Xhelal Bey Zogu
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Xhelal Bey Zogu, Prince of Albania, was born May 14, 1881 to Xhemal Pasha Zogu (c. 1860–1911) and Melek Zogu (?–1884) in Castle Burgajet, Albania. He died in Turkey in 1944.
Prince Zogu married Ruhijé Doshishti in 1908, who bore him a son, Said (who died in infancy), and a daughter, Melek (who died at birth). The couple divorced in 1912.
Zogu married Ikbal Pekkini in 1931, who bore him a daughter, Elvira, the same year. Ikbel died shortly after bearing her daughter. Her daughter survived to adulthood.[1]
He married Faika Minxhalliu in 1932, who bore him a son, Skender, who survived into adulthood. However, the marriage to Faika dissolved and they divorced in 1933.
In 1933 Zogu married Hyrijet Allaj (his third marriage) who bore him four children. Their two daughters, Meilta and Vera, and older son, Mirgin, lived to adulthood. Their son Genc died at six in Turkey in 1944, the same year his father passed away.
As the eldest brother in the family, Zogu should have been selected over his brother to lead the family and to inherit his hereditary responsibilities as Governor of Mati, but he may have had some psychological peculiarities or mental retardation (mentioned in many articles as "abnormalities," but never described) that prevented this inheritance.
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- ^ The source for the information about the death of Ikbal is www.thepeerage.com; but http://4dw.net/royalark/Albania/zogu.html states the couple divorced in 1933
[edit] Bibliography
- The Peerage.com
- Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1: Europe & Latin America (London, UK: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1977).
