First marriage ,
Empress Farah of Iran, Elia, Leka,
Queen Sofía of Spain. Second row, left to right:
Alexander, Crown Prince of Serbia,
Princess Camilla of Bourbon-Two Sicilies,
Margareta of Romania,
Prince Radu of Romania,
Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro. Leka met
Elia Zaharia in
Paris, and in May 2010 they were engaged. On 27 March 2016,
Skënder Zogu, a member of the Zogu family, announced that the couple would be married on 8 October 2016 in the
Royal Palace in Tirana. Wedding guests included friends and relatives from around the world including relatives of his mother from Australia. Guests also included members of other royal families from neighbouring countries and further afield. These included
Queen Sofía of Spain and
Prince and
Princess Michael of Kent. Prince Michael of Kent is a first cousin of
Queen Elizabeth II and his wife Princess Michael of Kent is related to Prince Leka through her mother, Countess Marianne
Szapáry, who was a 5th cousin of Queen Géraldine and had been a bridesmaid at her wedding to King Zog in 1938. Other royal guests included
Empress Farah of Iran,
Crown Prince Alexander and
Crown Princess Katherine of
Yugoslavia,
Crown Princess Margareta of Romania, Custodian of the Crown and
Prince Radu of Romania,
Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro,
Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg together with Princess Sibilla,
Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia,
Princess Léa of Belgium and other members from the royal families of
Russia,
Liechtenstein,
Romania,
Greece,
Georgia,
Morocco and members of other noble families. Heads of state of Albania also attended the ceremony. Elia gave birth to a daughter,
Princess Geraldine, on 22 October 2020 at Queen Geraldine Maternity Hospital in Tirana, on the 18th anniversary of Leka's grandmother
Queen Geraldine's death. Their daughter was named Geraldine in her honour. On 28 January 2023, on the day of her baptism, her full name is Geraldine Sibilla Francesca Susan Marie, and her godparents are
Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg and Thomas Frashëri, a family friend. On 15 January 2024, Prince Leka and Elia announced on their Instagram page that they would be getting a mutual divorce as their marriage was no longer functioning. Leka confirmed plans for the divorce two days prior on his personal Instagram page as well. They got married on 15 March 2026, in a private civil ceremony at
Apponyi Castle in
Slovakia. ==Honours and awards==