Back Albaniyalı Heraldin Azerbaijani جرالدین (آلبانی) AZB Geraldine Apponyi Czech Geraldine von Apponyi German Géraldine Apponyi Esperanto Geraldina de Albania Spanish Geraldine Apponyi Estonian Géraldine Albaniakoa Basque جرالدین آلبانی Persian Geraldine Apponyi de Nagy-Apponyi Finnish
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| Geraldine | |
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| Queen consort of the Albanians | |
| Tenure | 27 April 1938 – 7 April 1939 |
| Born | Countess Géraldine Margit Virginia Olga Mária Apponyi de Nagy-Appony 6 August 1915 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 22 October 2002 (aged 87) Tirana, Republic of Albania |
| Burial | 26 October 2002 |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | Leka, Crown Prince of Albania |
| House | Apponyi (by birth) Zogu (by marriage) |
| Father | Count Gyula Apponyi de Nagy-Apponyi |
| Mother | Gladys Virginia Stewart |
| Religion | Catholic |
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Geraldine of Albania (born Countess Géraldine Margit Virginia Olga Mária Apponyi de Nagy-Appony; 6 August 1915 – 22 October 2002) was Queen of the Albanians from her marriage to King Zog I on 27 April 1938 until King Zog was deposed on 7 April of the following year.
Geraldine was born in Austria-Hungary into the noble Apponyi family. Her family fled to Switzerland in 1918, when the monarchy of Austria-Hungary was abolished. They returned to Hungary in 1921. However, after her father Gyula died in 1924, her American-born mother Gladys took Geraldine and her two siblings to live in Southern France. Later Geraldine was educated at a boarding school in Austria. She met King Zog in 1938, and they married shortly afterwards.
The Italian invasion of Albania cut short Zog's reign. During World War II, Zog and Geraldine lived first in France and later in England. Later on, they would live in France again and in Egypt. After her husband died in Paris in 1961, Geraldine took the title Queen Mother and asserted the rights of her son Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, to rule. She and Leka fled successively to Spain, Rhodesia, and South Africa. Geraldine was allowed to return to Albania in 2002, and she died that year aged 87.