Ferdinand I (1865-1927) and Marie of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1875-1938)

[MAfan]

Originally Posted by Cory

That helps us to get the answers to the other questions.

From 5 granchildren of the late Queen only one was present

If the fact that only Archduchess Magdalena was present should be read as an answer to the questions "who took the decision" and "who didn't agree with it", then we should conclude that it was Archduchess Magdalena, the only one preset, who decided and both her siblings and King Michael didn't agree and didn't attend as a sign of their opposition.
It doesn't seem a very likely scenario to me, to be honest, at least because also Crown Princess Margarita, Prince Radu and Princess Maria were in attendance.
Instead, isn't more likely that the decision was agreed by the descendants of Queen Marie and that the absence of four of her grandchildren didn't have anything to do with a supposed protest? After all they are all elderly (the youngest is 73), do not live in Romania, maybe the just didn't feel like travelling there or couldn't do.

[Andy T]

Originally Posted by Cory

That helps us to get the answers to the other questions.

From 5 granchildren of the late Queen only one was present:

https://www.facebook.com/ghid.zamolx...6/?pnref=story

https://www.facebook.com/diana.manda...37?pnref=story

At the National History Museum at the beginning of this ceremony there was the Roman-Catholic Metropolitan of Bucharest but I did not notice any Orthodox Bishop.

If you have no intention of answering a question, it is correct etiquette NOT to quote it.

[Benjamin]

Well, Cory, neither do you know, quite frankly.

Unless you are withholding some top secret information.

[MAfan]

Originally Posted by Cory

Do you know for sure which descendants of the late Queen were consulted to prepare this event?You don't!

No, I do not and never pretended to know it.
And - putting all the cards on the table - what about you? If you don't know the answer, we're in the same situation. Instead if you know it, why do you continuously ask who took the decision, who was consulted, who agrees, who disagrees, etc?

[MAfan]

Well, it doesn't seem that there is any hint of a disagreement between the grandchildren of the late Queen Marie, does it?
As for the absence of many of her descendants, the possible explanations are many, including old age for the grandchildren, living abroad, and - why not? - maybe a simple lack of interest.
So personally I do not see any reason for insinuating that there are disagreements between King Michael and his cousins, when there isn't any hint of them.

[Blog Real]

Soldiers transfer the HEART of Queen Victoria's grand-daughter and former Queen of Romania in a silver casket to the room where she drew her final breath 77-years ago
HEART of British-born Queen Marie of Romania is finally laid to rest | Daily Mail Online

[Cory]

Maybe the only person who really understood King Ferdinand was the Catholic Princess and writer Martha Bibescu.

[Cory]

In 1889 HSH Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern became HRH the Crown Prince of Romania.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Marengo

King Ferdinand I Viktor Albert Meinrad od Romania (Sigmaringen, 24 August 1865 - Sinaia, 20 July 1927; married at Sigmaringen on 10 January 1893 Princess Marie of Great Britain and Ireland, Pss of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Eastwell Park, 29 October 1875 - Pelesch Castle, 10 July 1938)

Reign: 1914 - 1927

Dynasty: Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Predecessor: King Carol I of Romania

Successor: King Carol II of Yugoslavia

Children: King Carol II of Romania; Queen Elisabeth of Greece; Queen Maria of Yugoslavia; Prince Nicholas of Romania, Archduchess Ileana of Austria-Tuscany and Prince Mircea of Romania

Parents Ferdinand: Fürst Leopold of Hohenzollern and Princess Antonia of Portugal

Parents Marie: Prince Alfred of Great-Britain, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Saxe-Cobug-Gotha and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia

Siblings Ferdinand: Fürst Wilhelm of Hohenzollern and Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Siblings Marie: Grand Duchess Victoria Melita of Russia; Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langeburg and Pirncess Beatrice of Spain, Duchess of Galliera

His successor was Mihai I not Carol II.

[eya]

Lost album shows the ill-fated granddaughter of Queen Victoria at play

On 24 March the bust of King Ferdinand the Encloser was unveiled in the city of Rezina. The bust was raised in 1936 and was later destroyed by the Soviet administration.

The Royal Family of Romania will visit the bust later this year.

http://www.romaniaregala.ro/wp-conte...4/Rezina-2.jpg
http://www.romaniaregala.ro/wp-conte...4/Rezina-1.jpg

[CyrilVladisla]

Ferdinand I decorated General Henri Berthelot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFAr8jhwqjE

[Cory]

During the first world war (after 1916) King Ferdinand could not have any dialogue with his Hohenzollern relatives in Germany. We can imagine how painful it was to hear that the Kaiser did not want his name mention among the Hohenzollern those years. After the war the Family met again and King Ferdinand made sure it was again a very united Family.

[Cory]

Comparing the Royal Funerals of Queen Maria in 1938 and those of these days:

FOTO La moartea unei Regine, în 1938 şi astăzi. Casa Regală respectă cu sfințenie tradiția | Click

[Cory]

Irina Procopiu's Diary was finally published by Polirom Publishing House. Irina Procopiu b. Berindei was Queen Maria's lady in waiting.

Paginile de jurnal ale unei doamne de onoare ce a slujt-o pe Regina Maria | adevarul.ro

[CyrilVladisla]

In 1926 Queen Marie visited the United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1OXYcbPIJs

[Cory]

Christmas celebrated by King Ferdinand and His Royal Family was different from that during his uncles reign and all the Family was around the Christmas tree:

http://m.adevarul.ro/locale/bistrita/cum-desfasura-craciunul-regal-obsesia-carol-i-datinile-romanesti-sarbatorile-exil-regelui-mihai-1_5a40c668d7af743f8db3f97d/index.html

[CyrilVladisla]

As the First World War ended, Queen Marie rescued her cousin, Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna, who had been trapped in Odessa, and offered her a home in Bucharest.

[JR76]

Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

As the First World War ended, Queen Marie rescued her cousin, Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna, who had been trapped in Odessa, and offered her a home in Bucharest.

Maria Pavlovna later said that out of all her relatives Queen Marie was the one to offer the most support after the revolution.

[CyrilVladisla]

Queen Marie sat for her daughter, Princess Ileana in 1931.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0RF2j--qUo

[theroyalfly]

Today in Royal History is the 81st Death Anniversary of Queen Marie of Romania born Princess Marie of Edinburgh on 29 October 1875 to Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia.