Marie of Edinburgh, also 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 served as a nurse during World War I and gained the nickname "wounded mother" from the Romanian people. After her husband's death, her son Carol II removed her from political life and forced her into exile at her homes in Balchik and Bran, where she died in 1938.

1. Queen Maria of Romania
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2.  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.
Her parents were Prince Alfred, Duke of
Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Maria
Alexandrovna of Russia.

3.  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

4.  He pursued the continuous strengthening of
the ties between Romania and Great
Britain, proving real diplomatic qualities in
supporting and defending the interests of
Romania. He opposed Romania's entry into
World War I by the Central Powers and an
alliance supported by the Entente, in order
to support the achievement of the
Romanian national state.

5.  During the war, her husband accompanied
his refuge in Moldova, working as a charity
sister in the military hospitals, which made
the "wounded mother" called into the
people.

6.  After Ferdinand's death and the arrival of his son
Carol II, he succeeded in removing the Queen
Maria from political life, forcing her to live in a kind
of domestic exile at her homes in Balchik and Bran.

7.  In the past two years of illness, he was
treated to different sanatoriums in Europe,
returning to the country in the summer of
1938, dying at his residence in Pelişor.
 He demanded by testament that the body
be buried in the episcopal church of Curtea
de Arges, and that the heart be kept in a
raid at the Stella Maris chapel of the Balchik
residence. After the Cadrilater's transfer in
1940, the Queen's heart was moved to
Bran.