Princess Marie of Edinburgh

From redevance
HM The Dowager Queen of Romania
Titles Dowager Queen of Romania

Princess of Edinburgh

Reign 10 October 1914 - 20 July 1927
Coronation 15 October 1922
Predecessor Princess Elisabeth of Wied
Successor Princess Anne of Parma
Biographical Information
Born 29 October 1875

Eastwell, England, United Kingdom

Died 18 July 1938 (aged 62)

Sinaia, Romania

Spouse King Ferdinand of Romania

(m. 1893; w. 1927)

Issue Carol II

Princess Elisabeth

Princess Maria

Prince Nicholas

Princess Ileana

Prince Mircea

Name Marie Alexandra Victoria
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (by birth)

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (by marriage)

Father Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Mother Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
Religion Anglican

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Carol II
Princess Elisabeth 12 October 1894 14 November 1956 (aged 62) King George II of Greece (m. 1921); no issue
Princess Maria 6 January 1900 22 June 1961 (aged 61) King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (m. 1922); had issue
Prince Nicholas 5 August 1903 9 July 1978 (aged 74) Died unmarried and without issue
Princess Ileana 5 January 1909 21 January 1991 (aged 82) Archduke Anton of Austria (m. 1931); had issue
Prince Mircea 3 January 1913 2 November 1916 (aged 3) Died in childhood

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1875-1893 Princess Marie of Edinburgh
  • 1893-1914 Marie, Crown Princes of Romania
  • 1914-1927 Queen Marie of Romania
  • 1927-1938 Marie, Dowager Queen of Romania

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Duke Ernest I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Prince Edward of the United Kingdom

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Countess Augusta of Ebersdorf

Duke Augustus of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Princess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

King George III of the United Kingdom

Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Countess Augusta of Ebersdorf

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia Emperor Alexander II of Russia

Princess Marie of Hesse

Emperor Nicholas I of Russia

Princess Charlotte of Prussia

Grand Duke Louis II of Hesse

Princess Wilhelmine of Baden

Emperor Paul of Russia

Princess Sophie Dorothea of Wurttemberg

King Frederick William III of Prussia

Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Grand Duke Louis I of Hesse

Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt

Hereditary Prince Charles Louis of Baden

Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt