BURIAL PLACES OF ALBANIAN SOVEREIGNS FROM A TO Z

BUCHAREST (RUMANIA)
BURIED IN THE LUTHERAN CHURCH
(București, Biserica Luterana, Strada Luterana):

Prince WILLIAM OF WIED (+1945)

LICHTENSTEIN (GERMANY)
BURIED IN THE CASTLE CHURCH
(Lichtenstein in Sachsen, Schlosskirche, Schlossallee):

Princess SOPHIA OF SCHÖNBURG-WALDENBURG (+1936), consort of Prince William of Wied

TIRANA (ALBANIA)
BURIED IN THE MAUSOLEUM OF THE ALBANIAN ROYAL FAMILY
(Tirana, Mauzoleumi i Familjes Mbretërore Shqiptare):

01. King ZOG I (+1961)
02. Queen GERALDINE (+2002), consort of King Zog I

VICOFORTE (ITALY)
BURIED IN THE SANCTUARY OF VICOFORTE
(Santuario di Vicoforte, Piazza Carlo Emanuele):

01. King VICTOR EMMANUEL III (+1947)
02. Queen HELENA OF MONTENEGRO (+1952), consort of King Victor Emmanuel III

LIST OF ALBANIAN SOVEREIGNS 1914-1946

PRINCIPALITY OF ALBANIA 1914-1925:
HOUSE OF WIED
1914: WILLIAM OF WIED
(Wilhelm von Wied; 1914-1925 nominally)
Born in 1876 in Neuwied, Germany.
Father: Prince Wilhelm of Wied. Mother: Princess Marie of the Netherlands.
Married in 1906 in Waldenburg, Saxony Princess SOPHIA of Schönburg-Waldenburg (*1885 Potsdam,+1936 Fântânele, Rumania).
Deposed in 1914 and exiled in Austria and in Rumania.
Died in 1945 in Predeal, Rumania.
Buried in the Lutheran Church in Bucharest.
His consort Princess Sophia was buried in the Church of Lichtenstein Castle, Saxony.

1914-1918/20: FOREIGN OCCUPATION (Austro-Italo-Greco-Serbian)

REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA 1925-1928

KINGDOM OF ALBANIA 1928-1946:
HOUSE OF ZOGOLLI
1928-1939: ZOG I
Born in 1895 in Burgajet.
Father: Xhemal Pasha Zogu. Mother: Sadije Toptani, Queen Mother from 1928.
Married in 1938 in Tirana Countess Geraldine Apponyi de Nagy Appony (*1915 Budapest,+2002 Tirana).
He was enthroned in 1928 in the Albanian Parliament at Tirana.
Deposed in 1939 by Italian invasion and exiled in France (1939-1940), England (1940-1946), Egypt (1946-1955) and again in France (1955-1961).
Died in 1961 in Paris-Suresnes.
Buried in Thiais Cemetery in Paris-Thiais. In 2012 translated and reburied in the Royal Mausoleum in Tirana.
His Queen Geraldine was buried in Sharra Cemetery in Tirana. In 2012 reburied in the Royal Mausoleum in Tirana.

1939-1943: PERSONAL UNION WITH ITALY/ITALIAN OCCUPATION

HOUSE OF SAVOY-CARIGNAN
1939-1943: VICTOR EMMANUEL III
(Viktor Emanueli III; King of Italy)
Born in 1869 in Naples.
Father: King Humbert I (Umberto I) of Italy. Mother: Queen Margaret (Margherita) of Savoy-Genoa.
Married in 1896 in Rome Princess HELENA (Elena) of Montenegro (*1873 Cetinje,+1952 Montpellier, France).
He was never crowned.
His issue who reigned:
-Humbert II (Umberto II, *1904,+1983; King of Italy),
-Giovanna (*1907,+2002; Queen of the Bulgarians).
Deposed in Albania in 1943. Exiled in Egypt from 1946.
Died in 1947 in Alexandria, Egypt.
Previously buried in St Catherine's Cathedral in Alexandria, Egypt. In 2017 reburied with his Queen Helena of Montenegro in the Sanctuary of Vicoforte, Italy. His Queen Helena of Montenegro was previously buried in the Municipal Cemetery in Montpellier, France.

1943-1944: GERMAN OCCUPATION

HOUSE OF ZOGOLLI
1943-1946: ZOG I (nominally)

REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA FROM 1946.

TOMBS OF ALBANIAN SOVEREIGNS

The tomb of Prince WILLIAM OF WIED in the Lutheran Church in Bucharest (Rumania)

The tomb of Princess SOPHIA OF SCHÖNBURG-WALDENBURG, consort of Prince William of Wied,  in the Castle Church at Lichtenstein (Germany)

The tomb of King ZOG I in the Mausoleum of the Albanian Royal Family in Tirana (Albania)

The tomb of Queen GERALDINE, consort of King Zog I, in the Mausoleum of the Albanian Royal Family in Tirana (Albania)

Tombs in the Sanctuary of Vicoforte (Italy):
01. King VICTOR EMMANUEL III.
02. Queen HELENA OF MONTENEGRO, consort of King Victor Emmanuel III.