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'Prince William Friedrich Heinrich of Wied, Prince of Albania' (26 March 1876–18 April 1945), reigned briefly as sovereign of Albania from March 7, 1914 to September 3, 1914 when he left for exile. His reign officially came to an end on January 31 1925 when Albania was declared a republic.
Outside the country and in diplomatic correspondence, he was styled ''sovereign prince,'' but in Albania he was referred to as ''mbret,'' or king. (See King of Albania for more details.)
Born in Neuwied, he was the third son of William, 5th Prince of Wied (brother of Queen Elisabeth of Romania) and his wife Princess Marie of the Netherlands.
His paternal grandparents were Hermann, Prince of Wied and Marie Wilhelmine Friederike Elisabeth of Nassau-Weilburg. Marie was a daughter of Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau and his first wife Charlotte Louise of Saxe-Altenburg. Charlotte was a daughter of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
His maternal grandparents were Prince Frederik of the Netherlands and Princess Luise of Prussia. Luise was a daughter of Frederick William III of Prussia and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Prince William served as a Prussian cavalry officer before becoming a captain in the German general staff in 1911. Albania in the Twentieth Century: a history, , Owen, Pearson, I.B.Tauris, ,
Prince William's aunt Queen Elisabeth of Romania on learning that the Great Powers were looking for a prince to rule over Albania asked Take Ionescu to attempt to persuade the great powers to appoint her nephew to the post.
Eventually the European Great Powers Austria-Hungary, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the French Third Republic, the German Empire, the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy selected William, a member of the German princely house of Wied, to rule over newly-independent Albania. The decision was accepted by Ismail Qemali the head of the Provisional government. The offer of the Albanian throne was first made to him in the spring of 1913 but he turned it down. Despite rejecting the offer the Austrian's put pressure on Prince William in an attempt to change his mind. The Six Month Kingdom: Albania 1914, , Duncan, Heaton-Armstrong, I.B.Tauris, ,
He eventually accepted the offer of the Albanian throne and on February 21 1914 a delegation of Albanian notables made a formal request, which he accepted thereby becoming ''By the grace of the powers and the will of the people the Prince (Mbret) of Albania''. One month after accepting the throne on March 7, he arrived in his provisional capital of Durrës and started to organise his government, appointing Turhan Pasha Përmeti to form the first Albanian cabinet.
His brief reign proved a turbulent one, Immediately following his arrival revolts broke out in central Albania against one of his ministers Essad Pasha and against foreign domination. Greece encouraged the formation of "provisional government of North Epirus". Although an agreement was made to grant extra rights to the Greek minority the Greek Army occupied Southern Albania excluding Berat and Korçë. The outbreak of the First World War presented more problems for Prince William as Austria-Hungary demanded that he send Albanian soldiers to fight alongside them. When he refused citing the neutrality of Albania in the Treaty of London, the remuneration that he had been receiving was cut off. The Search for Greater Albania, , Paulin, Kola, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, ,
With Albania in a state of civil war since July 1914, Greece occupying the south of the country, the great powers at war with one another, his regime collapsed and so Prince William left the country on September 3, 1914 originally heading Venice.[1]
Despite leaving Albania he did so insisting that he remained head of state.
He returned to Germany and rejoined the German Army under the Pseudonym Count of Kruja.[2]
After the war, he attempted to regain his throne, but the participants at the Paris Peace Conference were hesitant to restore it to a German native as Germany had just fought against them.
Although several of the factions competing for power in postwar Albania billed themselves as regencies for William, once central authority was definitively restored in 1924 the country was declared a republic on January 31 1925 officially ending his reign.[3]
Prince William died in Predeal, near Sinaia, in Romania.
On 30 November 1906 at Waldenburg, Saxony Prince William married Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1885-1936), they had two children.[4]
★ Princess Marie Eleonore (1909-1956)
★ Hereditary Prince Carol Victor (1913-1973).
1. Archiv und Forschung, , Elisabeth, Springer, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, ,
2. The Albanians: An Ethnic History from Prehistoric Times to the Present, , Edwin E., Jacques, McFarland & Company, ,
3. Worldstatesmen
4. Online Gotha
★ Wilhelm zu Wied:Memorandum on Albania
★ A listing of Princes of Wied since 1791 and their descendants
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'Prince William Friedrich Heinrich of Wied, Prince of Albania' (26 March 1876–18 April 1945), reigned briefly as sovereign of Albania from March 7, 1914 to September 3, 1914 when he left for exile. His reign officially came to an end on January 31 1925 when Albania was declared a republic.
Outside the country and in diplomatic correspondence, he was styled ''sovereign prince,'' but in Albania he was referred to as ''mbret,'' or king. (See King of Albania for more details.)
| Contents |
| Family and Early life |
| Prince of Albania |
| Exile and death |
| Marriage and children |
| References |
| External links |
Family and Early life
Born in Neuwied, he was the third son of William, 5th Prince of Wied (brother of Queen Elisabeth of Romania) and his wife Princess Marie of the Netherlands.
His paternal grandparents were Hermann, Prince of Wied and Marie Wilhelmine Friederike Elisabeth of Nassau-Weilburg. Marie was a daughter of Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau and his first wife Charlotte Louise of Saxe-Altenburg. Charlotte was a daughter of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
His maternal grandparents were Prince Frederik of the Netherlands and Princess Luise of Prussia. Luise was a daughter of Frederick William III of Prussia and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Prince William served as a Prussian cavalry officer before becoming a captain in the German general staff in 1911. Albania in the Twentieth Century: a history, , Owen, Pearson, I.B.Tauris, ,
Prince of Albania
Prince William's aunt Queen Elisabeth of Romania on learning that the Great Powers were looking for a prince to rule over Albania asked Take Ionescu to attempt to persuade the great powers to appoint her nephew to the post.
Eventually the European Great Powers Austria-Hungary, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the French Third Republic, the German Empire, the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy selected William, a member of the German princely house of Wied, to rule over newly-independent Albania. The decision was accepted by Ismail Qemali the head of the Provisional government. The offer of the Albanian throne was first made to him in the spring of 1913 but he turned it down. Despite rejecting the offer the Austrian's put pressure on Prince William in an attempt to change his mind. The Six Month Kingdom: Albania 1914, , Duncan, Heaton-Armstrong, I.B.Tauris, ,
He eventually accepted the offer of the Albanian throne and on February 21 1914 a delegation of Albanian notables made a formal request, which he accepted thereby becoming ''By the grace of the powers and the will of the people the Prince (Mbret) of Albania''. One month after accepting the throne on March 7, he arrived in his provisional capital of Durrës and started to organise his government, appointing Turhan Pasha Përmeti to form the first Albanian cabinet.
His brief reign proved a turbulent one, Immediately following his arrival revolts broke out in central Albania against one of his ministers Essad Pasha and against foreign domination. Greece encouraged the formation of "provisional government of North Epirus". Although an agreement was made to grant extra rights to the Greek minority the Greek Army occupied Southern Albania excluding Berat and Korçë. The outbreak of the First World War presented more problems for Prince William as Austria-Hungary demanded that he send Albanian soldiers to fight alongside them. When he refused citing the neutrality of Albania in the Treaty of London, the remuneration that he had been receiving was cut off. The Search for Greater Albania, , Paulin, Kola, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, ,
Exile and death
With Albania in a state of civil war since July 1914, Greece occupying the south of the country, the great powers at war with one another, his regime collapsed and so Prince William left the country on September 3, 1914 originally heading Venice.[1]
Despite leaving Albania he did so insisting that he remained head of state.
He returned to Germany and rejoined the German Army under the Pseudonym Count of Kruja.[2]
After the war, he attempted to regain his throne, but the participants at the Paris Peace Conference were hesitant to restore it to a German native as Germany had just fought against them.
Although several of the factions competing for power in postwar Albania billed themselves as regencies for William, once central authority was definitively restored in 1924 the country was declared a republic on January 31 1925 officially ending his reign.[3]
Prince William died in Predeal, near Sinaia, in Romania.
Marriage and children
On 30 November 1906 at Waldenburg, Saxony Prince William married Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1885-1936), they had two children.[4]
★ Princess Marie Eleonore (1909-1956)
★ Hereditary Prince Carol Victor (1913-1973).
References
1. Archiv und Forschung, , Elisabeth, Springer, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, ,
2. The Albanians: An Ethnic History from Prehistoric Times to the Present, , Edwin E., Jacques, McFarland & Company, ,
3. Worldstatesmen
4. Online Gotha
External links
★ Wilhelm zu Wied:Memorandum on Albania
★ A listing of Princes of Wied since 1791 and their descendants
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