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May 9, 2024 · If her translations of these songs are forgotten today, it would be because they use an antiquated vocabulary and grammar. They come from surely the most astonishing person in the folk music revival of the period, Carmen Sylva, aka Elisabeth of Wied, queen of Romania.
May 9, 2024 · I asked who she was, and was told: “She is the niece of Edward VII.” She [Sophie] had married a German staff officer, [Wilhelm,] the Prince of Wied, who had a small German principality [Albania] and was the nephew of Carmen Sylva [Elisabeth of Wied], the Queen of Romania. It was she who was named “queen with an unhappy reign.”
3 days ago · The Great Powers selected Prince William of Wied, a nephew of Queen Elisabeth of Romania to become the sovereign of the newly independent Albania. A formal offer was made by 18 Albanian delegates representing the 18 districts of Albania on 21 February 1914, an offer which he accepted.
May 9, 2024 · I asked who she was, and was told: “She is the niece of Edward VII.” She [Sophie] had married a German staff officer, [Wilhelm,] the Prince of Wied, who had a small German principality [Albania] and was the nephew of Carmen Sylva [Elisabeth of Wied], the Queen of Romania. It was she who was named “queen with an unhappy reign.”
4 days ago · George later became engaged in October 1920 to Elisabeth of Romania, who had been in touch with George since 1911. George had previously asked Elisabeth to marry in 1914, but she declined off the advice of her great-aunt, Elisabeth of Wied, who thought of George as being two small and too English. Elisabeth herself had declared that George was ...
May 10, 2024 · Elisabeth of Wied (Pauline Elisabeth Ottilie Luise; 29 December 1843 – 18 February 1916) was the first queen of Romania as the wife of King Carol I from 15 March 1881 to 27 September 1914. She had been the princess consort of Romania since her marriage to then-Prince Carol, on 15 November 1869.
5 days ago · In its first few pages, it featured the ‘Decalogue to the Ladies’, an outdated and anti-feminist text written by Carmen Sylva (real name Elisabeth of Wied, first Queen of Romania), which urges the woman - housewife to serve only as ‘ queen ’ in the kitchen, act as servant to her husband, and be obliged always to agree with, obey ...
