Princess Elizaveta of Romania, spouse of King George II of Greece

[LisaDavidson]

Elizabeth is buried in the crypt of the Hedinger Kirche, Sigmaringen with her Hohenzollern ancestors.

That's good to know.

[Norbert]

I understood that the marriage failed in the horrors of the Smyna conquest by Turkey. In 1922 king Constantine had marched into the city and brought his son and the heavily pregnant Pss (I presume to stake a greek claim by having a possible future king born there) the resulting chaos and massacre of the population by the Turks led her to miscarriage.

[ThePrincessPerfect]

I hadn't heard that before, very interesting. I had heard that Elisabeth had one miscarriage, but I thought it was very early in the pregnancy. If it was when she was heavily pregnant, it would have been stillborn and the gender would have been known and perhaps a name given.

[Laura_]

Elisabeth, daughter of Ferdinand and Marie, queen consort of the Hellenes by Philip Alexius de László

[miki_nastya]

 Today 115 years ago Lisabeta was born at Peles castel. I wish you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! my enigmatic princess.

[Carolath Habsburg]

:S



Erm...happy birthday Elisaveta

[Svetabel]

The most embarassing photo of Elisabeta I think. She is just after a serious illness there and feels herself dramatic.

[Carolath Habsburg]

she doesnt have  good pictures after her marriage. I think the last beautiful picture i saw of her was this one...

With sister Ileana the day of her wedding



Queen Anne was so right when she said she said she saw thew evil in her eyes. I can see that too, not just in this picture.
 

[Eric_Lowe]

I think she was much tortured and confused than evil. Like her cousin Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen, she was sick. Longing for love but never recieve it, Elisabetta lashed at the people close to her: In this case her family. In review her life was really a sad and unfulfilled one.

[Carolath Habsburg]

Tortured? How? i ve just read that she was very spoiled by Carmen Sylva in her childhood

Not loved? I also thought that George II was very in love with her. That s why i dont understand why she did the things she did againts him . Oh well..you re saying she was sick, thats probably the best answer for my last question.

BTW...what kind of Sickness she had? Depression?. 

[Eric_Lowe]

Indeed...Elisabetta was spoiled by her great aunt, but she remained a dutiful daughter to Missy. She was an outstanding nurse duting the war. It was George II who fell in love with her, but she did not love him and told him so many times with her refusal. Finally she accepted him and moved to Greece. Queen Sophie was cold and inconsiderate to her. She gave her daughter-in-law no jewels, even Missy was miffed and said "At least I gave HER (Sophie's) daughter some jewelry !". The family spoke Greek whenever Elisabetta was with them. Only Grand Duchess Helen and Helen (her sister-in-law) was nice to her.

[Carolath Habsburg]

So Heleni was nice to her even tho when Elisaveta slapped her in the face ? (or this was just myth?)

 

[Eric_Lowe]

Yes. But remember by the time the slapping happened, Elisabetta and George had seperated and she was of course loyal to Karol, her brother.

[Marc]

What was the the cause and how did this occur?

[Carolath Habsburg]

yeah, i want to know too and Eric...i still cant sympathize with her (for what i ve read in this topic, im not the only one )

BTW, The "Loyalty to  someone" is NOT an excuse to slap someone...NEVER. I want to know all the context of the story, because,..for what i know..sound like a very trashy behavior fom Elisaveta.