Eqrem Vlora

Eqrem Vlora
Bey
Born(1885-12-01)1 December 1885
Vlorë, Ottoman Empire (modern day Albania)
Died30 March 1964(1964-03-30) (aged 78)
Vienna, Austria
Other namesEkrem Vlora
Occupation(s)Scholar, writer, politician
Parent(s)Syrja and Mihri Vlora
FamilyVlora and Toptani family
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Eqrem Bey Vlora (1 December 1885 – 30 March 1964) was an Albanian lord, politician, writer, and one of the delegates to the Assembly of Vlorë, which proclaimed the Albanian Declaration of Independence on November 28, 1912.[1][2] He is described as The Last of Beys (Beu i Fundit), the embodiment of the Albanian aristocracy of the time, although he came from a caste founded on the principles of Ottoman military fief.[3][4]

  1. ^ Michael Schmidt-Neke (16 November 1987), Entstehung und Ausbau der Königsdiktatur in Albanien (1912-1939): Regierungsbildungen, Herrschaftsweise und Machteliten in einem jungen Balkanstaat (in German), Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, p. 320, ISBN 978-3486543216
  2. ^ Vlora, Eqrem (1968), Lebenserinnerungen, vol. 1, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 28 December 2011, The members of his family held this position almost without interruption from 1481 to 1828, hereditarily not de jure, but de facto.
  3. ^ Qeriqi, Ahmet (1 December 2021). "Eqrem bej Vlora (1885 - 1964) atdhetar, diplomat, shkrimtar dhe historian - Radio Kosova e Lirë". Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ^ Qafoku, Roland. "Historia e hidhur e familjes së Eqrem bej Vlorës: Nga "përplasjet" me Ismail bej Vlorën, tek përndjekja nga komunizmi" (in Albanian). Gazeta Panorama. Retrieved 12 January 2022.