King Carol I (1839-1914) and Elisabeth zu Wied (aka Carmen Sylva) (1843-1916)

[mariacris]

In May there will be 140 since Prince Carol of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was crowned,(on 10th May) and I understand it will be some festivities.

[Warren]

King Carol I (1839-1914) was born Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, the second son of Karl Anton, Prince (Fürst) of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and his wife, Princess Josephine of Baden. He was elected Domnitor (Prince) of Romania on 20 April 1866 following the overthrow of Alexander John Cuza by a palace coup.
Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the Russo-Turkish War Prince Carol was proclaimed King of Romania on 26 March 1881.

He married Elisabeth zu Wied (1843-1916), the daughter of Hermann, Prince (Fürst) zu Wied and Princess Marie of Nassau in Neuwied on 15 November 1869. Their only child was a daughter named Maria who died aged three in 1874. As "Carmen Sylva", she wrote poems, plays, novels, short stories, essays, collections of aphorisms etc in German, Romanian, French and English.

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King Carol I



Queen Elisabeth

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[Russophile]

Ah! Thanks for the info. Warren, "Born to Rule" did not make clear that she wrote under that name and used it interchangably throughout the book so it was a little unclear about who she was. At one point I thought there was a Queen and a mistress on the side named Carmen Sylva.

[Cory]

Carol I did't have mistresses but Queen Elisabeta was a very peculiar person.

[Cory]

Weekly picture: the Carmen Sylva grand valse for piano « Diana Mandache's Weblog

[Cory]

Royal parade in 1897:

YouTube - Parada de 10 mai 1897, condusa de regele Carol I al Romaniei

[Cory]

A new book about Carmen Sylva:

http://www.noblesseetroyautes.com/nr01/2011/06/livre-carmen-sylva-reine-elisabeth-de-roumanie/

[Cory]

This month will be launched in Germany the wonderful biography of Queen Elisabeta of Romania (born Princess Elisabeth von Wied) by Gabriel Badea-Paun:

Carte despre Regina Elisabeta a României, în limba german