Maria of Romania (6 January 1900 – 22 June 1961) was queen consort to King Alexander I of Yugoslavia.
Maria was born in Gotha, Thuringia, in Germany, during the reign of her maternal grandfather Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and during the Romanian reign of her granduncle King Carol I. She was known as Mignon in the family to distinguish her from her mother.
Her mother was Marie of Edinburgh, a daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh...
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Maria of Romania (6 January 1900 – 22 June 1961) was queen consort to King Alexander I of Yugoslavia.
Maria was born in Gotha, Thuringia, in Germany, during the reign of her maternal grandfather Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and during the Romanian reign of her granduncle King Carol I. She was known as Mignon in the family to distinguish her from her mother.
Her mother was Marie of Edinburgh, a daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, a son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Her maternal great-grandfather was Emperor Alexander II of Russia. Maria's father was King Ferdinand I of Romania.
She married Alexander I, King of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in Belgrade on 8 June 1922, and raised three sons:
She became Queen Mother of Yugoslavia when, following the assassination of King Alexander in Marseille in 1934, her oldest son became Peter II of Yugoslavia, the last Yugoslav king. She moved to a farm in England and lived a relatively normal life, without...
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