father death_date death_place religion birth_place title consort birth_date spouse issue article_title name reign
salah bey toptani 25 november 1934 albania tirana or durrës , albania islam tirana , ottoman empire -lrb- now albania -rrb- queen mother of the albanians yes 28 august 1876 xhemal pasha zogu zog i of albania sadijé toptani
 queen mother sadije 1 september 1928 - 25 november 1934
sadijé toptani

sadiya toptani khanum -lrb- sadijé hanem -rrb- -lrb- `` nëna mbretëreshë e shqiptarëve '' -rrb- -lrb- tirana , august 28 , 1876 -- tirana or durazzo , november 25 , 1934 -rrb- was the daughter of salah bey toptani and cousin to essad pasha toptani , and a member of the powerful toptani family .
she was the second wife of xhemal pasha zogu after the death of his first wife melek hanem .
after her son zogu of albania became king in 1928 she was raised to the title queen mother of the albanians -lrb- `` nëna mbretëreshë e shqiptarëve '' -rrb- with the style of her majesty on september 1 , 1928 , a position she held until her death .
she supervised the royal kitchen to ensure that her son could not be poisoned .
she died in the royal compound in tirana or in durazzo and was buried in tirana .
a royal mausoleum was constructed to house her remains .
she was the cousin of essad pasha toptani .
