Princess Marie Eleonore of Albania, Princess of Wied (Marie Eleonore Elisabeth Cecilie Mathilde Lucie Prinzessin von Wied; 19 February 190929 September 1956) was the only daughter of William, Prince of Albania and his wife Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg. She held the title of ''Princess of Albania''. She was also styled Donika, in homage to Donika Kastrioti.

Family and early life

Princess Marie Eleonore of Wied was born on 19 February 1909 at

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. She was elder sister of Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania.

Marriage

She married, firstly, Prince Alfred of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1905-1941), son of Prince Heinrich of Schönburg-Waldenburg and Princess Olga of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, on 16 November 1937 at Munich, Bavaria, Germany. She married, secondly, Ion Octavian Bunea (1899-1977), son of Aureliu Bunea, on 5 February 1949 at

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, Romania. She became a Romanian citizen after this marriage. She was arrested by the Romanian communist authorities on 25 July, 1949.https://www.memorialsighet.ro/femei-in-inchisoare-2/ She died without issue at age 47, on 29 September 1956 at a communist internment camp, Miercurea Ciuc,

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