Maria of Romania
For her mother, Queen Marie of Romania, please see Marie of Edinburgh.
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Princess Marioara or Marie of Romania (Marie von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, 6 January 1900 – 22 June 1961) as Queen Marija was the Queen Consort of King Alexander of Yugoslavia.
Maria was born in Gotha, Thuringia in Germany, during the reign of her maternal grandfather Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and during the Romanian reign of her putative great-uncle King Carol I, and was always known by the name Mignon. Her mother was Marie of Edinburgh, a daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, a son of Queen Victoria. Her maternal great-grandfather was Tsar Alexander II of Russia. Maria's legal father was Crown Prince Ferdinand of Romania, out of the German house of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, but her mother has reported Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia being Maria's true biological father.
She married King Alexander I of Yugoslavia on 8 June 1922. Marija and Alexander had three sons:
She became Yugoslav Queen Mother when, following the assassination of King Alexander in Marseille in 1934. Her oldest son became Peter II of Yugoslavia, the last Yugoslav king.
Marie died in exile in London on 22 June 1961.
| Styles of Queen Marija (as consort) |
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| Reference style | Her Majesty |
| Spoken style | Your Majesty |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
