Issue none | Father George Johnston | |
Spouse 1) André de Coppet (m. 1943; his death 1953)2) Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania (m. 1966; his death 1973) Mother Alice Johnston (née Percival) Died 1 September 1985, New York City, New York, United States | ||
Princess Eileen, Hereditary Princess of Albania (2 September 1922 – 1 September 1985), was an Englishwoman who became the wife of Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania. She is known in Albanian as (Albanian: Princesha trashëgimtare e Shqipërisë).
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Princess Eileen was born in Chester, England. She was the daughter of George Johnston, a landscape gardener, and his wife, Alice (née Percival).
Marriages and Death
She was married twice, being widowed on both occasions. Her first marriage was to Captain André de Coppet (1892 - 1953), DSC, late of the US army on 6 November 1943 in New York City. They had no children. In 1953, Eileen was widowed for the first time, when André died in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 1 August 1953.
She married Carol Victor on 8 September 1966 in New York City. They later moved to England, and lived in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London. In 1973, Eileen was widowed for a second time when Carol Victor died at Munich, Bavaria, on 8 December 1973 (bur. Neuwied am Rhein). The house became extinct on his death as he had no children, and no arrangements had been put in place for a successor.
Princess Eileen died in New York on 1 September 1985.