Eileen de Coppet, Princess of Albania


Princess Eileen, Hereditary Princess of Albania, was an Englishwoman who became the wife of Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania. She is known in Albanian as.
Princess Eileen was born in Chester, England. She was the daughter of George Johnston, a landscape gardener, and his wife, Alice.

Marriages and death

She was married twice, being widowed on both occasions. Her first marriage was to Swiss-American Captain André de Coppet, DSC, late of the US army on 6 November 1943 in New York City. They had no children. In 1953, Eileen was widowed for the first time when André died in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 1 August 1953.
She married Carol Victor on 8 September 1966 in New York City. They later moved to England, and lived in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London. In 1973, Eileen was widowed for a second time when Carol Victor died at Munich, Bavaria, on 8 December 1973. 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.

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