Queen Maria died in 1961, aged 61, in … By Aleksandar Hemo n. June 5, 2019 She was the mother of the last reigning Yugoslav king, her citizenship was revoked and her property confiscated by the Yugoslav Communist regime in 1947, but she was "rehabilitated" in 2014. She was the third child and second daughter of King Ferdinand of Romania and Princess Marie of Edinburgh (daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha). After the Second World War, she led the post-war relief in Yugoslavia. Genealogy profile for Queen Maria of Yugoslavia Genealogy for Princess Maria Karageorgievich / Karađorđević (Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen), Queen consort of Yugoslavia (1900 - 1961) family tree on Geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. By Aleksandar Hemo n. June 5, 2019 Maria of Romania, known in Serbo-Croatian as Marija Karađorđević, was Queen of the Serbs and Slovenes Queen of Yugoslavia, as the wife of King Alexander from 1922 until his assassination in 1934. For a few decades, the socialist Yugoslavia was a common project that everyone could work on. She gained the title of Princess Tatiana Maria of Yugoslavia. My Mother and the Failed Experiment of Yugoslavia. He was encouraged by his future mother-in-law, who was the first cousin of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. Maria of Yugoslavia (Serbian: Marija Karađorđević, Марија Карађорђевић; 6 January 1900 – 22 June 1961) was the Queen consort of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia. Maria, the future Queen, inherited the noblest characteristics of her ancestors. In 1922, she married King Alexander of Yugoslavia. She … In 1922, she married King Alexander of Yugoslavia. However, the communists abolished the monarchy in 1945, and her son, King Peter II, was exiled. Maria of Yugoslavia (Serbian: Marija Karađorđević, Марија Карађорђевић; 6 January 1900 – 22 June 1961) was the Queen consort of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia. HM Queen Maria was the daughter of HM King Ferdinand of Romania and HM Queen Marie of Romania (a daughter of HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, a son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom). Queen Maria died in … She was the third child and second daughter of King Ferdinand of Romania and Princess Marie of Edinburgh (daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha). Yugoslavia's exiled Queen returns home at long last The body of Queen Maria of Yugoslavia is to be repatriated to Belgrade after being exhumed … She was known to the family as … The couple had three sons, and were happily married until his assassination in 1934. Olga Thune-Larsen; Sonia Thune-Larsen b. After the Second World War, she led the post-war relief in Yugoslavia. Queen Marie was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert of the United Kingdom. Queen Maria of Yugoslavia was born Princess Marie of Romania on January 6, 1900, in Gotha, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, now in Thuringia, Germany. See more ideas about Romanian royal family, Queen and Romania. October 19, 2017 Raluca Elgyar Maria of Romania, Marie of Edinburgh, The Royal Women, Yugoslavia 0 (public domain) If you look at photos of the Romanian royal family at the beginning of the 20th century, it is impossible not to notice a young girl of exquisite beauty.