Marie of romania autobiography samples

Hannah Pakula wrote a very good biography of the Empress Frederick, so I thought I would give this a read. Marie of Roumania survives today as the punch line in a Dorothy Parker limerick or as a footnote for those of us into the dynasties of the late 19th and early 20th century.

She was the descendant of a Romanov (her mother was the only daughter of Alexander II), a Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (her father was Alfred, son of Albert and Victoria) and she married a Hohenzollern.

“Memory, Though, is as Strong as Hope”. Queen Marie of ...

At 17. Her mother despised the English and wanted "Missy" out of the country; the senior branch of the German Imperial Family was sitting on the throne of the new Kingdom of Roumania, so off the pretty, badly-educated teenager went to marry the jug-eared, dull Ferdinand, Crown Prince. Missy duly popped out six children, one of whom died as a toddler.

Three of the others grew up to be world-class pests, while the other two wound up .

The Last Romantic: Biography Of Queen Marie Of Roumania

. . not. Shortl The story of my life [by] Marie, queen of Romania. : Marie ... NINO