List of Romanian royal consorts

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Consorts of Romanian monarchs were persons married to the Romanian monarch during his reign. All monarchs of modern Romania were male with the title of King of the Romanians, but all Romanian consorts were women with the title of Queen of Romania and style Majesty, rather than Queen of the Romanians. The following women were Queens of Romania as spouses of the kings of modern Romania between 1859 and 1927, while Helen of Greece and Denmark was Queen Mother between 1940 and 1947.

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Princesses of the United Principalities

House of Cuza

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame princessCeased to be princessDeathSpouse
Elena Cuza DSC01415.jpg Elena Rosetti Postelnic Iordache Rosetti
(Rosetti)
17 June 1825184424 January 1859
Union of Moldavia and Wallachia
11 February 1866
husband's abdication
2 April 1909 Alexandru Ioan Cuza

House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame princessCeased to be princessDeathSpouse
Elisabeth ; Queen of Romania.jpg Pauline Elisabeth Ottilie Luise of Wied Hermann, Prince of Wied
(Wied)
29 December 184315 November 18691 March 1881
husband's change of title
2 March 1916 Carol I

Queens of Romania

House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame queenCeased to be queenDeathSpouse
Elisabeth ; Queen of Romania.jpg Pauline Elisabeth Ottilie Luise of WiedHermann, Prince of Wied
(Wied)
29 December 184315 November 18691 March 1881
Kingdom created
10 October 1914
husband's death
2 March 1916Carol I
Queen Mary of Romania 2.jpg Marie Alexandra Victoria of Edinburgh Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
(Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
29 October 187510 January 189310 October 1914
husband's accession
20 July 1927
husband's death
18 July 1938 Ferdinand I
Helen, Queen Mother of Romania.jpg Helen of Greece and Denmark Constantine I of Greece
(Gluecksburg)
2 May 189610 March 1921Queen Mother: 6 September 1940
son's accession
30 December 1947
son's abdication
28 November 1982 Carol II

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