Marie Alexandra Victoria,
Queen of România,
Princess of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha,
Princess of Edinburgh

(29 October 1875-18 July 1938)

"Love lives in my heart, invincibly, a light nothing can obscure, neither disappointment nor disillusionment, nor even the mistrust and misunderstanding of mankind. The inner faith by which I go forward is stronger than all else; invincible, invulnerable, not to be overthrown; it has become an armour which protects me from the snares of existence.

"No heart-rending experience, no conflict, no defeat, no surrender leaves any bitterness in my soul. All that I have endured, submitted to, all that has either gladdened or saddened my days seems but to strengthen that light, nor do I ever feel any desire to hit back at those who harm me, my one and only wish is that they should understand the sad unfruitfulness of all hate . . ."
--Queen Marie, The Story of My Life

BOOKS BY QUEEN MARIE

The Story of My Life (3 volumes in UK & 2 volumes in US)
The Country that I Love: An Exile's Memories
My Country
A Christmas Tale
The Voice on the Mountain: A Story for Those Who Understand
The Stealers of Light: A Legend
The Magic Doll of Roumania
The Lost Princess
Peeping Pansy
Four Seasons out of a Man's Life
Crowned Queens
The Dreamer of Dreams
Masks
The Story of Naughty Kildeen
Why? A Story of Great Longing
The Queen of Roumania's Fairy Book

BOOKS

Later Chapters of My Life: The Lost Journal of Queen Marie of Romania edited by Diana Mandache
America Seen by a Queen: Queen Marie's Diary of Her Voyage to the United States of America edited by Adrian-Silvan Ionescu
Americans and Queen Marie of Romania edited by Diana Fotescu
Life of Queen Marie of Romania in Images edited by Diana Fotescu
A Biographer's Notebook by Hector Bolitho
The Last Romantic: A Biography of Queen Marie of Roumania by Hannah Pakula
Marie of Romania: The Intimate Life of a Twentieth Century Queen by Terence Elsberry
Her Eternal Crown: Queen Marie of Romania and the Baha'i Faith by Della L. Marcus
Marie of Roumania: The Intimate Story of the Radiant Queen by Mabel Potter Daggett
On Tour with Queen Marie by Constance Lily Morris
I Live Again by Princess Ileana
Hospital of the Queen's Heart (Spitalul Inima Reginei) by Princess Ileana
Meditations on the Nicene Creed by Princess Ileana

QUEEN MARIE LINKS

Queen Marie of Romania, Photoalbum: photos of Queen Marie, her family, friends, horses, and dogs
Queen Marie of Romania: George Eastman House Still Photograph Archive
Photo of guests at the wedding of King Aleksandar I of Yugoslavia and Princess Marie of Romania
Hoover Digest 2001 cover photo: Queen Marie
An Album of Romanian Images from the Hoover Archives: Queen Marie
Maria, Queen of Romania by Jesús Ibarra
Queen Marie of Romania: quotations and a biography
"Pelisor: One of Romania's Jewels" by Della L. Marcus
Maryhill Museum of Art: Queen Marie Gallery--regalia, Russian Orthodox icons, Fabergé artifacts, etc.
"Queen Marie of Romania Dedicates Maryhill Museum of Art on November 3, 1926"
Royal Jewels of the World
Queen Marie of Romania, Papers
Queen Marie's Trip to America and Canada
Queen Marie's summer palace
Ignat Bednarik: Queen Marie's support of Romanian art
"Blue Blood and Ink: Romanian Aristocratic Women before and after World War I" by Doina Pasca Harsanyi
Tom's Place: Queen Marie and Queen Elisabeth (Carmen Sylva) pictures, articles, and links
Photo Gallery: Romania--Peles Castle and Pelisor
Elizabeth Maud Griffiths-Belbin: Tutor to the Children of Queen Marie of Romania: photos of Queen Marie and her children Princess Marie (Mignon) and Prince Nicolas (Nicky)

"There are tears beneath everything, and if humanity would understand that there is so much more suffering than real wickedness in the world, they would be kinder to each other, more helpful, less impatient, less indifferent, less critical. But we have no time... we hurry, hurry, press forward and do not delve deeply enough to realize the cause or source whence all the harm, the sadness, the strife comes."
-- Queen Marie, The Story of My Life

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