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Princess Marie Eleonore of Albania

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Princess Alfred of Schönburg-Waldenburg
Princess Marie Eleonore
Princess Alfred of Schönburg-Waldenburg
Princess of Albania
Born(1909-02-19)19 February 1909
Potsdam, Prussia
Died29 September 1957(1957-09-29) (aged 48)
Miercurea Ciuc, Romanian People's Republic (now Romania)
BurialNeuwied, Germany
SpousePrince Alfred of Schönburg-Waldenburg
Ion Octavian Bunea
Names
Marie Eleonore Elisabeth Cecilie Mathilde Lucie
HouseWied-Neuwied
FatherWilliam, Prince of Albania
MotherPrincess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg
ReligionProtestant

Princess Marie Eleonore of Albania, Princess of Wied (Marie Eleonore Elisabeth Cecilie Mathilde Lucie Prinzessin von Wied; 19 February 1909 – 29 September 1956) was the only daughter of William, Prince of Albania and his wife Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg.

She held the title of Princess of Albania. She was also styled Donika, in homage to Donika Kastrioti.

Family and early life

Princess Marie Eleonore of Wied was born on 19 February 1909 at Potsdam, Brandenburg, Prussia, German Empire. She was elder sister of Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania.

Marriage

She married, firstly, Prince Alfred of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1905-1941), son of Prince Heinrich of Schönburg-Waldenburg and Princess Olga of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, on 16 November 1937 at Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

She married, secondly, Ion Octavian Bunea (1899-1977), son of Aureliu Bunea, on 5 February 1949 at Bucharest, Romania.

She died without issue at age 47, on 29 September 1956 at a communist internment camp, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Marie Eleonore of Albania
8. Hermann, Prince of Wied
4. William, Prince of Wied
9. Princess Marie of Nassau
2. William, Prince of Albania
10. Prince Frederick of the Netherlands
5. Princess Marie of the Netherlands
11. Princess Louise of Prussia
1. Princess Marie Eleonore of Albania
12. Otto, Prince of Schönburg-Waldenburg
6. Victor, Hereditary Prince of Schönburg-Waldenburg
13. Pàmela Labunska
3. Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg
14. Emil, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
7. Princess Lucia of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
15. Princess Pulcheria Cantacuzene

Notes and sources

  1. "Person Page".

Further reading

  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1991 2
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