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Queen Mary of Romania

THE STORY OF MY LIFE – Maria, Queen of Romania
A text compiled from given sources by Oana A. POLEACEC

Introduction “What a beautiful morning, how quiet and peaceful
everything is, but I know there will be war. War! The sun is shining and there
will be war! Oh, why am I not the king? ... the lack of courage puts the country
in danger!"

Paragraph 1 (…..) - August 14/27, 1916 marked the day Romania entered the
First World War. It is also where the future Queen begins to keep a journal, the
War Journal.
Paragraph 2 (….) HRH Princess Marie Alexandra
Victoria was born on 29 October 1875 at Eastwell Park in Kent, England.
Princess Mary was the daughter of Alfred of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince
of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), who had refused the
throne of Greece in 1863, and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
(1853). -1920).
Thus, Princess Mary was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria of
Great Britain (1819-1901) and Tsar Alexander II of Russia (1818-1881

Paragraph 3 (….) On January 10, 1893, at the age of only 17, she
married the Crown Prince of Romania, Ferdinand.
The two had six children: Prince Charles - the future King Charles II,
Princesses Elisabeta and Maria, Prince Nicolae, Princess Ileana, and Prince
Mircea (who died at the age of three from typhoid fever).