Marie of Romania

1. Marie of Romania
Marie Alexandra Victoria;
29 October 1875 – 18 July 1938
Marie of Edinburgh, more commonly
known as Marie of Romania, was the
last Queen of Romania as the wife of
King Ferdinand I. Born into the British
royal family, she was titled Princess
Marie of Edinburgh at birth.
Marie's early years were spent in Kent, Malta and Coburg. After
refusing a proposal from her cousin, the future King George V, she
was chosen as the future wife of Crown Prince Ferdinand of
Romania, the heir apparent of King Carol I, in 1892. Marie was Crown Princess
between 1893 and 1914, and became immediately popular with the Romanian
people. Marie had controlled her weak-willed husband even before his ascension in
1914, prompting a Canadian newspaper to state that "few royal consorts have
wielded greater influence than did Queen Marie during the reign of her husband".