Prince William of Wied, Prince of Albania (Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich) (1876 ? 1945) reigned briefly as sovereign of Albania from March 7th, 1914 to September 3rd, 1914 when he left for exile. His reign officially came to an end on January 31, 1925 when the country was declared a republic. Outside the country and in diplomatic correspondence, he was styled 'sovereign prince', but in Albania he was referred to as 'mbret', or king. He was also styled Skanderbeg II, in homage to Skanderbeg, the national hero