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
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.
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Notes and sources
Further reading
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1991 2
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