Princess Elia and Prince Leka
Albania’s royal family is welcoming their newest member!
Crown Prince Leka II and Crown Princess Elia welcomed their first child, a baby girl, on Thursday. They named their daughter Geraldine — a meaningful tribute to the baby’s paternal great-grandmother, Queen Geraldine. (In fact, the new addition was born at the Queen Geraldine Maternity Hospital in Tirana!)
Queen Geraldine died on Oct. 22, 2002 — exactly 18 years to the day before her namesake’s birth.
“Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well,” the royal court said in a statement announcing the birth.
Queen Geraldine was Albania’s last queen consort before King Zog I was forced into exile when the Italians invaded in 1939. Although the monarchy was dissolved, Zog’s son King Leka remained head of the House of Zogu and claimant to the throne until his death in 2011 and was succeeded by his only son, Leka II.
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