Xhelal Bey Zogu

Xhelal Bej Zogu (born May 14, 1881 in Burgajet Castle , died 1944 in Turkey ) was the son of the hereditary governor in the Albanian Mati Xhemal Pascha Zogu (1860-1911) and Melek Zogu (died 1884). As the eldest brother of the noble family , Zogu was to lead the family in place of his brother Ahmet and inherit his father's office; however, it was passed over. He was educated at Darüşşafaka University in Constantinople and worked as a prosecutor. He was the chief judge in the trial of Haxhi Qamili and other leaders of the peasant uprising in Albania in June 1915, arranged by the Serbian army . He was elected to the Albanian parliament three times and once represented the Dibra region as his constituency; He twice represented the constituency of Kosovo before becoming HRH and retiring from politics.

Prince Zogu married Ruhijé Doshishti in 1908, with whom he had a son Said, who, however, died in childhood, and a daughter Melek, who died in childbirth. The couple divorced in 1912. Zogu married Ikbal Pekkini in 1931. In the same year the daughter Elvira was born. Ikbel died shortly after the daughter was born.

In 1932 he married Faika Minxhalliu, their son was Prince Skënder Zogu . However, the marriage with Faika was dissolved and the couple divorced in 1933. In the same year Zogu married Hyrijet Allaj - his fourth and final marriage, which resulted in four children. After the Italian invasion in Albania , he moved to Istanbul over. His two daughters Melita and Vera and the older son Mirgin grew up, while the second son Genc died in Turkey at the age of six in 1944 - the same year as his father. He was buried in Cannes .

literature

Xhelal Bey Zogu, Prince of Albania, on thepeerage.com , accessed August 27, 2015.
Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Editor, Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1: Europe & Latin America (London, UK: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1977).

Individual evidence

^ Owen Pearson: Albania in the Twentieth Century: A History . 1st edition. IB Tauris, 2006, ISBN 978-1-84511-013-0 , pp. 90 ( online in Google Book Search [accessed November 6, 2013]).
↑ The source for the information about the death of Ikbal is www.thepeerage.com, but http://4dw.net/royalark/Albania/zogu.html states the couple divorced in 1933
^ Robert Elsie: A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History . IB Tauris, 2012, ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3 , pp. 258 ( online in Google Book Search [accessed November 6, 2013]).

personal data
SURNAME	Zogu, Xhelal Bey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zogolli, Xhelal Bej
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Albanian prince and prosecutor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 14, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Burgajet Castle
DATE OF DEATH	1944
Place of death	Turkey

[1] Owen Pearson: Albania in the Twentieth Century: A History . 1st edition. IB Tauris, 2006, ISBN 978-1-84511-013-0 , pp. 90 ( online in Google Book Search [accessed November 6, 2013]).

[2] The source for the information about the death of Ikbal is www.thepeerage.com, but http://4dw.net/royalark/Albania/zogu.html states the couple divorced in 1933

[3] Robert Elsie: A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History . IB Tauris, 2012, ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3 , pp. 258 ( online in Google Book Search [accessed November 6, 2013]).