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William I, Prince of Albania

William
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Prince of Albania
Reign 7 March 1914 – 31 January 1925
Coronation 21 February 1914
Predecessor Monarchy established
Successor Regency
Zog I as next monarch, 1928-1939
Prime Minister

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Born (1876-03-26)26 March 1876
Neuwied, German Empire
Died 18 April 1945(1945-04-18) (aged 69)
Predeal, Romania
Burial Biserica Luterana, Bucharest, Romania
Spouse Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg
Issue Princess Marie Eleonore of Albania
Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania
Full name
Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich
House House of Wied-Neuwied
Father William, Prince of Wied
Mother Princess Marie of the Netherlands
Religion Protestant
Full name
Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich
Styles of
Prince (King) Vidi of Albania
Principality of Albania (Prince's standard).svg
Reference style His Highness
Spoken style Your Highness
Alternative style Sir

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Prince William of Wied, Prince of Albania (German: Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich; Albanian: Princ Vidi or Princ Vilhelm Vidi; 26 March 1876 – 18 April 1945), reigned briefly as sovereign of the Principality of Albania as Vidi I from 7 March 1914 to 3 September 1914, when he left for exile. His reign officially came to an end on 31 January 1925, when the country was declared an Albanian Republic.

Outside the country and in diplomatic correspondence, he was styled "sovereign prince", but in Albania he was referred to as mbret, or king. He was also styled Skanderbeg II, in homage to Skanderbeg, the national hero.

William was born on 26 March 1876 in Neuwied Castle, near Koblenz, in the Prussian Rhineland, as Prince William of Wied (German: Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich Prinz zu Wied). Born into the mediatised house of Wied-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 (sister of Queen Louise of Sweden).

His paternal grandparents were Hermann, Prince of Wied, and Princess Marie of Nassau. Marie was a daughter of William, Duke of Nassau, and his first wife Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen, the daughter of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.


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