The document discusses Romania's Great Union Day holiday which marks the 1918 unification of Transylvania, Bessarabia, and Bukovina with Romania. It then provides details about Queen Marie of Romania, who was the last Queen of Romania as the wife of King Ferdinand I. Marie was born into the British royal family but married Ferdinand and became hugely popular in Romania. The document concludes with details of Marie's titles, honors, and her death from pancreatic cancer in 1938.

1. 100 YEARS AFTER THE GREAT UNION
DAY OF 1918
QUEEN MARY OF ROMANIA
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2. GREAT UNION DAY
 Great Union Day (Romanian: Ziua Marii Uniri, also called Unification Day)
occurring on December 1, is the national holiday of Romania. It marks the
unification of Transylvania, Bessarabia, and Bukovina with the Romanian
Kingdom in 1918. This holiday was set after the Romanian Revolution and
commemorates the assembly of the delegates of ethnic Romanians held
in Alba Iulia, which declared the Union of Transylvania with Romania.

3. GREAT UNION DAY

4. QUEEN MARIE OF ROMANIA
Marie of Edinburgh, more commonly known as Marie of
Romania (Marie Alexandra Victoria; 29 October 1875 – 18 July
1938), 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 (later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) and Grand
Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. 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.

5. As queen, she was very popular, both in Romania
and abroad. In 1926, Marie and two of her children
undertook a diplomatic tour of the United States.
They were received enthusiastically by the people
and visited several cities before returning to
Romania. There, Marie found that Ferdinand was
gravely ill and he died a few months later. Now
queen dowager, Marie refused to be part of the
regency council which reigned over the country
under the minority of her grandson, King Michael.
In 1930, Marie's eldest son Carol, who had waived
his rights to succession, deposed his son and
usurped the throne, becoming King Carol II.

6. ILLNESS AND DEATH
During the summer of 1937,
Marie fell ill. Her personal physician,
Dr. Castellani, determined she
had pancreatic cancer, although her
official diagnosis was cirrhosis of the
liver. Marie had not been a drinker
and, upon hearing the news, she
reportedly said: "then there must be a
non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver,
because I have never in my life tasted
alcohol." She was prescribed a diet of
cold foods, injections and bed rest.
Marie was so weak at times that she
could not even pick up a pen.
Marie died on 18 July 1938,
at 5:38 p.m., eight minutes after
lapsing into a coma. Her two eldest
children, Carol and Elisabeth,
accompanied by Prince Michael, were
at her deathbed. Two days later, on 20
July, Marie's body was brought to
Bucharest, where she lay in state in
the white drawing room at Cotroceni
Palace.

7. TITLES, STYLES, HONOURS
 Titles and styles
 29 October 1875 – 10 January 1893: Her Royal Highness Princess Marie of
Edinburgh, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
 10 January 1893 – 10 October 1914: Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of
Romania
 10 October 1914 – 20 July 1927: Her Majesty The Queen of Romania
 20 July 1927 – 18 July 1938: Her Majesty Queen Marie of Romania
 Honours
 Marie was a recipient of the following national and foreign honours:
 Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Romania)
 Legion d'Honneur (France)
 Médaille militaire (France)
 Dame of the Order of the Crown (Italy)
 Dame of the Order of the Crown (India)
 Dame of the Royal Red Cross (United Kingdom)
 Dame of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert (United Kingdom)
 Dame of Justice of the Venerable Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (United
Kingdom)
 1,007th Dame of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa (Spain)

8. REFERENCES
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_of_Romania
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Union_Day
3. Giurescu, Constantin C. (1972). Istoria României în
date (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedică
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_I_of_Rom
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