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
The king is dead, long live the king! the remains of the previous king descended into the vault of Saint Denis Basilica. The phrase arose from the law of —that the transfer of sovereignty occurs instantaneously upon the moment of death of the previous monarch. "The King is dead" is the announcement of a monarch who has just died. "Long live The King!" refers to the heir who immediately succeeds to a throne upon the death of the preceding monarch. At the time, French was the primary language of the nobility in England, and the proclamation was quickly taken up as ideally representing the same tradition—which in England