Wied, Wilhelm, Prinz von, 1876-1945

LC control no.	n 2001030301
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Wied, Wilhelm, Prinz von, 1876-1945 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Guglielmo di Weid, 1876-1945 Prince William of Wied, Prince of Albania, 1876-1945 Principe di Wied, 1876-1945 Wied, Wilhelm, Prinz zu, 1876-1945 Wilhelmi, Mbret i Shqypëniës, Princ Wied, 1876-1945 William of Wied, 1876-1945
Associated country	Albania
Birth date	18760326
Death date	19450418
Place of birth	Neuwied, Germany
Place of death	Predeal, Sinaia, Romania
Found in	Albania, 2000: p. 47, etc (Guglielmo di Weid; Prinz von Wied; Principe di Wied; nephew of Queen Marie of Romania; ruled newly formed Albania in 1914 for 6 months) Historical dictionary of Albania, 1996: p. 251 (William of Wied; Prince Wilhelm zu Wied; 1876-1945; chosen by Great Powers in 1913 as a ruler of newly formed Albania, March 1914; his reign lasted 6 months) Memorandum përmbi Shqypënië, 2008: t.p. (Wilhelmi, Mbret i Shqypëniës, Princ Wied) Google search, June 25, 2009 (hdg.: Prince William of Wied, Prince of Albania; b. March 26, 1876; d. April 18, 1945; outside the country and in diplomatic correspondence he was styled "sovereign prince", but in Albania he was referred to as "mbret", or king) Elsie, R., Biographical dictionary of Albanian history, 2013: p. 483-484 (Wied, Wilhelm, Prinz zu (26.03.1876-18.04.1945) German prince and, briefly, monarch of Albania; born in Neuwied [Germany]; the Great Powers offered him the throne of the newly-independent country of Albania; on 7 Mar 1914, he arrived in Durrës; the so-called six-month kingdom was doomed from the start... with the outbreak of the war, he received little or none of the financial support he had been promised. On 3 Sept 1914... the prince abandoned Albania; died in Predeal, Sinaia [Romania])
Associated language	ger