Elizabeth of Romania
(Paulina Isabel Otilia Luisa de Wied, called Elizabeth de Weid or Elizabeth of Romania; Meine Ruhe, Prussia, 1843-Bucharest, 1916) Queen of Romania.In addition to his government duties, he devoted himself to literature under the pseudonym Carmen Sylva.She was the daughter of Guillermo Carlos de Wied and María de Nassau.
She studied at the Faculty of Letters in Paris, dedicating herself to the study of classical and modern languages, which provided her with a great culture.She traveled through Europe on numerous occasions and on one of her trips she met by chance her future husband, Carlos de Hohenzollern, prince of Romania: while in Berlin, she rolled down the steps of the Royal Palace one day, finding Carlos nearby, who picked her up at her arms and fell in love with her; they were married on November 15, 1869.From this marriage was born Mary, who died in 1878.
Elizabeth of Romania
In 1881 she ascended to the throne from Romania as queen consort and dedicated herself to promoting teaching and education in Romania: she created numerous schools and provided them with textbooks; She also established schools of music, drawing and painting for young people of all social classes, dedicating herself on occasion to teach at the Normal School.Queen Elizabeth paid special attention to the weaving and embroidery industry and created an institution dedicated to developing these activities.He also created numerous charitable institutions and in the Russo-Turkish War of 1878 he distinguished himself by his dedication to the wounded.
One of his last foundations was a nursing home for the blind, which he financed in part from his own fortune, thus encouraging donations.At the end of his days he retired to Castel-Pelesh, where he surrounded himself with characters from the world of literature and culture in general.She died during German rule and her death was first attributed to suicide, although this theory was later disproved.
She distinguished herself as a writer from a young age, publishing her works in French and German.In 1880 he published a volume of Romanian Poems , with translations of highly inspired and original works of his own production.The following year he published My Leisure , a palace chronicle that included a ballad for each month of the year and a sentence or a sonnet for each day.
In addition to these two works, his poetic production was enormous and among his numerous works include Sapho (1880); Hammerstein (1880); Der Stürme (1881); Rumanische Dichtungen (1881); Die Hexe (1882); Leidens Erdengang (1882); Jehovah (1882); Mein Rhein (1884); Vom Amboss (1890); Leider (1890); Frauenmuth (1890); Heimath (1891); Meer liever (1891) and Handwerkerlieder (1891).
He also wrote the verse drama Meister Manofe (1890) and the tragedy Ana Boleyn .Of his prose work, it is worth highlighting Gebet (1882); Handzeichnungen (1884); Pelesch Marchen ; It's Klopft (1887); Durch die Jahrhunderte (1887) and Defizit (1890).He also published together with Mite Kremnitz the novels Aus zwei Welten (1884); Astra (1886); In der Irre; Novellen (1888); Feldpost; Rache und anderre Novellen (1889) and Roman einer princessin (1890).
His latest works were made without any collaboration and signed under the pseudonym Dito und Idem .Among them we will cite Seelengesprache (1900); Tau (1900); Märchen einer Konigin (1901); Es ist wollbracht (1902) and Unter der Blume (1903).He also translated Los pécheurs d'Islande , by Loti into German, and his own works were translated into French.
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