Queen Anne of Romania
Anna de Bourbon -Parma, full name Anna Maria Antonie Françoise Marguerite Zita of Bourbon -Parma ( born September 18, 1923 in Paris ) is a member of the House of Bourbon -Parma.
Life
Princess Anne, the only daughter of Prince Renato de Bourbon -Parma (1894-1962), son of Duke Robert I of Parma, and of Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895-1992), niece of King Frederick VIII of Denmark.
As a member of the House of Bourbon -Parma, she was in November 1947 in London at the wedding of British heiress Elizabeth ( II ) with the Greek Prince Philip. There she met the young King Michael I of Romania know.
On June 10, 1948 she married Michael in the chapel of the royal palace in Athens. Michael had been a few months earlier in Romania deposed as king, but despite the dismissal of her husband, Anna was dubbed the Queen of Romania. However, the pair referred to himself as Prince and Princess of Hohenzollern.
Since the fall of the Ceauşescu regime the couple lives again in the Elisabeth Palace in Bucharest, but without imposing a political function.
Progeny
The couple has five daughters, who were all born in exile:
- Margarita (born 26 March 1949 in Lausanne)
- Helen (* November 15, 1950 in Lausanne)
- Irina ( born February 28, 1953 in Lausanne) ∞ 1983-2003 John Kreuger ( b. 1945 )
- Sophie ( born October 29, 1957 in Tatoi in Athens ) ∞ 1998-2002 Alain Biarneix
- Maria ( born July 13, 1964 in Hellerup, Copenhagen) ∞ 1995-2003 Casimir Mystkowski
Drive up
Duke Karl Ludwig II of Bourbon- Parma (1799-1883) ∞ 1820 princess Maria Theresia of Savoy (1803-1879)
Prince Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry (1778-1820) ∞ 1816 princess Marie Caroline of Bourbon- Sicily (1798-1870)
King John VI. from Portugal (1767-1826) ∞ 1785 infanta Charlotte Joachime from Spain (1775-1830)
Prince Constantin zu Löwenstein -Wertheim -Rosenberg (1802-1838) ∞ 1829 princess Marie Agnes zu Hohenlohe -Langenburg (1804-1833)
Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Glücksburg (1785-1831) ∞ 1810 princess Luise Karoline of Hesse- Kassel (1789-1867)
Landgraf William of Hesse -Kassel- Rumpenheim (1787-1867) ∞ 1810 princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark (1789-1864)
Duke Ferdinand Philippe d' Orléans, duc de Chartres (1810-1842) ∞ 1837 duchess Helene of Mecklenburg -Schwerin (1814-1858)
Prince François d' Orléans, prince de Joinville (1818-1900) ∞ 1843 infanta Franziska Caroline of Brazil and Portugal (1824-1898)
Duke Ferdinand Charles III. of Parma (1823-1854) ∞ 1845 princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France (1819-1864)
King Michael I of Portugal (1802-1866) ∞ 1851 princess Adelheid of Löwenstein -Wertheim -Rosenberg (1831-1909)
King Christian IX. of Denmark (1818-1906) ∞ 1842 princess Louise of Hesse- Kassel (1817-1898)
Prince Robert d' Orléans, duc de Chartres (1840-1910) ∞ 1863 princess Françoise of Orléans (1844-1925)
Duke Robert I of Parma (1848-1907) ∞ 1884 Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862-1959)
Prince Waldemar of Denmark (1858-1939) ∞ 1885 Princess Marie of Bourbon- Orléans (1865-1909)
Renato Prince of Bourbon -Parma (1894-1962) ∞ 1921 Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895-1992)
Princess Anne of Bourbon -Parma ( b. 1923 )