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| | Obituary: Queen Geraldine of the Albanians Independent, The (London) - Find Articles |
 | | She was born Geraldine Apponyi in Buda, and is customarily referred to as a Hungarian countess, but, although her father was an impoverished Hungarian count, her mother was Gladys Virginia Stewart, an American heiress. |
 | | Geraldine was born the following year, and enjoyed an idyllic childhood divided mostly between Vienna, where she received a Catholic education, and the vast rambling Apponyi family castle at Nagy Apponyi in Hungary. |
 | | Geraldine was invited to visit Tirana on the strength of this image, and went in December 1934, chaperoned by a family friend, Baroness Ruling. |
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