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Saint Paul, Minnesota
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The Duke of Montpensier, son of the French pretender and brother to the Duke of Orleans, has been proclaimed King of Albania by its provisional government. This follows the Balkan War, where Albania sought protection from great powers and established a government under Keamil Bey, to be ruled by a European prince as per London peace conference decrees.
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Son of French Pretender Is Now Full Fledged Ruler.
Paris.- A dispatch from Brindisi received here says that the Duke of Montpensier was proclaimed king of Albania by the provisional government of that country.
The country which has now set up a government of its own was at the beginning of the Balkan war a vilayet of Turkey in Europe. Not long after the war started, however, finding itself harassed on one side by the Bulgarians, on another by the Greeks and on another by the Servians, it appealed to the great powers for protection and proclaimed a provisional government.
Keamil Bey became president of the new government provisionally until the Albanians should have complied with the decrees of the ambassadors of the great powers resulting from the peace conference in London, which decree said that Albania should not be partitioned among the Balkan states, but that it should be ruled over by a prince of some royal house of Europe and supervised by the powers.
The Duke of Montpensier was approached several weeks ago on the subject of becoming Albania's new ruler, but as the prince is wealthy and already socially prominent, being related to the royal families of Bulgaria, Spain and Italy, he was not especially attracted by the idea of becoming king.
Duke Montpensier, the new Albania ruler, is twenty-nine years old, only brother and heir of the Duke of Orleans, chief of the Royalist party in France. In spite of the fact that his exile prevents him from serving in the French navy, the people of France are attached to him because of his exploration services in the hinterland of Tonking and French Cochin China and for the bravery he showed in the Moroccan campaign when he served under the banner of Spain.
His most popular title of Duke of Montpensier comes from his mother, who was a Spanish infanta, the daughter of the Duke of Montpensier. His father, from whom he inherits his ample fortune, was the Comte de Paris. His sister married the Duke of Aosta, cousin of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy.
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duke of montpensier proclaimed king of albania by provisional government, in accordance with great powers' decrees from london peace conference to prevent partition among balkan states.
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Dispatch from Brindisi reports Duke of Montpensier proclaimed king of Albania by provisional government. Albania, former Turkish vilayet, sought great powers' protection during Balkan War amid harassment by Bulgarians, Greeks, and Servians. Keamil Bey provisional president until compliance with ambassadors' decrees for rule by European prince under powers' supervision. Duke approached weeks ago despite reluctance due to wealth and royal ties to Bulgaria, Spain, Italy. He is 29, brother and heir to Duke of Orleans, French royalist chief; noted for explorations in Tonking and Cochin China, bravery in Moroccan campaign under Spain.