ILEANA OF ROMANIA: WOULD BE TSARINA OF RUSSIA?

PRINCESS ILEANA OF ROMANIA: WOULD BE TSARINA OF RUSSIA?

Ileana of Romania and Tsarevich Alexei of Russia
Princess Ileana of Romania and Tsarevich Alexei of Russia on the imperial yacht
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Princess Ileana with her mother, Queen Marie of Romania

Born on January 5, 1909 in Bucharest – Romania’s capital,  Princess Ileana was the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand I and Princess Marie of Edinburgh, who was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England and first cousin to Empress Alexandra of Russia.

As a young child Princess Ileana met and befriended the children of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II, who were her 2nd cousins. The little girl became especially fond of Tsarevich Alexei, Heir to the throne of Russia. In fact, both sets of parents did not exclude the possibility of marriage between their children some time in future; Alexei’s eldest sister – Grand Duchess Olga – was also thought to have been a good dynastic match for Ileana’s big brother Carol, heir to the Romanian throne. Of course the possibility of any Russian marriages ended with the brutal murder of the entire Romanov family in 1918.

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