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Geraldine of Albania

1915–2002 · 20th century · Also known as Queen Geraldine, Géraldine Apponyi

Geraldine of Albania, born Countess Géraldine Apponyi de Nagy-Appony, was a Hungarian-American noblewoman who married King Zog in 1938. Two days after the birth of their son Leka in April 1939, the family fled the Italian invasion. She lived in exile in Europe, Egypt and Spain, and returned to Albania only in 2002, shortly before her death in Tirana.

Geraldine of Albania
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Albanian Kingdom

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