Description: Serbia 1000 dinara 1931 P#29 Queen Maria of Romania VF Maria of Romania (6 January 1900 – 22 June 1961), known in Serbian as Marija Karađorđević was Queen of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later Queen of Yugoslavia, as the wife of King Aleksander from 1922 until his assassination in 1934. She was the mother of Peter II , the last reigning Yugoslav king. Her citizenship was revoked and her property confiscated by the Yugoslav Communist regime in 1947, but she was "rehabilitated" in 2014 Maria was born on January 6, 1900, in Gotha, a town in Thuringia, in the German Empire. She was named after her maternal grandmother,Grand Duchess Maria Aleksandrova of Russia, and was known as Mignon in the family to distinguish her from her mother. Her parents were Marie of Edinburgh and Ferdinand of Romania. She had three brothers and two sisters: Carol, future King of Romania (Carol II); Nicholas, Prince of Romania; Elisabetha, Princess of Romania and future Queen of Greece; Ileana, Princess of Romania and future Archduchess of Austria (Tuscan line); and another brother, Mircea, who died at age three. Although plump, Maria was a noted beauty in her youth and resembled her sister Elisabeth. During Word ward I she worked as a nurse with her mother, along with her two sisters. Maria married Aleksander I secondKing of Serbs Coatian and Slovens in Belgrade on 8 June 1922, and had three sons: · King Peter II (1923–1970) · Prince Tomislav (1928–2000) · Prince Andrej (1929–1990) Following the assassination of her husband,King Aleksander I, in Marseille in 1934, her oldest son, then only 11 became Peter II of Yugoslavia, the last reigning Yugoslav king. She was given the title Queen mother of Yugoslavia in 1941. She moved to a farm in England and lived a relatively normal life without royal extravagance. Maria was well educated. She spoke several languages fluently and enjoyed painting and sculpting under the guidance of artist Iva Despić Simonović She also drove a car by herself, which was very unusual for royalty at the time. She died in exile in London on 22 June 1961. In April 2013 and re-interred on 26 May 2013 in Oplenac Serbia Source: Wikipedia Payment:Payment method – PayPal. Shipping: Shipping worldwide via Registered Airmail I certainly can combine shipping on multiple items. CONTACT ME IF YOU WISH TO BID ON MORE THEN ONE ITEM! Message for buyers: Please have your patience. I always send the shipment no later than 3 business days after I received the payment, always via Registered Airmail. After I send the shipment no more depends on me, than the dilivery service of the country to which I sent the shipment. Based on the experience of previous shipment, delivery time: 5-10 business days for Europe, and 10-40 business days outside of Europe Thank you for your understanding IF YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH SERVICE, PLEASE LEAVE US A POSITIVE FEEDBACK Best regards from Serbia, Knjazevac nikolatesla_aa0000000
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Year: 1931
Country: Serbia
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