Sadijé Toptani

Sadiya Toptani Khanum (Sadijé Hanem) (Nëna Mbretëreshë e Shqiptarëve) (Tirana, August 28, 1876 – Tirana or Durazzo, November 25, 1934) as the daughter of Salah Bey Toptani and as sister to Essad Pasha 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 i Shqiptarëvet) 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 Tirana or in Durazzo and was buried in Tirana.[1]

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