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 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.

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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