2. Marie of Edinburgh,
more commonly known
as Marie of
Romania was the
last Queen of
Romania as the wife of
King Ferdinand I.
3. Born on 29 October
1875, in Great Britain, as
Marie Alexandra Victoria
de Saxa-Coburg and
Gotha, the future queen
Maria of Romania was
the first daughter of
prince Alfred of the
Great Britain, Prince of
Saxa-Cobur-Gotha and
Duke of Edinburg, and
the Duchess
Alexandrovna of Russia,
the only daughter of
Alexandru II the tsar of
Russia.
4. After a childhood and
an adolescence spent at
her parents home, Marie
married at the age of
sixteen with the prince
Ferdinand I, the heir of
the Romanian throne.
5. A year later, the first child was
born: Carol II, who later will
become the third king of
Romania.
6. Queen Marie and King Ferdinand had three
girls and two boys together:
Princess
Elisabeta