Anna of Bourbon-Parma
Anna de Bourbon-Parma , full name Anna Maria Antonie Françoise Zita Marguerite de Bourbon-Parma (born September 18, 1923 in Paris , † August 1, 2016 in Morges , Switzerland ) was a member of the House of Bourbon-Parma .
Life
Princess Anna was the only daughter of Prince Renato of Bourbon-Parma (1894–1962), son of Duke Robert I of Parma , and of Princess Margaretha of Denmark (1895–1992), niece of King Frederick VIII of Denmark .
As a member of the House of Bourbon-Parma, she was in London in November 1947 at the wedding of the British heir to the throne Elizabeth (II) with the Greek Prince Philip . There she met the young King Michael I of Romania .
On June 10, 1948, she married Michael in the chapel of the Royal Palace of Athens . Michael had been deposed as king in Romania a few months earlier, but despite her husband's deposition, Anna was dubbed Queen of Romania. However, the couple referred to themselves as the Prince and Princess of Hohenzollern .
Since the fall of the Ceaușescu regime, the couple lived again in the Elisabeth Palace in Bucharest , but without exercising a political function. Since 2004 the couple lived in Aubonne , Switzerland. After her death Anna was buried in the Cathedral of Curtea de Argeș .
progeny
The couple had five daughters, all of whom were born in exile:
- ⚭ 1997 Radu Duda; adopted Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen (* 1960)
- Helen (born November 15, 1950 in Lausanne)
- ⚭ 1983–1991 Dr. Leslie Robin Medforth-Mills (1942-2002)
- ⚭ 1998 Alexander Philips Nixon McAteer (* 1964)
- Irina (* February 28, 1953 in Lausanne) ⚭ 1983–2003 John Kreuger (* 1945)
- Sophie (born October 29, 1957 in Tatoi near Athens ) ⚭ 1998–2002 Alain Biarneix
- Maria (born July 13, 1964 in Hellerup , Copenhagen ) ⚭ 1995–2003 Casimir Mystkowski
ancestors
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Duke Robert I of Parma (1848–1907) |
Prince Waldemar of Denmark (1858–1939) |
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parents |
Prince Renato of Bourbon-Parma (1894–1962) |
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Princess Anna of Bourbon-Parma (1923-2016) |
literature
- Radu, Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen: Anne of Romania. A War, A Exile, A Life , The Romanian Cultural Foundation Publishing House, Bucharest (2002) ISBN 973-577-338-4
- Marlene Eilers-Koenig: The Marrige of King Michael I. and Queen Anne of Romania , European Royal History Journal (June 2008)
- Anne Princess of Bourbon-Parma , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 22/1951 of May 21, 1951, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Majestatea Sa Regina Ana a încetat din viață
- ^ MS Regele Mihai I , familiaregala.ro
- ↑ Înmormântarea Reginei Ana sa încheiat , Adevărul August 13, 2016
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SURNAME | Bourbon-Parma, Anna of |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roumanie, Anne Antoinette Françoise Charlotte de; Borbone, Anne Antoinette Françoise Charlotte di; Bourbon-Parma, Anna Maria Antonie Françoise Zita Marguerite from |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian noblewoman, wife of the last King of Romania |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 2016 |
Place of death | Morges |