A full program of the coming reburial of Queen Mother Helen of Romania has been released. Queen Mother Helen, born Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark, died in exile in Switzerland in 1982 and was buried in the Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery there. In 2018, it was announced that her remains and those of her former husband [read more]
The remains of Queen Mother Helen of Romania, born Helen of Greece and Denmark, will be repatriated to Romania in October. Helen will be laid to rest with her son King Michael I of Romania – who died in 2017 – at the new Archdiocesan and Royal Cathedral. Helen died in exile in Lausanne, Switzerland. She [read more]
The Kingdom of Romania began its life in 1881 when Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was proclaimed King Carol I of Romania. He had been Domnitor (ruler) of Romania since 1866. In 1869, he married Princess Elisabeth of Wied, who was thus the first Queen of Romania. Their marriage was unhappy and their only child, a daughter named [read more]
The remains of Helen, Queen Mother of Romania, King Carol II and Prince Mircea will be moved to the new cathedral at Curtea de Argeş in the spring. Tombs have already been prepared. Helen, Queen Mother of Romania and King Carol II were divorced in 1928 but will now be reunited in the new cathedral. [read more]
Princess Helen of Greece is an outstanding figure of Romanian history although little known to the larger public. The fact that she left Romania in 1948 after the Communist regime abolished the monarchy and for the next fifty years the royal family was a forbidden topic, contributed largely to the shadows around the figure of [read more]
Righteous Among the Nations is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis. Helen of Greece and Denmark was born on 2 May 1896 as the daughter of King Constantine I of Greece and his wife Queen [read more]
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