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Marie (born Princess Marie Alexandra Victoria of Edinburgh; 29 October 1875 – 18 July 1938) [note 1] was the last queen of Romania as the wife of King Ferdinand I. Marie was born into the British royal family .
Princess Maria of Romania (born 13 July 1964 [1]) is the fifth daughter of King Michael I and Queen Anne of Romania. Since 2015 [ 2 ] Maria has lived in Romania and carried out a public role on behalf of the Romanian royal family .
Maria of Romania may refer to: Marie of Romania (1875–1938), queen of Romania from 1914 to 1917 as the wife of King Ferdinand I Maria of Yugoslavia (1900–1961), queen of Yugoslavia and daughter of King Ferdinand I of Romania
On 1 August 2015, Michael signed a document removing the title Prince of Romania and the qualification of Royal Highness from his grandson, Nicholas Medforth-Mills, who was also removed from the line of succession. The former king took the decision "with an eye on Romania's future after the reign and life of his eldest daughter, Margareta".
The Queen Marie of Romania Sapphire is a 478.68 carat (95.736 g) Cornflower blue cushion cut Ceylon sapphire. When it was sold at Christie's in 2003, it was the largest sapphire ever offered at auction. [1] It is named for its association with its first owner, Marie of Edinburgh, Queen of Romania.
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 ...
Construction was halted upon America's entry into World War I. [2] The unfinished museum building was dedicated on November 3, 1926 by Queen Marie of Romania, and was opened to the public on Hill's birthday (May 13) in 1940. The museum's first physical expansion was completed when the Mary and Bruce Stevenson Wing opened to the public in May 2012.
Princess Maria was born in Bucharest as the first Princess of Romania that was also of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, on 8 September [O.S. 27 August] 1870. After a month, in October [O.S. September] 1870, she was baptised as a Romanian Orthodox at the monastery of Cotroceni (near the site of the present-day Cotroceni Palace). [1]