Elisabeth of Romania
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Elisabeth of Romania was the second child and eldest daughter of King Ferdinand I and Queen Marie of Romania. She was Queen of the Hellenes from 27 September 1922 until 25 March 1924 as the wife of Ki
Elisabeth in 1922
Crown Princess Marie of Romania with her daughter Princess Elisabeth (c. 1906)
Crown Princess Marie of Romania and her two older children, Carol and Elisabeth, ca. 1895.
Crown Prince George and Crown Princess Elisabeth of Greece, 1921.
Michael I of Romania
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Michael I was the last king of Romania, reigning from 20 July 1927 to 8 June 1930 and again from 6 September 1940 until his forced abdication on 30 December 1947.
Elisabeth of Romania
…Romania. At the end of World War II, she established close links with the Romanian Communist Party and openly conspired against her nephew, the young King Michael I, earning the nickname of "Red Aunt" of the sovereign. However, her communist links did not prevent her from being expelled from the country when the…
Michael I in 1947
Prince Michael, aged 5
King Michael and General Ion Antonescu on the banks of the Prut River, 1941
Romanian stamp from 1942, commemorating the first anniversary of the recapture of Bessarabia from Soviet occupation, featuring Michael and dictator Antonescu below the text Un an de la desrobire ("A year since liberation"), a portrait of Stephen the Great and the fortress of Bender in the background