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Wilhelm I zu Wied
Prince of Albania
(1876-1945)

Other names: Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich,^[G1A] Skanderbeg II^[G1A]

Titles and Honours

Carol I Centenary Medal, 1939 (Romania)^[G1A]
Carol II Reign Anniversary Medal, 1934 (Romania)^[G1A]
Sovereign and Grand Master of the Order of the Black Eagle, 1914-45† (Albania)^[G1A]
Knight of the Order of St Alexander Nevski, 1914 (Russia)^[G1A]
Grand Cross of the Order of Legion of Honour, 1914 (France)^[G1A]
Grand Cross of the Orders of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus, 1914 (Italy)^[G1A]
Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold, 1914 (Austria)^[G1A]
Cross of Honour, 1914/1918, 1934 (German)^[G1A]
Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle, first class, 1914 (Prussia)^[G1A]
Grand Cross of the Order of the Star, 1913 (Romania)^[G1A]
Carol I 40th Anniversary Jubilee Medal, 1906 (Romania)^[G1A]
Grand Cross of the Friedrich Order, 1898 (Württemberg)^[G1A]
Grand Cross of the Order of the North Star, 1896 (Sweden)^[G1A]
Knight of the Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria)^[G1A]
Knight of the Order of the Crown, third class (Prussia)^[G1A]
Knight of the Order of St John (Germany)^[G1A]

Positions Held

Major 1914^[G1A]
Squadron commander, 1912-14, resigned^[G1A]
Lieutenant Prussian Army, 1911^[G1A]

Main Events

Accepted the Crown of Albania after the principality was established by Germany, Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy.^[8]
Arrived at Durazzo in March 1914 and left in September 1915.^[8]
Deposed officially in 1920 but he never abdicated his rights to the Albanian throne.^[G1A]
Became a Romanian citizen in 1934.^[G1A]

Place of birth: Neuwied^[8]
Place of marriage: Waldenburg, Saxony^[8]
Place of death: Predeal, near Sinaia, Romania^[8]