#Geraldine of Albania

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Princess Geraldine of Albania after her christening, on january 28th, 2023. She is the only child of Prince Leka II of Albania and his wife, Princess Elia. The little girl was was christened as Geraldine Sibilla Françeska Suzan Maria by Archbishop Arjan Dodaj. 

Geraldine: after her great-grandmother, Queen Geraldine of Albania.

Sibilla: after her godmother, princess Sibilla of Luxembourg.

Françeska: after pope Francis.

Suzan: after her grandmother, wife of prince Leka I.

(source: @princleka on Instagram).

#albania #royal children #princess geraldine #prince leka ii #princess elia #albanian royal family #leka ii #crown prince leka ii #crown princess elia #princess geraldine of albania #christening

[royal-confessions]

“I just read that Prince Leka and Princess Elia of Albania are divorcing. My heart goes out to 3 year old Princess Geraldine, their only child. 💔 😭 💔” - Submitted by Anonymous

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[theroyalhistory]

Queen Geraldine of Albania, 1939

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U prehtë në paqe, Geraldine of Albania.  Born to Hungarian aristocracy during the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s waning years, Geraldine Apponyi de Nagy-Appony eventually worked as a shorthand typist after her family’s fortune was spent before catching the eye of King Zog I of Albania (incidentally, Geraldine was Catholic, Zog was Muslim) and marrying him in 1938 under the watchful eye of Il Duce’s son-in-law and heading off for their honeymoon in a Mercedes-Benz provided by Adolf Hitler.  When Albania was invaded by the Italians a year later, the royal family fled, never to return--at least, never to return as the monarchs of Albania (Zog I died in exile in 1961; Queen Geraldine [who prefered to be called the Queen Mother of Albania] maintained thereafter that their son, Leka, was the rightful king of Albania; Leka’s son, Leka II, is called King Leka II by Albanian monarchists)--Geraldine was finally granted the right of return and did so in 2002, only to die 5 months later on this date at the age of 87.  Oh, the Balkans.

Stamp details: Issued on: August 30, 1938 From: Tirana, Albania MC #274, 276, 278

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King Zog I of Albania and his wife Queen Geraldine

#king zog of albania #queen geraldine of albania #albanian royal family #albanian history #house of zogu

[tiaramania]

Albanian Goat Tiaras

duchessofostergotlands replied to your post “Weird question but is there any tiaras with mamals shape like lions or...”

Goat tiaras? Wow!

Yes and they’re amazingly weird!  They all feature the Helmet of Skanderbeg which is helmet with a goat head that is a national symbol of Albania.

First came the tiaras of King Zog of Albania’s sisters.  The were made by Marianne Ostier and have the same oak leaves and the goat helmet design. His two older sisters who were already married by the time he became king in 1928 didn’t get tiaras.

Clockwise from the top left: Princess Senije, Princess Myzejen, Princess Maxhide, and Princess Ruhije

Then in 1938, Ostier made another tiara for Queen Geraldine when she married King Zog.  The floral part of this one is really beautiful and tricks me into forgetting the goat head.

There’s a later sapphire tiara with the goat helmet that was bought after the Albanian royal family was exiled.  It wasn’t made by Ostier and isn’t nearly as nice as these. From left to right: Queen Geraldine, Crown Princess Susan, and Crown Princess Elia

#Tiara Talk #Albania #tiara #Albanian Royal Family #Queen Geraldine #Marianne Ostier #Princess Senije #Princess Myzejen #Princess Ruhije #Princess Maxhide #floral tiara #fauna tiara #diamond #duchessofostergotlands #Crown Princess Susan #Crown Princess Elia

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#leka ii #elia zaharia #albania #albanian royal family #princess geraldine

[royaltyandpomp]

THE JEWEL

H.M. Queen Geraldine of The Albanians Brooch

#the jewel #queen geraldine of albania #albania #zogu #zog #royal #royals #royalty #royaltyedit #brooch

[duchessofostergotlands]

There's a new Princess Geraldine of Albania!🎉🎉🎉🎉

There is! I’m not really interested in the Albanian royal family but I saw the name and it made me think of Geraldine from the Vicar of Dibley. I know it’s a family name but it’s not something I’d associate with a baby

#ask #anon #deposed royal families

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Miss Universe 2019- Meet The Contestants

Miss Universe 2019 will be the 68th edition of the Miss Universe pageant. During the conclusion of the pageant, Miss Universe 2018, Catriona Gray of the Philippines will crown her successor as the new Miss Universe.

The pageant will be hosted by Steve Harvey on his fifth consecutive year. Miss Universe 2019 will mark the first year of the new crown made by luxury jeweler Mouawad which shall be replacing the Mikimoto Crown. Now let us meet the contestants vying for the prestigious Miss Universe 2019 crown.

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Albania- Cindy Marina

Armenia- Dayana Davtyan

Aruba- Danna García

Australia- Priya Serrao

Austria

Bahamas- Tarea Sturrup

Barbados- Shanel Ifill

Belgium- Elena Castro Suarez

Belize- Destinee Arnold

Bolivia- Fabiana Hurtado

Brazil- Júlia Horta

British Virgin Islands- Bria Smith

Bulgaria- Lora Asenova

Cambodia- Somnang Alyna

Canada- Alyssa Boston

Cayman Islands- Kadejah Bodden

Chile- Geraldine González

China- Rosie Zhu Xin

Colombia- Gabriela Tafur

Costa Rica- Paola Chacón

Croatia- Mia Rkman

Curaçao- Kyrsha Attaf

Czech Republic- Barbora Hodačová

Denmark- Katja Stokholm

Dominican Republic- Clauvid Dály

Ecuador- Cristina Hidalgo

El Salvador- Zuleika Soler

Equatorial Guinea- Serafina Eyene

Finland- Anni Harjunpää

France- Maëva Coucke

Georgia- Tako Adamia

Germany- Miriam Rautert

Great Britain- Emma Jenkins

Guam- Sissie Luo

Haiti- Gabriela Vallejo

Iceland- Birta Abiba Þórhallsdóttir

Indonesia- Frederika Alexis Cull

India- Vartika Singh

Iran

Ireland- Fionnghuala O’Reilly

Israel- Sella Sharlin

Italy- Sofia Trimarco

Jamaica- Iana Tickle Garcia

Japan- Ako Kamo

Kazakhstan- Alfïya Ersayın

Kyrgyzstan- Elmara Buranbaeva

Laos- Vichitta Phonevilay

Malaysia- Shweta Sekhon

Malta- Teresa Ruglio

Mauritius- Ornella LaFleche

Mexico- Sofía Aragón

Mongolia- Gunzaya Bat-Erdene

Myanmar- Swe Zin Htet

Namibia- Nadja Breytenbach

Nepal- Pradeepta Adhikari

Netherlands- Sharon Pieksma

New Zealand- Diamond Langi

Nicaragua- Inés López

Norway- Helene Abildsnes

Panama- Mehr Eliezer

Paraguay- Ketlin Lottermann

Philippines- Gazini Ganados

Poland- Olga Buława

Portugal- Sylvie Silva

Puerto Rico- Madison Anderson

Russia- Alina Sanko

Saint Lucia- Bebiana Mangal

Sierra Leone- Marie Esther Bangura

Slovakia- Laura Longauerová

South Africa- Zozibini Tunzi

South Korea- Lee Yeon-joo

Spain- Natalie Ortega

Sweden- Lina Ljungberg

Thailand- Paweensuda Drouin

Turkey- Bilgi Nur Aydoğmuş

United States Virgin Islands- Andrea Piecuch

United States of America- Cheslie Kryst

Venezuela- Thalía Olvino

Vietnam- Hoàng Thùy

Zambia- Didia Mukwala

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#68th Miss Universe #Catriona Gray #Miss Universe #Miss Universe 2019

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Është djalë! Foshnja e parë e vitit 2019 lindur në 00:01 në Maternitetin "Mbretëresha Geraldinë". Ai është quajtur Elis nga prindërit e tij. ▪ It's a boy! First baby born in 2019 in #Tirana, #Albania. He is named Elis by his parents and was born at 12:01 a.m. at Maternity "Queen Geraldine". https://www.instagram.com/p/BsEk2FBgZSm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ctq7wfjk7p2

#tirana #albania

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The christening of Princess Geraldine of Albania took place on january 28th, 2023. The little princess was christened as Geraldine Sibilla Françeska Suzan Maria by Archbishop Arjan Dodaj. Geraldine is only child of Prince Leka II of Albania and his wife Princess Elia. She was born on 18th death anniversary of Queen Geraldine (her great-grandmother).

Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg is her Godmother.

(source: @royals_without_throne on Instagram).

#albania #princess geraldine #royal children #albanian royal family #luxembourg #princess sibilla of luxembourg #christening #princess geraldine of albania

[royal-confessions]

“Princess Geraldine of Albania recently turned 3 years old. She is such a beautiful little girl. ❤👸👼” - Submitted by Anonymous

#albanian royal family

[theroyalhistory]

The wedding of King Zog I of Albania and Countess (Geraldine) Apponyi de Nagy-Appony, 1938

#royal wedding #royalty #royal family #geraldine of albania #albanian royalty #albanian royal family #zog i of albania #1938 #1930s

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Wedding of Zog I with Geraldine of Albania in 1938

#albania #wedding #1938

[thephilosopheroftheboudoir]

Grim History

Albania’s King Zog and the Politics of Irrelevance

    At the turn of the 20th century, Albania was an outpost of the Ottoman Empire. Its landscape was characterized by rugged mountains, deep river gorges, and mosquito infested bogs. Lawless and anarchic, the Albanians were tribal people divided between the Ghegs in the north and the Tosks in the south and further subdivided by the religions of Islam, Catholicism, and Eastern Orthodox Christianity. They had no centralized government and no police force; their societies were barely ruled by a handful of corrupt Turkish beys and the Code of Lek, a medieval system of laws, was sternly obeyed by the tribal society. Blood feuds, where three male members of a tribe were to be assassinated in retaliation for a murder, were the most prominent means of law enforcement.

    At the time of the Balkan Wars of the early 20th century, a young Muslim warlord named Ahmed Zogolli from the Mati valley led rebellions against the Ottoman Empire alongside the Serbs, Bulgarians, and Greeks. After the Turks were forced to flee the Balkans, Zogolli became a member of the fledgling parliament of the newly formed nation of Albania. Zogolli became a prominent member of the ruling class until a leftist rebellion fueled by the antagonism of the American educated Fan Noli resulted in an assassination attempt on his life.  The leftist rebel faction were supported by the Tosks who saw the new government as being a tool for Gheg domination of Albania. Needless to say, after being shot six times in the arm and chest, Zogolli survived, recovered, and went into exile in Vienna in 1924.

    While recovering in Vienna, Zogolli made plans with Serbian agents to return to his homeland and seize power with 600 of his fellow countrymen. After the leftist Tosk coup was overthrown, Zogolli won a sham election and became president of Albania for seven years. He changed his name to Zogu to make it sound more modern and less Turkish. He then wrote a constitution giving himself sweeping executive and legislative powers and the road to autocracy was opened wide for him. He cast himself as a modernizer with the intention of bringing Albania into the modern world. Politically Zogu was more of a dictator, running a police state with strict control over the media. His key piece of legislation was borrowing annual sums of money from Italy to build up the economy, educational system, and infrastructure. Another consequence of his presidency was handing the largely ethnic Albanian territory of Kosovo over to Yugoslavia to return the favor of assisting him in the overthrow of Fan Noli’s Tosk coup.

    Death threats were a routine part of Zogu’s presidency. He never went out in public without his mother because according to the rules of the blood feud, women were not to bear witness to a killing.

    Then in 1928, President Zogu crowned himself King Zog I of Albania, the first Muslim monarch in Europe. The citizens of Albania were largely indifferent to this event; their nation was one where a largely traditional and illiterate populace cared little about politics, nationalism, or modernity.

    As king, Zog lived a secluded life inside his heavily guarded palace in Tirana while sometimes making excursions to his coastal retreat in Durres. He was a soft-spoken, quiet, and gentle man, well over six feet tall, who chain smoked and dyed his hair red with henna. He had no close friends and spent most of his social life with his mother and six doting sisters. Zog’s cabinet members were more like henchmen and he made all political decisions by himself. His method of governing involved little more than paying tribal chieftains large sums of money to leave him alone. Most Albanians did not care for King Zog but it can be said that apathy and fatalism prevented any outright rebellions against him more than anything else. Many found it more profitable to solicit bribes from their monarch than to wage war against him, gambling for something that would probably be worse.

    As king, Zog I was involved in more than 600 blood feuds and supposedly survived 55 assassination attempts. The most well-known plot happened in Vienna while recovering from an illness. Zog was shot at by two men after leaving the opera. The bullets hit a  a bodyguard, mistaking him for the king. The bodyguard fell on top of Zog in his limousine, involuntarily becoming his human shield . The assassins were apprehended and Zog escaped. They turned out to be two disgruntled expatriates who were possibly supported by Kosovars who wanted their  annexed territory to be reunited with a Greater Albania.

    Then trouble with Italy began. Mussolini started to demand that Albania repay the money they borrowed but they simply did not have enough capital to do so. Mussolini cut off the loan disbursements, leaving Albania a country with half-constructed bridges and roads and an impoverished educational system. Mussolini’s plan of training Albanian warriors to be foot-soldiers for fascist Italy came to nothing since the Albanians were resistant to military regimentation. After Italy failed to conquer Libya and Ethiopia, Il Duce decided it was time to reinvigorate his country by conquering Albania, thereby bolstering his sagging reputation for military prowess while Hitler’s Germany marched across Europe. At 1:00 am on the night Zog’s wife Queen Geraldine gave birth to the crown prince, Italy invaded by sea and air. At first a small resistance force tried to fight them off with machine guns but soon gave up when they saw they were outnumbered. It is said they cared more about defending their fatherland against the mistrusted Italians than in defending their king. Zog quietly took the queen, heavily sedated after a caesarian-section, his newborn son, and several suitcases filled with gold stolen from the national treasury across the border into Greece.

    The royal family eventually settled as refugees first in France and then in London. King Zog spent World War II trying to convince the Allies that he could raise troops to fight off the Italian invaders. They shrugged him off as an eccentric and irrelevant monarch and their interest in fighting Italy to save Albania seemed too much like small fry for their larger strategies. Then the war ended. The terrifying years of Enver Hoxha’s communist regime began. After a couple botched attempts by the CIA and MI6 to overthrow Albania’s government and reinstate King Zog I as monarch, he continued to live on his dwindling funds while his health conditions grew worse and worse each year. Finally King Zog, the founder of the modern Albanian nation, died at the age of 65.

Tomes, Jason. King Zog of Albania: Europe’s Self-Made Muslim Monarch. New      York University Press, 2003.

#grim history #king zog #albania #european history #balkan history #eastern europe #albanian history