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Albanian ViP: Leka Zogu I - King of Albanians
Posted on Sunday, February 27 @ 16:51:29 UTC by acl
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Leka I Zogu, King of the Albanians is the son of Ahmed Bey Zogu, King of the Albanians and Geraldine de Nagy-Appony. He was born on 5 April 1939 at Tirana, Albania.
He married Susan Barbara Cullen-Ward, daughter of Alan Robert Cullen-Ward and Phyllis Dorothea Murray-Prior, on 7 October 1975 at Biarritz, Bearn, France.
He gained the title of HM King Leka I of the Albanians (styled as Mreka in Albanian) on 9 April 1961. He lived in 1977 at Finca Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Pozuelo, Madrid, Spain.
He has an extensive biography in the Burke's Royal Families of the World.
Leka Zogu (born April 5, 1939), by monarchists called King Leka I, is the only son of King Zog I and Queen Geraldine. Two days after his birth in Tirana, his father was forced into exile, and soon officially replaced on the throne by Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. Leka was appointed heir apparent of the Albanian throne in 1957. Since the end of World War II, Albania has been a republic, but since 1961 Leka has nevertheless titled himself King of the Albanians (originally proclaimed at the Albanian National Assembly in a Paris exile).
He also titles himself sovereign Grand Master of the Orders of Scanderbeg, Fidelty and Bravery.
A referendum in 1997 to return the monarchy was not passed, but some Albanians still see him as their king.
He was married in 1975 in France to Australian Susan Cullen-Ward, subsequently by monarchists called Queen of the Albanians. She died on 17 July 2004.
He has one son, Leka Anwar Zog Reza Baudouin Msiziwe.
Leka Anwar Zog Reza Baudouin Msiziwe (Senton , South Africa, March 26, 1982), also called Leka Prince of Albania by monarchists, is the son of the pretender to Albania's throne, Leka Zogu, and the late Susan Cullen-Ward.
Susan Barbara Cullen-Ward (January 28, 1941 - July 17, 2004), called Queen Susan by monarchists, was the wife of the pretender to Albania's throne, Leka Zogu. She was born in Waverly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and married Leka Zogu, the son of Zog of Albania, in 1975. She had one son with him, also called Leka.
She died of lung cancer July 17, 2004 in her home in Tirana, Albania.
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