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Zogu I, Ahmet Muhtar

Date of birth:
October 8th, 1895 (Burgajet Castle, Ottoman Empire)
Date of death:
April 9th, 1961 (Suresnes, Paris, France)
Buried on:
Mausoleum of the Albanian Royal Family
Nationality:
Albanian (1928-1939, Kingdom)

Biography

King of Albania (1928-1939). Dethroned by the Italians.

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
January 1917

With swords
Frans Josefsorden - Komturkreuz
Awarded on:
1926
Grand Croix de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Awarded on:
December 16th, 1928
Ordine Supremo della Santissima Annunziata
Awarded on:
December 16th, 1928
Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro - Cavaliere di gran croce
Awarded on:
December 16th, 1928
Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Cavaliere della Croce Grande
Awarded on:
1928
Ordinul Carol I - Grand Collar
Awarded on:
November 4th, 1929
Grootlint in de Leopoldsorde / Grand cordon de l'Ordre de Léopold
Awarded on:
1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 17th, 2012

Posthumously awarded
Dekorata e Flamurit Kombëtar
Urdhëri i Skënderbeut - Grand Cross with Grand Star
Urdhëri Besa - Grand Cross (Special Class)
Urdhëri Trimiris 1st Class
Huisorde van de Gouden Leeuw van Nassau - Grootkruis
Nishan al-Muhammad'Ali - Knight Grand Cordon with Collar
Order of the Karadorde's Star - Grand Cross
Basilikon Tagma toy Soteros - Grand Cross
Order of Civil Merit 1st Class
Order Orla Bialego
Rad Bileho lva I Class with Collar
Großstern des Ehrenzeichens für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich
Ordre du Lion d'or de la Maison de Nassau

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