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Book Presentation “The Cotroceni Royal Palace”

07 Sunday Jun 2015

Posted by Diana Mandache in Book Reviews, Bucharest, European royal families, Historic Residences, Romanian Royal Family

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Cotroceniul regal

Diana Mandache, “The Cotroceni Royal Palace” (Cotroceniul regal), 216 pp, 213 ill. (Sepia & colour), Curtea Veche Publishing, 2015, hardback, dust jacket, 1st edition, Romanian language.

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The text is structured over five chapters:

  • “Importance” – Cotroceni beyond history; the Cantacuzène legend told to the inter-war visitors
  • “Carol and Elisabeta at the ancient princely residence” (Gatherings, The Royal Family. Princess Maria. The war for independence. Guests at the Coronation in 1881)
  • “A New Palace for Ferdinand and Maria” – Buildings. An Imperial Visit. The first costume balls. Ferdinand’s illness. The Last visit in Romania of Alfred Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Marriage troubles. An artistic refuge. Solemnities at the palace. Wilhelm the Crown Prince of Germany at Cotroceni. King Ferdinand and the new pro-Entente policy. The Crown Council of August 1916. The death of Prince Mircea. The dynasty in danger (WWI). Treaty with the Central Powers. Coming back. A Royal Press Conference. Coronation ceremonies, guests at the palace. Changing interior designs during the interwar period. Cotroceni Palace in Ferdinand’s will.
  • “Souvenirs of Cotroceni” – Alice Martineau, the Queen’s gardener. George Huntington. Philip de Laszlo. Hector Bolitho. Cotroceni notebooks: A Royal betrothal. Dinning at the Palace. Princess Ileana’s birthdays. Funerals of King Ferdinand. News from England: the death of King George V, King Edward VIII’s abdication. The Romanian Constitution of 1938
  • “At the Crossroads” – King Carol II. The Last years of Queen Marie. The Crown Council of September 1939. The Palace during the reign of King Michael. Decisions of the communist regime. Postscriptum

       Sources of documents and photographs. Notes

The book is based on newly unearthed sources that bring to light the history of one of the most important royal palaces in Romania and eastern Europe. A modern palace was first built for the princely couple 120 years ago in Bucharest on the place of a medieval residence that belonged to the Princes of Walachia, later Romania. King Carol I lived initially in this princely residence of Bucharest just during the summers or temporarily. Between 1893-1895 a new palace was built by the French architect Paul Gottereau, and in 1913-1915 a new wing was built in the Neo-Romanian style by the architect Grigore Cherchez. The grand rooms of the palace were modified starting with 1900 and also during the 1920s. Cotroceni became famous once King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania made it their official residence. Two catastrophic earthquakes affected the palace, in 1940 and 1977. The palace was restored in the last decade of communism at the orders of dictator Ceausescu. The former royal palace was envisaged by him to becoming a place to host high level foreign guests. Today its royal quarters function as a museum. The text is accompanied by previously unpublished photographs from archives and private collections.

Alfred Duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ferdinand of Romania, King Carol I of Romania, Emperor Franz Joseph, Marie of Romania, Cotroceni, September 1896

Alfred Duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Ferdinand of Romania, King Carol I of Romania, Emperor Franz Joseph, Princess Marie of Romania, Cotroceni, September 1896

Book review by Marlene Eilers Koenig

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Book Launch invitation: “Cotroceniul Regal” (The Cotroceni Royal Palace)

18 Monday May 2015

Posted by Diana Mandache in Book Reviews, Bucharest, Historic Residences, Romanian Royal Family, Royal Books, Weekly Picture

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Your are kindly invited to the book launch of my latest work: “COTROCENIUL REGAL“. Her Royal Highness Princess Maria of Romania will attend the event. Speakers: Mihai Ghyka, Liviu Mihaiu, Diana Mandache

Book signing

Sunday 24 May, 12:45 at Romexpo (Bucharest), Bookfest – Curtea Veche Publishing

Cotroceniul regal

Mihai Ghyka, Diana Mandache ASR Principesa Maria a Romaniei, Liviu Mihaiu, Miruna Meirosu

Mihai Ghyka, Diana Mandache ASR Principesa Maria a Romaniei, Liviu Mihaiu

Mihai Ghyka & Diana Mandache

Valentin Mandache & Mihai Ghyka

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

01 Friday Jun 2012

Posted by Diana Mandache in Book Reviews, Bucharest, Romanian Royal Family

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“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 Continue reading →

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