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The Royal Consorts of Albania

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...

were the spouses of the Albanian Monarchs. They used the titles Queen
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

of the Albanians, Queen of Albania, Princess
Princess
Princess is the feminine form of prince . Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or his daughters....

of Albania, Lady of the Kingdom of Albania, etc.

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
Princess consort of Albania
	Komnena Nemanjić	Stefan Nemanja Stefan Nemanja Stefan Nemanja was the Grand Prince of the Grand Principality of Serbia from 1166 to 1196, a heir of the Vukanović dynasty that marked the beginning of a greater Serbian realm .He is remembered for his contributions to Serbian culture and...	-	1202		-	-	Dhimitër Progoni
Queen consort of Albania
	Margaret of Burgundy Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily Margaret of Burgundy was the second wife of Charles I of Sicily, and by marriage Queen consort of Sicily.The second daughter of Odo, Count of Nevers, and Maud of Dampierre, Margaret was Countess of Tonnerre by inheritance from 1262 until her death...	Eudes of Burgundy Eudes of Burgundy Odo of Burgundy was Count of Nevers and Auxerre and the heir of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy. His mother was Yolande of Dreux.He never inherited the duchy, due to his death before his father; Burgundy was thereafter ruled by Odo's brother Robert...	1250	18 November 1268	February 1272 husband took title	7 January 1285 husband death	4 September 1308	Charles I
	Maria of Hungary	Stephen V of Hungary Stephen V of Hungary Stephen V , was King of Hungary from 1270 to 1272.-Early years:...	1257	May/June 1270	7 January 1285 husband's ascension	1294 husband relinquish title	25 March 1323	Charles II
Lady of the Kingdom of Albania
	Thamar Angelina Komnene	Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, Latinized as Nicephorus I Comnenus Ducas , was ruler of Epirus from 1267/8 to c. 1297.-Life:Nikephoros was the eldest son of Michael II Komnenos Doukas and Theodora Petraliphaina...	?	1296		1309 divorce	1311	Philip I
	Catherine of Achaea Catherine II of Valois, Princess of Achaea Catherine of Valois was titular Empress of Constantinople from 1308 to her death as Catherine II, Princess consort of Achaea from 1332 to 1341, and Governor of Cephalonia from 1341 to her death.-Life:...	Charles of Valois Charles of Valois Charles of Valois was the fourth son of Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon. His mother was a daughter of James I of Aragon and Yolande of Hungary. He was a member of the House of Capet and founded the House of Valois...	1303	29 July 1313		26 December 1331 husband death	1346	Philip I
Ducal consorts of Durazzo
	Agnes de Périgord	Henry VII, Count of Périgord	?	14 November 1321	1332 husband's ascension	5 April 1336 husband's death	1345	John of Durazzo John, Duke of Durazzo John of Gravina , Count of Gravina 1315–1336, Duke of Durazzo 1332–1336 and ruler of the Kingdom of Albania , was a younger son of Charles II of Naples and Maria of Hungary....
	Maria of Calabria Maria of Calabria Maria of Calabria was the first Empress consort of Philip II of Taranto, titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople.-Family:...	Charles, Duke of Calabria Charles, Duke of Calabria Charles, Duke of Calabria was the son of King Robert of Naples and Yolanda of Aragon.-Biography:Born in Naples, he became Duke of Calabria in 1309 on his father's accession, and was created Vicar-General of the Kingdom of Sicily...	May 1329	21 April 1343		23 January 1348 husband death	20 May 1366	Charles of Durazzo Charles, Duke of Durazzo Charles of Durazzo was a Neapolitan nobleman, the eldest son of John, Duke of Durazzo and Agnes de Périgord.He succeeded his father as Duke of Durazzo and Count of Gravina in 1336....
	Louis of Navarre Louis, Duke of Durazzo Louis of Évreux was the youngest son of Philip III of Navarre and Joan II of Navarre. He inherited the county of Beaumont-le-Roger from his father and became Duke of Durazzo in right of his second wife, Joanna, in 1366.Louis's first marriage was to Maria de Lizarazu in 1358... reign as co-Duke	Philip III of Navarre Philip III of Navarre Philip III , called the Noble or the Wise, Count of Évreux and King of Navarre , was the second son of Louis of Évreux and Margaret of Artois and therefore a grandson of King Philip III of France...	1341	1366		1294 end of Angevin rule	1376	Joanna Joanna, Duchess of Durazzo Joanna of Durazzo was the eldest daughter and eldest surviving child of Charles, Duke of Durazzo and his wife Maria of Calabria. She succeeded as Duchess on the death of her father in 1348 when she was only a child of four years old. Joanna was a member of the House of Anjou-Durazzo.She reigned as...
Princess consort of Albania
	Voisava Balšić	Balša	?	1370		1382 husband's deposition	?	Karlo Thopia 1st reign
	Komnina	John Komnenos Asen Shishman Shishman , also Shishmanids or Shishmanovtsi , was a medieval Bulgarian royal dynasty of partial Cuman origin.The Shishman dynasty consecutively ruled the Second Bulgarian Empire for approximately one century, from 1323 to 1422, when it was conquered by the Ottomans...	?	1372	1382 husband's ascension	18 September 1385 husband's death	1396	Balša II Balša II Balša II Balšić was a 14th-century nobleman, the Lord of Zeta from 1378 to 1385. He managed to expand his borders towards the south; defeating the Albanian Duke Karl Thopia....
	Voisava Balšić	Balša	?	1370	18 September 1385 husband's ascension	1387 husband's death	1396	Karlo Thopia 2nd reign
	Teodora Branković	Branković	?	?	?	?	?	Gjergj Thopia
	Andronike Donika Kastrioti Donika Kastrioti Arianiti Muzaka, Princess of the League of Lezhë was an Albanian noblewoman. A member of the Houses of Arianiti, Muzaka and Kastrioti she was the wife of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg. She was the daughter of Gjergj Arianiti who stood as one of the greatest leaders' war against the...	Gjergj Arianit Komneni Gjergj Arianit Komneni Gjergj Arianiti was an important Albanian hero and the great uncle of Moisi Arianit Golemi. He was also the father of Gjergj Kastrioti's wife Marina Donika . He shared a distant relation from his great grandmother with the famous Byzantine Komnenos dynasty, originating in Paphlagonia, Asia Minor...	?	?	?	?	?	Skanderbeg Skanderbeg George Kastrioti Skanderbeg or Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu , widely known as Skanderbeg , was a 15th-century Albanian lord. He was appointed as the governor of the Sanjak of Dibra by the Ottomans in 1440...
	Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg Princess Sophie Helene Cecilie of Schönburg-Waldenburg was the wife of Prince William of Wied. With her husband's ascension to the Albanian throne she became the Princess of Albania .-Family and marriage:...	Hereditary Prince Victor of Schönburg-Waldenburg House of Schönburg Schönburg is the name of an old noble house, formerly with properties in present day Saxony, Thuringia and Bohemia.- History :...	21 May 1885	30 November 1906	7 March 1914 husband's ascension	3 September 1914 husband exiled	3 February 1936	William
Queen consort of the Albanians
	Géraldine Apponyi de Nagy-Apponyi	Gyula Apponyi de Nagy-Apponyi	6 August 1915	27 April 1938		7 April 1939 husband exiled	22 October 2002	Zog I Zog of Albania Zog I, Skanderbeg III of the Albanians , born Ahmet Muhtar Bey Zogolli, was King of the Albanians from 1928 to 1939. He was previously Prime Minister of Albania and President of Albania .-Background and early political career:...
	Elena of Montenegro Elena of Montenegro Elena of Montenegro was the daughter of King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro and his wife, Milena Vukotić...	Nicholas I of Montenegro Nicholas I of Montenegro Nikola I Mirkov Petrović-Njegoš was the only king of Montenegro, reigning as king from 1910 to 1918 and as prince from 1860 to 1910. He was also a poet, notably penning "Onamo, 'namo!", a popular song from Montenegro.-Early life:Nikola was born in the village of Njeguši, the ancient home of the...	8 January 1873	24 October 1896	16 April 1939 husband claimed title	3 September 1943 husband renounced title	28 November 1952	Victor Emmanuel III of Italy Victor Emmanuel III of Italy Victor Emmanuel III was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy . In addition, he claimed the crowns of Ethiopia and Albania and claimed the titles Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Albania , which were unrecognised by the Great Powers...

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