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Princess Marie Eleonore of Albania

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Princess Marie Eleonore
Princess Alfred of Schönburg-Waldenburg
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)
Burial
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.[1]

Family and early life

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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

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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

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Notes and sources

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  1. ^ "Person Page".

Further reading

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