by Ana Maria Schiopu | Feb 28, 2020 | Romania
During their first visit to Transylvania, the royal couple, Ferdinand I and Marie, visited Oradea, recently liberated from the Bolsheviks. It was May 23, 1919 and the beautiful Transylvanian city was waiting for its guests. Queen Marie wrote the following in her... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Sep 10, 2019 | Hungary, Romania
In their visit to Transylvania, in 1919, King Ferdinand and Queen Marie could not miss Cluj. The city welcomed them with open arms, Queen Marie writing in her journal the following: “At 10:30 we arrived in Cluj, the largest city of the ones I visited. Even though the... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Aug 28, 2019 | Romania
In the 1919 tour of Transylvania, Queen Marie and King Ferdinand also visited the Saxon settlements, which they were very impressed with. They stayed for a while in Sibiu, one of the most beautiful and important Transylvanian cities, where they were welcomed with open... by admin | Dec 29, 2018 | Hungary, New or Changed Borders, Romania
Romanian-Hungarian relations reached their lowest point in 1919 as the end of the First World War escalated the long running tensions between the two nations. The establishment of the communist regime in Russia and Bela Kun’s subsequent seizure of power in Hungary,...