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The Albanian royal wedding – with Hungarian relevance
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Representatives of the European monarchies gathered together to celebrate the marriage of the Crown Prince of Albania, the descendant of a dethroned Hungarian queen, and his fiancée this weekend, writes index.hu.
The Crown Prince of Albania Leka II married his fiancée Elia Zaharia this weekend (October 8) in front of 20 European royal families and about 100 aristocrats. The royal family was dethroned in 1945, but the ceremony resembled a great Balkan wedding from 80 years earlier, which had relevance to Hungarians.
In the 20th century, due to a revolution, Amet Zogolli PM escaped to Yugoslavia, but went back to Albania leading some Russian officers soon after. In order to ensure his power he was crowned in 1928. Then he had to start looking for a wife, whom he met in 1937: the daughter of Earl Lajos Apponyi was invited to a party and eventually fell in love with the king.
Thus, a Queen Consort of Hungarian origin was celebrated in Europe and Albania in 1938: Geraldine Apponyi, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, became Geraldine of Albania. As she married King Zog I of Albania after half a decade she became the first Hungarian countess to sit on a European throne.
[button link=”https://dailynewshungary.com/hungary-is-a-popular-wedding-destination/” color=”pink” newwindow=”yes”] Even though the event was not organised here, Hungary is regarded as a popular wedding destination[/button]
