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The World of
Women
Ladies' Supplement for January
The Illustrated London News, January 17, 1914
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF WIED IN THE BALKAN PENINSULA: QUEEN ELIZABETH OF
ROUMANIA (NÉE PRINCESS
OF
WIED) WITH PRINCESS WILLIAM OF WIED (WHO IS THE CONSORT OF THE NEW RULER
OF ALBANIA) AND HER DAUGHTER, MARIE ELEANORA.
Queen Elizabeth of Roumania, better known by her pseudonym of
Carmen Sylva, is an aunt to Prince William of Wied, who has been chosen by
the Powers to occupy the new throne of Albania. Thus, the princely House
of Wied is to
have a great influence in the Balkan Peninsula. The new ruler's consort
was a Princess of Schönburg-Waldenbourg, and is twenty-eight years of age.
They have two children, the elder of whom, Marie Eleanora, is seen in the
group above. |
