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Princess Marie of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, later Queen of Romania, was a member of the British Royal Family. She was born October 29, 1875, at Eastwell Park in Kent, the eldest daughter of His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia. Her father was the second eldest son of Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Her mother was the only surviving daughter of Alexander II of Russia and Maria Alexandrovna of Hesse. Arms of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg-Gotha or Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (German: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) served as the name of the two German duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha in Germany, in the present-day states of Bavaria and Thuringia, which were... Royal Standard of the United Kingdom (including Scotland). ... 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Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (Alice Maud Mary), (25 April 1843 – 14 December 1878, was a member of the British Royal Family, the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria. ... His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Edinburgh (born 6 August 1844 and died 30 July 1900), was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ... Her Royal Highness The Princess Helena, (Helena Augusta Victoria), (25 May 1846 - 9 June 1923), was a member of the British Royal Family, the fifth-born child and the third daughter of Queen Victoria. ... Her Royal Highness The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, (Louise Caroline Alberta), (18 March 1848 - 3 December 1939) was a member of the British Royal Family and Canadian Vice Regal Consort, the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. ... Prince Arthur as a lieutenant in The Prince Consorts Own Rifle Brigade. ... His Royal Highness The Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (Leopold George Duncan Albert) (7 April 1853 - 28 March 1884), was a member of the British Royal Family, a son of Queen Victoria. ... Her Royal Highness The Princess Beatrice, (Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore), (14 April 1857 - 26 October 1944), was a member of the British Royal Family, the fifth daughter and the youngest child of Queen Victoria. ... His Royal Highness Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was a member of the British Royal Family. ... Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria of Edinburgh (Victoria Melita) (25 November 1876 - 2 March 1936) was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. ... Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (September 1, 1878 - April 16, 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family. ... Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh (Beatrice Leopoldine Victoria), (20 April 1884 - 13 July 1966), was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. ... Prince Arthur of Connaught (Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert) (13 January 1883 - 12 September 1938) was a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of Queen Victoria. ... Princess Margaret of Connaught, Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah Wettin (January 15, 1882 - May 1, 1920), Crown Princess of Sweden, was the daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and his wife, the Princess Luise Marguerite of Prussia, and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. ... Princess Patricia of Connaught , later Lady Patricia Ramsay (17 March 1886-12 January 1974) was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. ... Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Albany (Leopold Charles Edward George Albert) (19 July 1884 – 28 March 1954) was the last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in Germany from 30 July 1900 to 14 November 1918. ... Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (nee Princess Alice of Albany)(25 February 1883 - 3 January 1981), was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. ... Prince Alastair of Connaught (Alastair Arthur Windsor), (August 9, 1914-April 26, 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family, a great grandson of Queen Victoria. ... This page has been protected from editing to deal with vandalism. ... His Royal Highness Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (Albert Victor Christian Edward Wettin) (January 8, 1864 – January 14, 1892) was born in Windsor, England, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII) and Alexandra of Denmark, and was therefore the second in... His Majesty King George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor, formerly Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) (3 June 1865–20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917. ... Her Royal Highness The Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Duff, née Wettin) (20 February 1867-4 January 1931), was the third child and the eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. ... Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (6 July 1868-3 December 1935) was the fourth child and second daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Queen Alexandra. ... Queen Maud (nee HRH Princess Maud of Wales) (Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria) (26 November 1869-20 November 1938) was the Queen consort of King Haakon VII of Norway. ... 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Her Imperial & Royal Highness The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, also Duchess of Edinburgh, née Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia (17 October 1853 – 24 October 1920) was the daughter of the Russian tsar who became the wife of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second... Her Majesty Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria von Wettin, née dEste) (24 May 1819–22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877 until her death. ... Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Francis Charles Augustus Albert Emmanuel, of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha branch of the House of Wettin) (26 August 1819 - 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... 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As her father was in the Royal Navy she spent much of her time abroad, particularly in Malta. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...

In her youth, Princess Marie was considered a suitable match for marriage to the royalty of Europe. Her first cousin, Prince George of Wales, later King George V, fell in love with her and proposed marriage. Both Marie's father and George's father approved of the marriage. However, Marie's mother held a deeply-felt disdain for the British Royal Family, and was keen to see her daughters marry outside its court. His Majesty King George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor, formerly Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) (3 June 1865–20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917. ...

Road to The Crown

In 1893, a few months before her father became Duke of Coburg-Gotha, Princess Marie married Crown Prince Ferdinand of Romania, nephew of King Carol I of Romania. The marriage produced three daughters (at least one of them not the King's issue) and three sons: 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Ferdinand of Romania Ferdinand or Ferdinand I (August 24, 1865-July 20, 1927) was the king of Romania from October 10, 1914 until his death Born in Sigmaringen in southwestern Germany, Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen became heir to the throne of his childless uncle, King Carol I of Romania... Carol I, original name Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (April 20, 1839 - October 10, 1914) was elected Domnitor (prince) of Romania in April 1866 following the overthrow of Alexander John Cuza, and proclaimed king on March 26, 1881. ...

• the future Carol II of Romania
• Elisabeth
• Marie (Grand Duke Boris of Russia was her biological father, according to her mother)
• Nicholas
• Ileana
• Mircea

In 1914, Carol I died and Ferdinand ascended the throne of Romania. Crown Princess Marie then became styled Her Majesty Queen Marie of Romania. Due to World War I, they were not crowned as monarchs till 1922. Carol II of Romania, (15 October 1893 - 4 April 1953) reigned as King of Romania from June 8, 1930 until September 6, 1940. ... Queen Elisabeth of Greece, originally Elisabeth, Princess of Romania (12 October 1894 - 14 November 1956) was the daughter of King Ferdinand I of Romania and his wife, Queen Marie. ... Princess Mary Mary of Romania (Mary Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) (6 January 1900 - 22 June 1961) was the wife and Queen Consort of King Alexander of Yugoslavia. ... Prince Nicholas (1903-1978) was the second son of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania. ... Ileana of Romania and Archduke Anton of Austria Ileana of Romania Princess Ileana of Romania (1909-1991) was officially the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania. ... Prince Mircea of Romania was born in 1913 and died in 1916. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

During the war, Queen Marie volunteered as a Red Cross nurse to help the sick and wounded. She wrote a book, My Country to raise funds for the Red Cross. After the war ended, she represented Romania at Versailles, gaining back territory lost by Romania during the war. After the death of her husband in 1927, Queen Marie remained in Romania, writing books and her memoirs, The Story of my Life. She died on July 18, 1938, and was buried next to her husband in the Monastery of Curtea de Arges, in Sinaia. The Anarchist Black Cross was originally called the Anarchist Red Cross. The band Redd Kross was originally called Red Cross. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A nurse is a health care professional who is engaged in the practice of nursing. ... Woodrow Wilson with the American Peace Commissioners The Treaty of Versailles of 1919 is the peace treaty created as a result of six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, which put an official end to World War I between the Allies and Central Powers. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... . Curtea de Argeş is a town in Romania, situated on the right bank of the Argeş river, where it flows through a valley of the lower Carpathians, on the railway from Piteşti to the Rothenthurm Pass. ... Sinaia Monastery Sinaia (population: 14,636) is a Romanian mountain resort and town in Prahova county. ...

Religious Beliefs

She is held in high esteem by members of the Bahá'í Faith as she was the first royalty to declare faith in that religion. Her religious background was of the Church of England, although she is known to have incorporated herself into the Orthodox Christian beliefs of Romanian nationals. In her late years, she was approached by Martha Root, a well-recognized traveling "teacher", on the topic of the Bahá'í Faith. Bahá'ís recognize Queen Marie of Romania as the first Monarch to have declared her belief in Bahá'u'lláh. Seat of the Universal House of Justice, governing body of the Baháís The Baháí Faith is an emerging global religion founded by Baháulláh, a nineteenth-century Iranian exile. ... One of the prominent traveling teachers of the Baháí Faith in the late 19th and early 20th century. ... Seat of the Universal House of Justice, governing body of the Baháís The Baháí Faith is an emerging global religion founded by Baháulláh, a nineteenth-century Iranian exile. ... Seat of the Universal House of Justice, governing body of the Baháís The Baháí Faith is an emerging global religion founded by Baháulláh, a nineteenth-century Iranian exile. ... Mírzá Husayn-Alí (Persian: میرزا حسینعلی ) (b:1817-d:1892), who later took the title of Baháulláh (The Glory of God in Arabic) was the founder-prophet of the Baháí Faith. ...

In regards to the Bahá'í Faith, Queen Marie stated: "It is like a wide embrace, gathering together all those who have searched for words of hope. It accepts all great Prophets gone before, ’ it destroys no other creeds and leaves all doors open...The Bahá'í teaching brings peace to the soul and hope to the heart. To those in search of assurance, the words of the Father are as a fountain in the desert after long wandering...It is a wondrous message that Bahá'u'lláh and His son ‘Abdu’l-Bahá have given us. They have not set it up aggressively, knowing that the germ of eternal truth which lies at its core cannot but take root and spread...It is Christ’s Message taken up anew, in the same words almost, but adapted to the thousand years and more difference that lies between the year one and today...If ever the name of Bahá'u'lláh or ‘Abdu’l-Bahá comes to your attention, do not put their writings from you. Search out their books, and let their glorious, peace-bringing, love-creating words and lessons sink into your hearts as they have into mine." Seat of the Universal House of Justice, governing body of the Baháís The Baháí Faith is an emerging global religion founded by Baháulláh, a nineteenth-century Iranian exile. ...

(Quote Source: http://www.bic-un.bahai.org/pdf/47-0701.pdf)

See Also

• List of British princesses

Marie of Romania and her son Prince Nicholas (copyright ajv private collection)

King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania, photographed in Belgrade in 1926 at the christening of her grandson Prince Peter of Yugoslavia. Standing right is The Duchess of York

Marie was famously mentioned in Dorothy Parker's poem "Comment": "Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,/ A medley of extemporanea;/ And love is a thing that can can never go wrong,/ And I am Marie of Roumania." This is a list of British princesses from the accession of King George I in 1714. ... Image of Marie of Roumania File links The following pages link to this file: Princess Marie of Edinburgh Prince Nicholas of Romania User:Johnvernon William Gardener Categories: Public domain images ... Image of Marie of Roumania File links The following pages link to this file: Princess Marie of Edinburgh Prince Nicholas of Romania User:Johnvernon William Gardener Categories: Public domain images ... Image File history File links King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania. ... Image File history File links King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania. ... Ferdinand of Romania Ferdinand or Ferdinand I (August 24, 1865-July 20, 1927) was the king of Romania from October 10, 1914 until his death Born in Sigmaringen in southwestern Germany, Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen became heir to the throne of his childless uncle, King Carol I of Romania... Belgrade (Serbian, Београд, Beograd   listen? also known in Hungarian as Nándorfehérvár), is the capital of Serbia since 1404, Serbia and Montenegro (2003–Present) and Yugoslavia (1918–2003). ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... HM King Peter II (6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970) was the last King of Yugoslavia. ... Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in her later years as Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother The Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, L.G. , L.T. , C.I. , G.C.V.O. , G.B.E. ,O.N.Z., C.C. , (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was the Queen consort of George... Dorothy Parker Dorothy (Dottie or Dot) Parker (born Dorothy Rothschild) (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American writer and poet best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles. ...

She is mentioned in a book by Della L. Marcus titled; Her Eternal Crown: Queen Marie of Romania and the Bahá'í Faith.

Marie of Romania is also mentioned briefly by science fiction author Joanna Russ in her 1975 novel, The Female Man.