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Principality of Albania Principata e Shqipërisë (Albanian) | |||||||||
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| 1914–1925 1916–1918: Government-in-exile | |||||||||
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| Motto: Atdheu mbi të gjitha "Homeland above all" | |||||||||
| Anthem: Himni i Flamurit "Hymn to the Flag" | |||||||||
 The Principality of Albania in 1916 | |||||||||
| Capital | Durrës (1914–1920)
Lushnje (1920) Tirana (1920–24) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Albanian | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam, Christianity | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Albanian | ||||||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||||||
| Prince | |||||||||
• 1914-1925 | Wilhelm I[a] | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1914 (first) | Turhan Pasha Përmeti | ||||||||
• 1925 (last) | Ahmet Zogu | ||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament | ||||||||
| Historical era | |||||||||
• Established | 21 February 1914 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 31 January 1925 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1916 | 30,145 km2 (11,639 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1916 | Approx 979,000[2] | ||||||||
| Currency | No official currency Greek drachma, gold franc, Italian lira used[3] | ||||||||
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a. ^ Wilhelm left in exile after 6 months, but his reign officially came to an end only on 31 January 1925, when Albania was declared a republic. He never formally abdicated. | |||||||||
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The Principality of Albania (Albanian: Principata e Shqipërisë) was a monarchy from 1914 to 1925. It was headed by Wilhelm, Prince of Albania, and located in modern Albania in the Balkan region of Europe. The Ottoman Empire owned the land until the First Balkan War (1912—1913), which ended in the Treaty of London that formed the principality. The Principality of Albania survived invasions during World War I (1914—1918) and subsequent disputes over Albanian independence during the Paris Peace Conference (1919—1920). In 1925, the monarchy was abolished and the Albanian Republic (1925—1928), a parliamentary republic and dictatorship, was declared.
- ^ Brahaj 2007, p. 129
- ^ "Population of Albania from 1800 to 2020". Statista. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ "Albania is a country without a currency, adhering to a gold standard for the fixation of commercial values. Before the war the Turkish piaster was in full circulation, but following the military occupation of the country by various continental powers the gold franc was adopted as the monetary unit. At the present time Italian paper circulates at Scutari, Durazzo, Valona, and Argyro-Castro, and the Greek drachma at Kortcha, the values of which vary according to locality and the prevailing rates of exchange as compared with gold." — Trade Information Bulletin, Numbers 79 to 118, 1923