by Ana Maria Schiopu | Aug 24, 2019 | Romania
In its journey through Transylvania, the Royal Family also stopped in Câmpeni, the place where Avram Iancu, the leader of the 1848 revolutionary movement in Transylvania, is buried. In Câmpeni, King Ferdinand and Queen Marie inaugurated a bridge, “Ferdinand I”, and... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Aug 22, 2019 | Romania, Treaty of Versailles
On March 6, 1919, Queen Marie asked to be received in an audience by the Prime Minister of France, Georges Clemenceau. The protocol required, even if the visit was not an official one, that the politician go to the Ritz to greet the queen. The official response was... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Dec 11, 2018 | Romania
During the war, Queen Marie was of real help not only in hospitals or as a strategist in the political discussions of the time, but also as a moral support for the troops. She often went to the front and encouraged the soldiers in difficult moments, especially when... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Dec 2, 2018 | Romania
When the First World War ended on November 11, 1918, the Royal Family, the parliament and the rest of Romanians that were in exile in Iași returned to Bucharest two weeks after the cessation of hostilities. On December 1, 1918, King Ferdinand and Queen Marie were... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Oct 29, 2018 | Romania, World War I in 1918
Romania decided to enter the war after two years of neutrality. It was August 27, 1916, and Queen Marie wrote in her diary: “What a beautiful morning, how silent and quiet is everything, but I know there will be war”. The Queen was determined to play her part in the...