The couple have chosen names for their daughter Maria-Alexandra with both historical background and personal preference. “We love the name Maria. My wife’s name is Alina-Maria and there is Queen Marie,” Nicolae explained the choice of name. “We like Alexandra. My godmother is Sofia Alexandra, our wedding godmother is Alexandra, and Princess Ileana, the daughter of Queen Marie, adopted the name Alexandra as a nun. Moreover, both names fit well together.”
Queen Marie (1875-1938), wife of King Ferdinand, was a granddaughter of the British Queen Victoria, and the grandmother of the last Romanian King Mihai (1921-2017), in turn the great-grandfather of the Saturday-born Maria-Alexandra.
Marie played an important role in Romanian history. After the First World War, for example, she was active at the Paris Peace Conference to ensure that Romania could keep the already occupied Transylvania. Nicolae’s godmother is Princess Sofia, a sister of his mother Princess Elena.
Source: ANP
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