Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & GothaAge: 621875–1938
- Name
- Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
- Given names
- Marie
- Name prefix
- Queen Of Romania
- Name suffix
- Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
Birth | 29 October 1875 31 22 Eastwell Park, Kent, England |
Australian History | 1875 Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
Birth of a sister | 1876 (Age 2 months) Malta
younger sister -
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Birth of a sister | 1878 (Age 2)
younger sister -
Princess Alexandra …
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Australian History | 1878 (Age 2) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1879 (Age 3) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
Death of a maternal grandmother | 1880 (Age 4)
maternal grandmother -
Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
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Australian History | 1880 (Age 4) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
Death of a maternal grandfather | 13 March 1881 (Age 5)
maternal grandfather -
Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
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Australian History | 1882 (Age 6) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1883 (Age 7) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
Birth of a sister | 1884 (Age 8)
younger sister -
Beatrice … Princess
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Australian History | 1887 (Age 11) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne. |
Australian History | 1889 (Age 13) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
Australian History | 1890 (Age 14) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
Australian History | 1891 (Age 15) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia |
Australian History | 1892 (Age 16) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
Marriage | King Of Romania Ferdinand I Hohenzollern Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - View family 10 January 1893 (Age 17) Sigmaringen, Germany |
Birth of a son #1 | 15 October 1893 (Age 17) Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania |
Australian History | 1893 (Age 17) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony. |
Birth of a daughter #2 | 12 October 1894 (Age 18) Pelesch, Romania
daughter -
Princess Elizabeth Hohenzollern Of Romania
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Marriage of a sister | Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - View family 1894 (Age 18)
brother-in-law -
Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse
younger sister -
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Australian History | 1894 (Age 18) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office. |
Australian History | 1895 (Age 19) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River |
Australian History | 1896 (Age 20) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
Australian History | 1897 (Age 21) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia. |
Australian History | 1898 (Age 22) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join. |
Death of a brother | 1899 (Age 23)
elder brother -
Alfred … Prince
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Australian History | 1899 (Age 23) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War. |
Birth of a daughter #3 | 1900 (Age 24)
daughter -
Marie Hohenzollern
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Death of a father | 30 July 1900 (Age 24) Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Bavaria, Germany
father -
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
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Australian History | 1900 (Age 24) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
Death of a paternal grandmother | 22 January 1901 (Age 25) Osborne House, Isle Of Wight, England
paternal grandmother -
Alexandrina Victoria Hanover
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Australian History | 1901 (Age 25) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
Australian History | 1902 (Age 26) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered |
Birth of a son #4 | 1903 (Age 27)
son -
Nicholas Hohenzollern
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Australian History | 1903 (Age 27) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister |
Australian History | 1904 (Age 28) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
Marriage of a sister | Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - View family 1905 (Age 29) Tegernsee, Bavaria
brother-in-law -
Cyril Vladimirovitch Romanov Grand Duke
younger sister -
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Australian History | 1906 (Age 30) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
Australian History | 1908 (Age 32) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
Birth of a daughter #5 | 1909 (Age 33)
daughter -
Ileana Hohenzollern
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Australian History | 1909 (Age 33) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
Australian History | 1910 (Age 34) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
Australian History | 1911 (Age 35) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed. |
Australian History | 1912 (Age 36) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra |
Birth of a daughter #6 | 1913 (Age 37)
daughter -
Mircea Hohenzollern
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Australian History | 1913 (Age 37) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
Australian History | 1913 (Age 37) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
Australian History | 1914 (Age 38) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's. |
Australian History | 1915 (Age 39) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister |
Death of a daughter | 2 November 1916 (Age 41)
daughter -
Mircea Hohenzollern
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Australian History | 1916 (Age 40) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected |
Australian History | 1917 (Age 41) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks. |
Marriage of a son | Carol II Hohenzollern King Of Romania - View family 31 August 1918 (Age 42) Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine
daughter-in-law -
Joana Maria Valentina Lambrino
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Australian History | 1918 (Age 42) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth. |
Australian History | 1919 (Age 43) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea. |
Death of a mother | 25 October 1920 (Age 44) Zurich, Switzerland
mother -
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
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Australian History | 1920 (Age 44) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
Marriage of a daughter | Princess Elizabeth Hohenzollern Of Romania - View family 27 February 1921 (Age 45) Bucharest, Romania
son-in-law -
George II Oldenburg King Of Greece
daughter -
Princess Elizabeth Hohenzollern Of Romania
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Marriage of a son | Carol II Hohenzollern King Of Romania - View family 10 March 1921 (Age 45) Athens, Greece
daughter-in-law -
Princess Helen … Of Greece
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Birth of a grandson #1 | 25 October 1921 (Age 45) Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania
grandson -
Michael Hohenzollern King Of Romania
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Australian History | 1921 (Age 45) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
Australian History | 1922 (Age 46) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
Birth of a grandson #2 | 6 September 1923 (Age 47) Belgrade, Serbia
grandson -
King Peterii … Of Yugoslavia
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Australian History | 1923 (Age 47) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
Australian History | 1926 (Age 50) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
Death of a husband | 20 July 1927 (Age 51) Sinaia, Romania |
Australian History | 1927 (Age 51) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
Australian History | 1928 (Age 52) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built. |
Australian History | 1929 (Age 53) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
Australian History | 1930 (Age 54) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
Australian History | 1931 (Age 55) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
Australian History | 1932 (Age 56) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
Australian History | 1933 (Age 57) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
Death of a sister | 1936 (Age 60)
younger sister -
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Australian History | 1936 (Age 60) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
Australian History | 1937 (Age 61) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
Australian History | 1938 (Age 62) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
Death | 10 July 1938 (Age 62) Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
Birth 6 August 1844 24 25 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Death 30 July 1900 (Age 55) Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Bavaria, Germany Loading...
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9 years mother |
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
Birth 17 October 1853 35 29 St. Petersburg, Russia Death 25 October 1920 (Age 67) Zurich, Switzerland Loading...
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Marriage: 23 January 1874 — Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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-1 months #1 elder brother |
Alfred … Prince
Birth 1874 29 20 Death 1899 (Age 25) Loading...
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22 months #2 herself |
Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
Birth 29 October 1875 31 22 Eastwell Park, Kent, England Death 10 July 1938 (Age 62) Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania Loading...
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2 months #3 younger sister |
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Birth 1876 31 22 Malta Death 1936 (Age 60) Loading...
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2 years #4 younger sister |
Princess Alexandra …
Birth 1878 33 24 Death 1942 (Age 64) Loading...
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6 years #5 younger sister |
Beatrice … Princess
Birth 1884 39 30 Death 1966 (Age 82) Loading...
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Family with King Of Romania Ferdinand I Hohenzollern Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - View family |
husband |
King Of Romania Ferdinand I Hohenzollern Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Birth 24 August 1865 Sigmaringen, Germany Death 20 July 1927 (Age 61) Sinaia, Romania Loading...
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10 years herself |
Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
Birth 29 October 1875 31 22 Eastwell Park, Kent, England Death 10 July 1938 (Age 62) Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania Loading...
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Marriage: 10 January 1893 — Sigmaringen, Germany |
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9 months #1 son |
Carol II Hohenzollern King Of Romania
Birth 15 October 1893 28 17 Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania Death 4 April 1953 (Age 59) Villa Mar Y Sol, Estoril, Portugal Loading...
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1 year #2 daughter |
Princess Elizabeth Hohenzollern Of Romania
Birth 12 October 1894 29 18 Pelesch, Romania Death 14 November 1956 (Age 62) Cannes, France Loading...
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5 years #3 daughter |
Marie Hohenzollern
Birth 1900 34 24 Death 1961 (Age 61) Loading...
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3 years #4 son |
Nicholas Hohenzollern
Birth 1903 37 27 Death 1978 (Age 75) Loading...
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6 years #5 daughter |
Ileana Hohenzollern
Birth 1909 43 33 Death yes Loading...
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4 years #6 daughter |
Mircea Hohenzollern
Birth 1913 47 37 Death 2 November 1916 (Age 3) Loading...
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