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On 21 February 1272, a delegation of Albanian noblemen and citizens from Durrës made their way to Charles' court. Charles signed a treaty with them and was proclaimed King of Albania "by common consent of the bishops, counts, barons, soldiers and citizens" promising to protect them and to honor the privileges they had from Byzantine Empire. [40]
On 21 February 1272, [6] a delegation of Albanian noblemen and citizens from Durrës made their way to Charles' court. Charles signed a treaty with them and was proclaimed King of Albania "by common consent of the bishops, counts, barons, soldiers and citizens" promising to protect them and to honor the privileges they had from Byzantine Empire ...
The peace treaty of the Albanian-Venetian war signed on October 4, 1448, is the first diplomatic document on which the league appears as an independent entity. [ 5 ] Barleti referred to the meeting as the generalis concilium or universum concilium ("general council" or "whole council"); the term "League of Lezhë" was coined by subsequent ...
Albanian leaders met at Durrës to discuss presentation of Albanian interests at the upcoming Paris Peace Conference. 1919: January: Serbia attacked Albania, forcing Albanians to adopt guerrilla warfare. June: Paris Peace Conference, 1919: Albania was divided between Greece, Italy and Yugoslavia at the conference, which did not admit Albanian ...
The treaty declared the union between the Kingdom of Albania (Latin: Regnum Albanie) with the Kingdom of Sicily under King Charles of Anjou (Carolus I, dei gratia rex Siciliae et Albaniae). [20] He appointed Gazzo Chinardo as his Vicar-General and hoped to take up his expedition against Constantinople again.
King of Albania Victor Emmanuel III: 1939–1943: Victor Emmanuel III became King of Albania in 1939 and it was a result of Italian imperialism under fascism. It occurred when Italian forces invaded Albania, causing King Zog I to flee. This move was part of Mussolini's expansionist ambitions and was met with resistance from the Albanian people.
The smallest county, by area, is Durrës County with an area of 766 square kilometres (296 sq mi) in the west of Albania. The counties are made up of 61 second-level divisions known as municipalities (bashki / bashkia). [202] The municipalities are the first level of local governance, responsible for local needs and law enforcement.
A number of boundary commissions were sent to Albania in order to delineate the borders of the new state, on an ethnographic basis, according to the terms of the London Peace Conferences. However, the commission being unable to delineate the area of southern Albania on such a basis, fell back upon economic, strategic and geographical arguments ...