Hava Rexha
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Hava Rexha was said to be the oldest woman in Albania
, and perhaps the oldest living person in the world
, when she died at the claimed age of 123. Those claiming that she was born in 1880 did not send to the Guinness Book of World Records sufficient documentation to prove her age before she died. One article claimed her birth in 1880 was recorded in 1946, which is way past the margin of acceptable proof.
Rexha was forced to marry at age 14 to a man who was aged about 60, a fact that she still resented. She had six children, though four died in childhood. She was buried next to her husband's grave in a ceremony attended by a crowd of hundreds of people, as well as her only surviving daughter, Vule (aged 80).
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
, and perhaps the oldest living person in the world
Oldest people
This is a list of tables of the verified oldest people in the world in ordinal rank, such as oldest person or oldest man. In these tables, a supercentenarian is considered 'verified' if his or her claim has been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such...
, when she died at the claimed age of 123. Those claiming that she was born in 1880 did not send to the Guinness Book of World Records sufficient documentation to prove her age before she died. One article claimed her birth in 1880 was recorded in 1946, which is way past the margin of acceptable proof.
Rexha was forced to marry at age 14 to a man who was aged about 60, a fact that she still resented. She had six children, though four died in childhood. She was buried next to her husband's grave in a ceremony attended by a crowd of hundreds of people, as well as her only surviving daughter, Vule (aged 80).