Helen of Greece and Denmark

Greek and Romanian Royal (1896–1982)

Helen of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Ελένη, Eleni; Romanian: Elena; 2 May 1896 – 28 November 1982) was the queen mother of Romania during the reign of her son King Michael I (1940–1947). She was known for her humanitarian works to save Romanian Jews during World War II.[1][2]

Helen of Greece and Denmark
Queen Mother of Romania
Photograph by Bassano, 1934
Born(1896-05-02)2 May 1896
Old Royal Palace, Athens, Greece
Died28 November 1982(1982-11-28) (aged 86)
Lausanne, Switzerland
Burial
Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery, Lausanne, Switzerland (1982)
The New Archbishopric and Royal Cathedral in Curtea de Argeș, Romania (2019)
Spouse
(m. 1921; div. 1928)
IssueMichael I of Romania
HouseGlücksburg
FatherConstantine I of Greece
MotherSophia of Prussia
ReligionEastern Orthodox Church

She was the daughter of King Constantine I of Greece and his wife, Princess Sophia of Prussia. Helen spent her childhood in Greece, the United Kingdom and Germany.

References

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  1. Deletant, Denis, Review of The History of the Holocaust in Romania by Jean Ancel pp. 502–506 from Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Vol. 27, Issue 3, August 2013, p. 505.
  2. Martin Gilbert, The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust (Owl Books, 2003), p. 240. ISBN 0-8050-6261-0.

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