included friends and relatives from around the world including relatives of his mother from Australia. Guests also included members of other royal families from neighbouring countries and further afield. These included Queen Sofía of Spain and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. Prince Michael of Kent is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and his wife Princess Michael of Kent is related to Prince Leka through her mother, Countess Marianne Szapáry, who was a 5th cousin of Queen Géraldine and had been a bridesmaid at her wedding to King Zog in 1938. Other royal guests included Empress Farah of Iran, Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia, Crown Princess Margareta of Romania, Custodian of the Crown and Prince Radu of Romania, Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro, Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg together with Princess Sibilla, Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, Princess Léa of Belgium and other members from the royal families of Russia, Liechtenstein, Romania, Greece, Georgia, Morocco and members of other noble families. Heads of state of Albania also attended the ceremony. Children Elia gave birth to a daughter on 22 October 2020 at Queen Geraldine Maternity Hospital in Tirana, on the 18th anniversary of Leka's grandmother Queen Geraldine's death. Their daughter was named Geraldine in her honour. On 28 January 2023, on the day of her baptism, her full name is Geraldine Sibilla Francesca Susan Marie. Honours and awards Honours National dynastic honours House of Zogu: Sovereign Knight with Collar of the Royal Order of Albania House of Zogu: Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Fidelity House of Zogu: Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Skanderbeg Albanian Royal Family: Sovereign of the Military Order and Medal of Bravery Foreign honours Italian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Two Sicilian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Francis I House of Romanov: Knight Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Saint Andrew Royal House of Ghassan: Knight Grand Collar of the Equestrian Order of Michael Archangel Awards – Honored Citizen of the City of Burrel (2012) – Honored Citizen of the Commune of Bërdicë (2012) – Key to City of New Orleans (2011) – Honorary Mayor of the City of Baton Rouge See also Heads of former ruling families References Bibliography Patrice Najbor, Histoire de l'Albanie et de sa maison royale (5 volumes),