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- Birth nameMaria Alexandra Victoria von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha
- Queen Marie of Romania was born Princess Marie of England on October 29, 1875. She was the daughter of Queen Victoria's son Albert and his wife Marie who was the daughter of Czar Alexander II of Russia.
She spent much of her early life in England, but her father was a navy man so she moved from England to Malta and then to Germany when she was young. She spent much of her time growing up with her brothers and sisters as well as her many cousins. When she was a teenager her cousin, the future King George V of England visited her in Malta. During these visits they fell in love and wanted to marry. However their mothers did not like this idea.
Shortly after nixing the idea of her nephew being her son-in law Marie's mother decided to set Marie up with Grand Duke Ferdinand, the heir to the King of Romania. Shortly after the marriage they moved to Romania where they lived in a castle with Ferdinand's Uncle King Carol I. Shortly after this Marie became pregnant later giving birth to future King Carol II. This led to Marie giving birth to six little princes and princesses some of which where not the children of Ferdinand and several of whom would marry the children of Marie's cousin Sophie, Queen of Greece.
Marie's life in Romania was not an easy on. She did not always get along with Ferdinand and his Uncle and Ferdinand's Aunt Elisabeth (or Carmen Sylvia) treated Marie with contempt by taking away her children. To make her life more bearable Marie would frequently leave Romania, going to Germany to visit her mother and sisters, or Russia to visit her cousins the Czar and Czarina Nicholas and Alexandra. She did this numerous times, but twice she did this because she was pregnant with children that were not Ferdinand's.
Things where not easier once Ferdinand became King in October of 1914. World War One had started in Europe and it was an awful time for her and her family spread from Spain to Russia. After the war was not easy either with her son and then grandson on the throne. In 1938 the Second World War was soon to start, but Marie was not feeling well. She had internal hemorrhages that killed her on July 18 of that year.- IMDb Mini Biography By: CR
- SpouseKing Ferdinand of Romania(January 10, 1893 - July 20, 1927) (his death, 6 children)
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- RelativesQueen Victoria(Grandparent)Prince Albert(Grandparent)Tsar Alexander II(Grandparent)Duke of Kent and Strathearn Prince Edward(Great Grandparent)Duchess of Kent and Strathearn(Great Grandparent)Helena of Schleswig-Holstein(Aunt or Uncle)Duchess of Argyll Princess Louise(Aunt or Uncle)Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught(Aunt or Uncle)Prince Leopold of Duke of Albany(Aunt or Uncle)Princess Henry of Battenberg(Aunt or Uncle)Nicholas Alexandrovich(Aunt or Uncle)Czar Aleksandr III(Aunt or Uncle)Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia(Aunt or Uncle)Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia(Aunt or Uncle)Alexandra Beatrice of Hohenlohe-Langenburg(Niece or Nephew)Princess Margaret of Connaught(Cousin)Princess Patricia of Connaught(Cousin)Princess Alice(Cousin)Grand Duke Michael(Cousin)Kirill Vladimirovich Romanov(Cousin)Tsar Nicholas II(Cousin)George Alexandrovich(Cousin)King George V(Cousin)Prince Albert Victor(Cousin)Princess Louise(Cousin)Dronning Maud(Cousin)Queen Victoria Eugenia(Cousin)King Peter II of Yugoslavia(Grandchild)Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia(Great Grandchild)King Michael(Grandchild)Custodian of the Crown of Romania Margareta(Great Grandchild)Princess Maria Pavlovna(Cousin)Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov(Cousin)King Edward VII(Aunt or Uncle)Princess Royal Victoria(Aunt or Uncle)Kaiser Wilhelm II(Cousin)Princess Charlotte of Prussia(Cousin)Prince Henry of Prussia(Cousin)Princess Irene of Prussia(Cousin)Grand Duchess Alice(Aunt or Uncle)Victoria Mountbatten(Cousin)Elizabeth Feodorovna(Cousin)Grand Duke Sergei(Aunt or Uncle)Ernest Louis(Cousin)Vladimir Kirillovits Romanov(Niece or Nephew)Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine(Niece or Nephew)Tsarina Alexandra(Cousin)
- Mother of King Carol II and Prince Nicholas of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
- Her daughter Princess Elisabeta married Marie's 2nd cousin King Georgios II, son of King George of Greece and Queen Olga.
- Great-grandmother of Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia. Mother-in-law of King Alexander of Yugoslavia, and Elena of Greece and Denmark.
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