Portrait Miniature: King Carol I of Romania

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Familia regala, King Carol I, Romanian Royal Family, Royal jewels

This portrait miniature by Johannes Zehngraf was auctioned at Christie’s in November 2012.

King Carol I of Romania, in black coat with gold collar and epaulettes, wearing numerous orders and medals including the chain of the Order of the House of Hohenzollern, the breast-stars of the Order of the Crown of Romania and the Star of Romania, the jewel of the Royal Prussian Order Pour le Mérite. Signed ‘Zehngraf’ (lower left), on ivory oval, 2¼ in. (58 mm.) high, rectangular gold-bordered nephrite easel-stand frame set with enamel flowerheads. It was estimated between 2,000 – 3,000 GBP and sold for 11,875 GBP ($19,000).

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I have a new, professional website

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European royal families, Familia regala, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, istoria regalitatii, King Michael of Romania, Noblesse et Royautés, Queen Marie of Romania, Romanian Royal Family

Dear  readers,

I have a new website address at http://dianamandache.com/ The theme design of my new website is much more propitious for my writing, aims and purposes.

For those of you who have subscribed to my old site royalromania.wordpress.com, you should consider subscribing to this new one. All my old articles and images are also contained within the new site, so you should not have any problems in accessing them there.

Best regards,

Diana

1922 Coronation Souvenirs

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Familia regala, King Ferdinand, Queen Marie of Romania, Regele Ferdinand, Romanian Coronation, Romanian Royal Family

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I would like to share with you, dear readers, a few wonderful examples of souvenirs, which I found in the archives, produced for the occasion of the Romanian Coronation in 1922, dedicated to King Ferdinand and Queen Marie.

Bucharest: First Scenes since the Declaration of War by King Ferdinand

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Bucharest, Familia regala, First World War, Great War, istoria regalitatii, King Ferdinand of Romania, Queen Marie of Romania, Romanian Royal Family, World War One, WWI

After the Declaration of War – the departure of a Romanian regiment for the front. The Crown Prince Carol of Romania (right, second) watches the men of a regiment of infantry proceeding on active service as they march through the streets on their way to the front.

Speaking in a Romanian broadsheet about my latest book ‘Fatherland and Destiny’

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Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, Diana Mandache, Familia regala, Romanian Royal Family

My interview, headline, in one of the main Romanian newspapers about my recently published first biography of the Crown Princess Margarita of Romania.

‘Evenimentul zilei’ 5 Aug 2012 

Marie of Edinburgh acquiring the Romanian identity

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British Royal Family, Diana Mandache, Familia regala, istoria regalitatii, Princess Marie of Edinburgh, Queen Marie of Romania, Regina Maria, Romanian Royal Family

Marie of Edinburgh in her first Romanian peasant costume (Diana Mandache Collection)

Princess Marie in her first Romanian peasant costume (from the Arges ethnographic region) given to her by King Carol as a wedding gift. Romanian peasant dress was introduced for court festivities and ceremonies by Queen Elizabeth. The peasants were identified in the national ideology as the quintessential Romanians and many among the Romanian elite started in that period to follow the court’s example and express their national identity by wearing peasant attire when participating at national events and other festivities. Princess Marie from the very beginning wrote to her mother: «The other day there was a charity ball here, and everybody came in Romanian costumes, it looked so pretty».

[see D.M, 'Marie of Romania. Images of a Queen', RRB, 2007, p.16]

Interview about my book with Régine Salens

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Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, Diana Mandache, Familia regala, King Michael of Romania, Principesa Margareta, Romanian Royal Family, South-East European Monarchs

Interview given to Régine Salens from the prestigious blog  ’Noblesse & Royautés’

New Photographic Exhibition by HRH The Princess Sophie of Romania

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Familia regala, Princess Sophie of Romania, Romanian Royal Family

Her Royal Highness The Princess Sophie showed her photography works for the first time during the “Rencontres Culturelles” exhibitions at the Château de Tronjoly in Western France during the summer of 2011. At the end of the 2 weeks, the public was invited to vote for their favourite pieces of art and Her Royal Highness won the Public’s Favourite Works prize in the category of photography.

Mementos from my book launch “Fatherland and Destiny. The Crown Princess of Romania”

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"Patrie & Destin" by Diana Mandache, Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, Diana Mandache, Familia regala, King Michael of Romania, Romanian Royal Family, South-East European Monarchs

“Patrie şi Destin. Principesa Moştenitoare a României” by Diana Mandache, Bucharest, Litera publishing, 2012; hardback, 288 pages + 32 pages with 92 photos (colour & black-white). ISBN 9786066005876

HRH Crown Princess Margarita of Romania & the author giving autographs to the public, 31 May 2012, Bucharest, Bookfest