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 Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania (Karl Viktor Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Günther von Wied, 19 May 19138 December 1973), was the only son of William, Prince of Albania, and briefly heir to the Principality of Albania. He held the title of ' ...

. She is known in Albanian as ( Albanian: ''Princesha trashëgimtare e Shqipërisë''). Princess Eileen was born in

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

Marriages and death

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

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. They had no children. In 1953, Eileen was widowed for the first time when André died in

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, on 1 August 1953. She married Carol Victor on 8 September 1966 in New York City. They later moved to England, and lived in

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. In 1973, Eileen was widowed for a second time when Carol Victor died at

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, 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

*Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1991 2 {{DEFAULTSORT:Eileen de Coppet, Princess of Albania 1922 births 1985 deaths People from Chester House of Wied-Neuwied Albanian nobility Albanian royalty 20th-century English people British expatriates in the United States