Princess Sophie Helene Cecilie of Schönburg-Waldenburg (21 May 1885 - 3 February 1936) was the wife of Prince William of Wied. With her husband's ascension to the Albanian throne she became the Princess of Albania (Albanian: Princeshë e Shqipërisë).
Princess Sophie was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg the daughter of Hereditary Prince Victor of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1856-1888) and his wife Princess Lucia of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1859-1903).
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Princess Sophie Helene Cecilie of Schönburg-Waldenburg (21 May 1885 - 3 February 1936) was the wife of Prince William of Wied. With her husband's ascension to the Albanian throne she became the Princess of Albania (Albanian: Princeshë e Shqipërisë).
Princess Sophie was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg the daughter of Hereditary Prince Victor of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1856-1888) and his wife Princess Lucia of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1859-1903).
Her maternal grandparents were Emil, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1824 - 1878) and his first wife Pulcheria Cantacuzene (1820 - 1865), a Romanian princess. Emil was the son of August Ludwig of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1788 - 1874) and Franziska Allesina von Schweitzer (1802 - 1878).
August Ludwig was the eighth of ten sons born to Christian Heinrich, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1753 - 1800) and his wife Charlotte Friederike Franziska, Countess of Leiningen-Westerburg. Christian Heinrich was the penultimate ruler of Sayn...
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