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Signature. Wilhelm, Prince of Albania (Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich; Albanian: Vilhelm, Princ i Shqipërisë, 26 March 1876 – 18 April 1945) was sovereign of the Principality of Albania from 7 March to 3 September 1914. His reign officially came to an end on 31 January 1925, when the country was declared an Albanian Republic .
Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania. The Royal Palace of Durrës, sometimes known as the Konak of Durrës ( Albanian: Pallati Mbretëror i Shqipërisë or Konaku i Durrësit ), was a royal palace of the Principality of Albania situated in Durrës, Albania. It previously served as the chief official residence of Wilhelm, Prince of Albania ...
The Great Powers recognized the independence of Albania in the Treaty of London in May 1913 and the Principality was established on February 21, 1914. The Great Powers selected Prince Wilhelm of Wied, a nephew of Queen Elisabeth of Romania, to become the sovereign of the newly independent Albania. [ 4] A formal offer was made by 18 Albanian ...
The principality under Wilhelm was established on 21 February 1914 and Prince Wilhelm arrived in Albania at his provisional capital of Durrës on 7 March 1914 along with the royal family. The security of Albania was to be provided by a gendarmerie commanded by Dutch officers. Inside Albania he was called King Wilhelm; outside Albania, Prince ...
Komnen is the first known monarch of the Arianiti family, but the family has been recorded since the 11th century. He first appears in Venetian archives that he held land by central Albania. Prince of Arianiti Gjergj Arianiti: 1432-1462: Son of Komnen Arianiti and was a commander during the Albanian-Ottoman wars.
Protestantism. Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania (Karl Viktor Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Günther von Wied, 19 May 1913 – 8 December 1973), was the only son of William, Prince of Albania, and briefly heir to the Principality of Albania. He held the title of Hereditary Prince of Albania. He was also styled Skënder, in homage to ...
Prince of Albania Wilhelm, Prince of Albania: 1914–1925: Prince Wilhelm of Wied became the Prince of Albania after being selected by the Great Powers in November 1913. Despite initially declining the offer, he accepted the throne in February 1914 and arrived in Albania in March of the same year.
In November, the first gendarmerie members arrived in the country. Prince of Albania Wilhelm of Wied (Princ Vilhelm Vidi) was selected as the first prince of the principality. [79] On 7 March, he arrived in the provisional capital of Durrës and began to organize his government, appointing Turhan Pasha Përmeti to form the first Albanian cabinet.