Sadijé Toptani

Sadiya Toptani Khanum (Sadijé Hanem) (Nëna Mbretëreshë e Shqiptarëve) (Tirana, August 28, 1876 – Durrës, November 25, 1934) was the daughter of Salah Bey Toptani and cousin to Essad Pasha Toptani, and a member of the powerful Toptani family. She was the second wife of Xhemal Pasha Zogu after the death of his first wife Melek Hanem.

After her son Zogu of Albania became King in 1928 she was raised to the title Queen Mother of the Albanians (Nëna Mbretëreshë e Shqiptarëve) with the style of Her Majesty on September 1, 1928, a position she held until her death. She supervised the Royal Kitchen to ensure that her son could not be poisoned. She died in the Royal Compound in Durrës^[1] and was buried in Tirana the next day.^[2] A royal mausoleum was constructed to house her remains.

She was the cousin of Essad Pasha Toptani.

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Spouse	Children
Princess Adilé Zogu	25 February 1893	6 February 1952	Major Emin Bey Agolli-Doshishti	Prince Salih Prince Hysen Prince Sharafidin Princess Teri Princess Danush
King Zog I of the Albanians	8 October 1895	9 April 1961	Countess Géraldine Apponyi de Nagyappony	Crown Prince Leka of Albania
Princess Nafijé Zogu	25 October 1896	21 March 1955	Ceno Bey Kryeziu	Prince Tati
Princess Senijé Zogu	15 November 1903	15 April 1969	Prince Şehzade Mehmed Abid Efendi	None
Princess Myzejen Zogu	6 February 1905	10 April 1969	Never married	None
Princess Ruhijé Zogu	20 March 1906	31 January 1948	Never married	None
Princess Maxhide Zogu	20 March 1907	4 January 1969	Never married	None

References

↑ Shqipenia me 1937 (PDF) (in Albanian), I, Komisioni i Kremtimeve te 25-vjetorit te Vete-qeverrimit, 1937, p. 16, ...e cila nderroi jete ne Banjat e Durresit...translated... who passed away in Durazzo thermal baths...
↑ Royal Ark

Bibliography

Patrice Najbor, Histoire de l'Albanie et de sa maison royale (5 volumes), JePublie, Paris, 2008, (ISBN 978-2-9532382-0-4).
Patrice Najbor, la dynastye des Zogu, Textes & Prétextes, Paris, 2002
O.S. Pearson, Albania and King Zog, I.B. Tauris. 2005 (ISBN 1845110137).

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