Prince William of Wied of Albania (tall man in centre) with his wife, Princess Sophie of Schonburg-Waldenburg (on the left), daughter Princess Marie Eleonore (centre) and members of the Court in the gardens of the royal palace in Durazzo. Placed on the throne of Albania by the Great Powers in early 1914, he was forced out of the country in September of that year with the country in a state of civil war.