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Marie was the last queen consort of Romania, as Princess Helen was accorded only the title of Queen Mother between 1940 and 1947. She was one of Queen Victoria's five crowned granddaughters and one of three to retain their positions as consort after the conclusion of World War I, alongside the Queen of Norway and the Queen of Spain .
Prince Mircea of Romania (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmirtʃe̯a]; 3 January 1913 – 2 November 1916) was the third son and youngest child of King Ferdinand of Romania and Marie of Edinburgh and the great-grandson of Queen Victoria through his mother. He died aged 3 in November 1916.
King of Romania 1914–1927: Marie of Edinburgh b.1875 – d.1938 Queen consort of Romania 1914–1927: Karl Anton b.1868 – d.1919: Maria b.1870 – d.1874: Zizi Lambrino b.1898 – d.1953: Carol II b.1893 – d.1953 King of Romania 1930–1940: Helen of Greece b.1896 – d.1982 Queen Mother of Romania 1928–1982: Magda Lupescu b.1895 – d ...
On 27 March 1944, Time reported: "Rich, suave, 70-year-old Prince Știrbey was the longtime lover of the late Queen Marie of Rumania, the mortal foe of her moody son, ex-King Carol, the presumed father of her youngest daughter, Ileana. Now the loyal aging go-between was embarked on one last attempt to save the trembling kingdom for his loved ...
Nicholas was born on 5 August 1903 in Peleș Castle, Sinaia as the second son of Crown Prince Ferdinand of Romania and his wife Princess Marie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Edinburgh. His siblings were Carol II of Romania, Elisabeth of Romania, Queen Maria of Yugoslavia, Princess Ileana of Romania and Prince Mircea of Romania.
On an official visit to lobby for international support of her beleaguered country amid the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, Queen Marie of Romania expresses her frustration that the press coverage is ...
Prince Alfred's daughter (and Queen Victoria's granddaughter) Princess Marie of Edinburgh became Queen of Romania in 1914 after marrying the future King Ferdinand in 1893. King Ferdinand and Queen Marie's son King Carol II of Romania (Victoria's great-grandson) was the father of King Michael of Romania (the great-great-grandson of Victoria);
On 23 February 1918, when Romania was on the brink of defeat, Boyle first met Queen Marie, who was lying dejected on her sofa as she heard the news that Romania had asked for an armistice with Germany. [15] Although Marie was only a queen consort, she was vastly more popular with the Romanian people than her husband, King Ferdinand. At the time ...