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Helen, Queen Mother of Romania

1896 – 1982

About

Greek Royalty and Queen Mother of Romania. Her Royal Highness Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark was the third child and eldest daughter of Crown Prince Constantine of Greece, later to reign as King Constantine I, and his wife, the former Princess Sophia of Prussia, daughter of German Emperor Frederick III and his wife, Victoria, Princess Royal, the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. She was married on March 10, 1921 in Athens, Greece to her second cousin, Crown Prince Carol of Romania, who was later to reign as King Carol II, the eldest son of King Ferdinand of Romania and his Queen Consort, Marie, daughter of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The bride and groom were both great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria. The groom had led and would continue to lead a controversial life, ultimately resulting in their divorce in 1928, but not before the birth on October 25, 1921 of a son and heir, the future King Michael. Carol renounced his ri