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Elisabeth of Romania (Elisabeth Charlotte Josephine Alexandra Victoria) Romanian: Elisabeta, Greek: Ελισάβετ; 12 October 1894 – 14 November 1956) was the second child and eldest daughter of King Ferdinand I and Queen Marie of Romania. She was Queen of the Hellenes from 27 September 1922 until 25 March 1924 as the wife of King George II.
Elisabeth of Wied (Pauline Elisabeth Ottilie Luise; 29 December 1843 – 2 March 1916) was the first Queen of Romania as the wife of King Carol I from 15 March 1881 to 27 September 1914. She had been the princess consort of Romania since her marriage to then-Prince Carol on 15 November 1869.
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.1977: Elisabeth b.1894 – d.1956 Queen consort of Greece 1922 ...
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 .
Ileana was born in Bucharest on 5 January 1909, the youngest daughter of Queen Marie of Romania and King Ferdinand I of Romania. Ileana had four older siblings: Carol, Elisabeth – later Queen of Greece, Princess Maria – later Queen of Yugoslavia, and Nicholas; and a younger brother Mircea. Her mother wrote in her memoirs:
The Decoration of the Cross of Queen Elisabeth (Romanian: Decorația Crucea Regina Elisabeta) was a Decoration established by Prince Carol I of Romania by Royal Decree 2270 on 6 October 1878 for his wife, Princess Elisabeth of Wied, to award Romanian women she deemed to have achieved outstanding service for caring for the wounded and sick ...
Became queen Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Pauline Elisabeth Ottilie Luise of Wied Hermann, Prince of Wied (Wied) 29 December 1843 15 November 1869 1 March 1881 Kingdom created: 10 October 1914 husband's death: 2 March 1916 Carol I Marie Alexandra Victoria of Edinburgh: Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) 29 October 1875 ...
Elisabeth, the Queen consort of Romania, very close to Elena herself, encouraged the romance, although she was perfectly aware of the fact that a marriage between the two was forbidden by the Romanian constitution (according to the 1866 Constitution of Romania, the heir-presumptive to the throne was not allowed to marry a Romanian).