House of Zogu House of Zogu The House of Zogu, until 1922 Zogolli is an Albanian dynasty founded in the early 20th century. The family provided the short-lived modern Kingdom of Albania with its only monarch, Zog I of Albania (1928–1939). The dynasty was founded by Zogu Pasha who migrated to Mati, Albania in the early 20th century. The most famous member of the dynasty is Zog I, Skanderbeg III, who in 1928 was proclaimed King of the Albanians and ruled until he was deposed by Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and the Italian invasion in 1939. Victor Emmanuel subsequently assumed the Albanian
Zog I of Albania would be shortly released and definitely expelled from Austria. Gjeloshi would be sentenced to 3 years and 6 months of jail, while Çami got 2 years and 6 months. The fascist government of Benito Mussolini's Italy had supported Zog since early in his presidency; that support had led to increased Italian influence in Albanian affairs. The Italians compelled Zog to refuse to renew the First Treaty of Tirana (1926), although Zog still retained British officers in the Gendarmerie as a counterbalance against the Italians, who had pressured Zog to remove them. During the worldwide depression of the early 1930s Zog's