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of 1902, contains a photograph of Juan Pedro Aladro
Kastriota next to a variant illustration of the Albanian flag. The postcards were found alongside a calendar printed in Albanian and were in the possession of two individuals, Nuri Frashëri and Basco Barbatassi, who attempted to distribute them
530:. After Aladro's death without descendants, the widow went to San Sebastián a Jerez, where the Domecq estates were, to close the heritage. She agreed on ceasing the 50% that her husband inherited from his father, in exchange of regular payments for life. She died shortly after.
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Eqrem bej Vlora, në kujtimet e tij – thotë se flamuri që u ngrit më 28 Nëntor 1912 në Vlorë, ishte një flamur që e mbaja në shtëpi si kujtim, të dhuruar solemnisht (më 1909) nga një pinjoll i familjes
Kastrioti (don Aladro Kastrioti) me banim në
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Ndihmat që mblidheshin në Korçë u-prenë, po Naçi gjeti mburime të tjerë: Aladrua i dërgoj 1,000 Fr. ari, Gjika 500, edhe 1,000 i dërgoj i ndjeri Vasil Terpo, kështu qe financërisht ishte siguruar çelja e vitit shkollar
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Lorecchio, invece, aveva riposto le sue speranze nel nobile spagnolo Juan de Aladro y Perez de
Valasco Castriota, di cui sosteneva la discendenza da Skanderbeg e da cui, inoltre, si faceva finanziare.
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residing in Vlorë) embroidered it during the night. Eqrem Vlora confirms that the flag was requested from him by the organizers of the event, and was given to Posio to make copies.
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and was idealized by some of them as a rightful heir for a future throne of independent
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on 28 November 1912 was a gift of 1909 from Don Aladro to him. The official
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Un giornalista arbëresh al servizio dell'indipendenza dell'Albania
334:"Fight for the liberation of Albania, and you'll become its King!"
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374:. It was said, that the Ottomans offered Aladro the positions of
934:"Juan Pedro Aladro Kastriota, Pretender to the Albanian Throne"
472:, a devoted Christian, an excellent son, and a lover of art".
833:"Kush a nenshkroi aktin a pavaresise se Shqiperise ne Vlore?"
817:, Universita della Calabria, Laboratorio della Albanologia,
266:-estates that his father left him in 1869. He is regarded a
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El jerezano Juan Pedro Aladro Kastriota PrĂncipe de Albania
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and possessed a remarkable collection of racing horses.
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468:(Basque). Back home, Aladro was considered a "perfect
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Flag of Aladro Kastrioti as shown in a 1902 postcard
258:. He reached the top of his career under the era of
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679:A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History
643:Mil noticias insĂłlitas del paĂs de los vascos
352:("The hope"). The same year, he published in
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493:stating that his ancestors partly came from
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392:Albanian Declaration of Independence
328:The Albanian politician and scholar
741:[Albanian school in Korçë]
1015:Spanish people of Albanian descent
360:. Aladro assisted financially the
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188:Juan de Aladro de Perez y Valasco
72:Juan de Aladro de Perez y Valasco
1025:19th-century Spanish journalists
1020:Spanish people of Basque descent
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831:Sheradin Berisha (2009-12-03),
790:Kalendari i Vatrës i motit 1918
317:where he kept contact with the
915:Juan Simo Jerez (2013-11-17),
883:. Robert Elsie. Archived from
682:, I. B. Tauris, pp. 6–7,
582:Order of Isabella the Catholic
299:First Albanian School of Korçë
202:. He claimed descent from the
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176:Juan Pedro Aladro y Kastriota
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1030:20th-century Spanish writers
594:Order of the Star of Romania
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787:Fan Stylian Noli (1918),
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436:. Aladro spoke correctly
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534:Flag of Aladro Kastriota
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588:Order of Charles III
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622:José López Romero,
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