Zog I

American

[zohg] / zoʊg /

Also Zogu I

noun

Ahmed Bey Zogu, 1895–1961, king of Albania 1928–39.

Zog I British

/ zɒɡ /

noun

1895–1961, king of Albania (1928–39), formerly prime minister (1922–24) and president (1925–28). He allowed Albania to become dominated by Fascist Italy and fled into exile when Mussolini invaded (1939)

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Ahmed Bey Zogu, 65, former King Zog I of Albania, who helped his Balkan land shake off Turkish despotism only to see it taken over, first by Italy, then by the Soviet Union; of stomach ulcers and a liver ailment; in Paris.

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Zog means "Bird" in Albanian and King Zog I met his fianc�e in his brightest gold-lace plumage.

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A son and heir had just been born to King Zog I and his Hungarian-American consort, Queen Geraldine.

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To Zog I, 43, Mohammedan King of the Albanians; and his wife, Catholic Queen Geraldine, 23; a son; their first child and Albania's Crown Prince; in Tirana.

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They came to celebrate the wedding of their 42-year-old King, Zog I, to a half-American, 22-year-old Countess Geraldine Apponyi of Hungary.

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