Eileen de Coppet, Princess of Albania

Princess Eileen of Wied, Hereditary Princess of Albania (2 September 1922 – 1 September 1985), was an Englishwoman who became the wife of Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania.[1] (She is known in Albanian as Albanian: Princesha trashëgimtare e Shqipërisë).

Eileen Johnston
Hereditary Princess of Albania
Born(1922-09-03)3 September 1922
Chester, England, United Kingdom
Died1 September 1985(1985-09-01) (aged 62)
New York City, US
Spouse
André de Coppet
(m. 1943; died 1953)
(m. 1966; died 1973)
HouseWied-Neuwied (by marriage)
FatherGeorge Johnston
MotherAlice Percival

Princess Eileen was born in Chester, England. She was the daughter of George Johnston, a landscape gardener, and his wife, Alice (née Percival).

Marriages and death

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She was married twice, being widowed on both occasions. Her first marriage was to Swiss-American Captain André de Coppet (1892 - 1953), DSC, late of the US army on 6 November 1943 in New York City. They had no children. In 1953, Eileen was widowed for the first time when André died in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 1 August 1953.

She married Carol Victor on 8 September 1966 in New York City. They later moved to England, and lived in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London. In 1973, Eileen was widowed for a second time when Carol Victor died at Munich, Bavaria, on 8 December 1973 (buried Neuwied am Rhein). The house became extinct on his death as he had no children, and no arrangements had been put in place for a successor.

Princess Eileen died in New York on 1 September 1985.

Notes and sources

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  1. ^ "Runkel 6".
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1991 2