full Name: Susan Barbara Cullen-Ward
Titles: Crown Princess of the Albanians; Queen of the Albanians (in pretense)
Born: January 28, 1941, Waverley, Sydney, Australia
Parents: Alan Cullen-Ward and Phyllis Murray-Prior
Married: October 8, 1975 in Biarritz, France, to King Leka I
Children:
– Crown Prince Leka II (1982)

Died: July 17, 2004 in Tirana, Albania
Buried: Mausoleum of the Albanian Royal Family

Unofficial Royalty: Crown Princess Susan of the Albanians
Albanian Royal Court: Queen Susan

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Crown Prince Leka II

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Full Name: Leka Anwar Zog Reza Baudouin Msiziwe Zogu
Titles: Crown Prince of the Albanians
Born: March 26, 1982 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Parents: King Leka I and Susan Cullen-Ward
Married: October 8, 2016 at the Royal Palace of Tirana, to Elia Zaharia
Children:
– Princess Geraldine Zogu (2020)

Unofficial Royalty: Leka II, Crown Prince of the Albanians
Albanian Royal Court: Crown Prince Leka II

Crown Princess Elia

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Full Name: Elia Zaharia
Titles: Crown Princess of the Albanians
Born: February 8, 1983 in Tirana, Albania
Parents: Gjergj Zaharia and Yllka Mujo
Married: October 8, 2016 at the Royal Palace of Tirana, to Crown Prince Leka II of Albania
Children:
– Princess Geraldine Zogu (2020)

Unofficial Royalty: Crown Princess Elia of the Albanians
Albanian Royal Court: Crown Princess Elia