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Wedding Medal of Ferdinand I of Romania 1893 by Anton Scharff. Obverse. In Sigmaringen on 10 January 1893, Prince Ferdinand of Romania married his distant cousin, the Lutheran Princess Marie of Edinburgh, daughter of Anglican Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, and the Orthodox Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia.
Ferdinand and Marie, the Crown Prince and Princess of Romania, pictured after their 1893 marriage. Marie grew into a "lovely young woman" with "sparkling blue eyes and silky fair hair"; she was courted by several royal bachelors, including Prince George of Wales, who in 1892 became second in line to inherit the throne. [36]
Prince of Hohenzollern r.1905–1927: Ferdinand b.1865 – d.1927 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 ...
19 January 1729: In two simultaneous ceremonies, Joseph, Prince of Brazil, eldest son and successor of John V, King of Portugal, was married to Mariana Victoria of Spain, while Mariana's half-brother Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, eldest surviving son and successor of Philip V, King of Spain, was married to Joseph's sister Barbara of Portugal.
In 1911, Prince George of Greece, then second-in-line to the throne and his future wife's second cousin, met Elisabeth for the first time. [6] After the Balkan Wars, during which Greece and Romania were allied, the Greek prince asked for the hand of Elisabeth, but, advised by her great-aunt, she declined the offer, saying that her suitor was too small and too English in his manners.
Soon after her sister Marie was married to Crown Prince Ferdinand of Romania, a search was made for a suitable husband for Victoria. Her visit to her grandmother Queen Victoria at Balmoral Castle in the autumn of 1891 coincided with a visit by her cousin Prince Ernest Louis of Hesse, heir apparent to the grand ducal throne of Hesse and by Rhine ...
Meanwhile, Prince William changed out of his red Irish Guards uniform (which he wore during the wedding ceremony) and can be seen sporting the black uniform of the Blues and Royals, according to ...
Prince Nicholas of Romania (Romanian: Principele Nicolae al României; 5 August 1903 – 9 June 1978), later known as Prince Nicholas of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was the fourth child and second son of King Ferdinand I of Romania and his wife Queen Marie.