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Queen Marie of Romania Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 7/16/2019
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Terrain:
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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. Marie had controlled her weak-willed husband even before his accession in 1914, prompting a Canadian newspaper to state that "few royal consorts have wielded greater influence than did Queen Marie during the reign of her husband".

After the outbreak of World War I, Marie urged Ferdinand to ally himself with the Triple Entente and declare war on Germany, which he eventually did in 1916. During the early stages of fighting, Bucharest was occupied by the Central Powers and Marie, Ferdinand and their five children took refuge in Moldavia. There, she and her three daughters acted as nurses in military hospitals, caring for soldiers who were wounded or afflicted by cholera. On 1 December 1918, the province of Transylvania, following Bessarabia and Bukovina, united with the Old Kingdom. Marie, now queen of Greater Romania, attended the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, where she campaigned for international recognition of the enlarged Romania. In 1922, she and Ferdinand were crowned in a specially-built cathedral in the ancient city of Alba Iulia, in an elaborate ceremony which mirrored their status as queen and king of a united state.

RO

Maria a României (n. 29 octombrie 1875, Eastwell Park, Ashford, Kent, Anglia - d. 18 iulie 1938, castelul Pelișor-Sinaia, Regatul României) a fost principesă de coroană și a doua regină a României, în calitate de soție a principelui de coroană devenit ulterior regele Ferdinand I al României. A fost mama regelui Carol al II-lea. Maria, născută Marie Alexandra Victoria de Saxa-Coburg și Gotha, a fost mare prințesă a Marii Britanii și Irlandei, fiind nepoata reginei Victoria a Marii Britanii.

Părinții săi au fost Alfred Ernest Albert de Saxa-Coburg și Gotha, duce de Edinburgh, iar mama, Maria Alexandrovna Romanova, mare ducesă a Rusiei, unica fiică a țarului Alexandru al II-lea al Rusiei.

Maria și-a petrecut copilăria și adolescența la Eastwell Park, reședința familiei din comitatul Kent.

S-a căsătorit la 29 decembrie 1892 cu Ferdinand I, principele moștenitor al tronului României, încercând încă de la început și reușind să se integreze națiunii care o adoptase ca principesă și, începând din 1914, ca regină.

A urmărit constant întărirea legăturilor dintre România și Marea Britanie, dovedind reale calități diplomatice în susținerea și apărarea intereselor României. S-a opus intrării României în Primul Război Mondial de partea Puterilor Centrale și a susținut alianța cu Antanta, în vederea susținerii de către aceasta a realizării statului național român.

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)