Elisabeth of Wied
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Elisabeth of Wied was the first Queen of Romania as the wife of King Carol I from 15 March 1881 to 27 September 1914. She had been the princess consort of Romania since her marriage to then-Prince Car
Elisabeth c. 1870
Princess Elisabeth of Wied in her youth, circa 1867-72
Funeral procession in 1916, with Princess Marie's coffin atop her mother's casquet.
![Monument to Elisabeth of Wied at Peleș Castle, Sinaia (by Oscar Späthe [ro])](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Monumento_a_Elisabetta_di_Wied%2C_regina_di_Romania%2C_castello_di_Pele%C8%99%2C_Sinaia%2C_Romania.jpg/500px-Monumento_a_Elisabetta_di_Wied%2C_regina_di_Romania%2C_castello_di_Pele%C8%99%2C_Sinaia%2C_Romania.jpg)
Monument to Elisabeth of Wied at Peleș Castle, Sinaia (by Oscar Späthe [ro])
Princess Marie of Nassau
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Princess Marie of Nassau was the eighth child and fourth daughter of William, Duke of Nassau and wife of Hermann, 4th Prince of Wied. She was the mother of Queen Elisabeth of Romania.
Elisabeth of Wied
…was born on 29 December 1843 at Castle Monrepos in Neuwied near Koblenz in Germany as the eldest child of Herman, 4th Prince of Wied, and his wife Princess Marie of Nassau. Her father was the prince of the small mediatized German Principality of Wied. Her mother was the daughter of William, Duke of Nassau and a sister of…
1858 portrait