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== Biography ==
Sadije (also write Sadijé, Sadiya or Khadija) was a member of the [[Toptani family]], Sadije was the daughter of [[Salah Bey Toptani]] (1843−1910) and his wife, Annije Toptani (1855−1899), both members by birth of the Toptani family. Also she was a cousin to [[Essad Pasha Toptani]]. She was the second wife of [[Xhemal Pasha Zogu]] after the death of his first wife, Zenja Melika Hanem.
 
After her son became king in 1928, she was raised to the title ''Nëna Mbretëreshë e Shqiptarëve'', or Queen Mother of the Albanians, 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 was the official protector of the ''[[Gruaja Shqiptare]]''.