Zizi Lambrino
Zizi Lambrino | |
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Born | Roman, Romania | 3 October 1898
Died | 11 March 1953 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | (aged 54)
Spouse | Carol II of Romania (m. 1918; ann. 1919) |
Children | Carol Lambrino |
Joanna Marie Valentina "Zizi" Lambrino (3 October 1898 – 11 March 1953) was the first wife of the later King Carol II of Romania. They had one son, Carol, born in 1920, in Bucharest.
Life
Born in the former Byzantine,
Some say their union was opposed by his parents, but Carol "smuggled" her across the former
Carol and Zizi Lambrino had one son, Mircea Gregor Carol Lambrino (8 August 1920 – 27 January 2006). Carol and the Romanian government continued to pay Lambrino's maintenance and that of her son in their French exile.[4]
Zizi Lambrino died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, France, on 11 March 1953.[3] Her former husband, the now ex-King Carol II, died in exile in Estoril, Portugal, shortly after on 4 April 1953.
Archives
Zizi Lambrino's personal papers (including diaries, correspondence and photographs related to her marriage to Carol II of Romania) are preserved in the "Jeanne Marie Valentine Lambrino Papers" collection in the Hoover Institution Archives (Stanford, California, US).[4]
Descendants
Her son, Mircea Gregor Carol Lambrino, was named in memory of
In response to a suit by her grandson Paul, a Romanian Court determined in 1996 that her marriage was legal. This places a shadow over the status of Carol II's son, the de facto King of Romania
ChivalricOrders.org sees this shadow as very slight: "The legality of the annulment of the marriage was not only unchallenged at the time, but significantly, after eventually becoming King, Carol II did not attempt to undo this act nor declare his son Mircea legitimate. Neither did he ever name Mircea as his heir..."; further, "the annulment" although contested by Carol at the time was "... eventually acknowledged by Carol II himself who remarried twice." [5] [6]
Notes
- ^ Easterman, 1942, 33.
- ^ Easterman, 1942, 33–34.
- ^ Easterman, 1942, 34.
- ^ Easterman, 1942, 34–35.
- ^ ChivalricOrders.org for the name of her son. [citation needed]
- ^ ChivalricOrders.org.
- ^ Simpson, p. A-4. This is citation only for the date of the court decision.
References
- Easterman, A.L., King Carol, Hitler and Lupescu. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1942.
- "Prince Paul of Romania" on ChivalricOrders.org. The quotation marks are part of the title; on their page Fantasy Royalty: Usurpers, Imposters, Illegal Claims they describe him as an "illegal claimant". Accessed 29 November 2005.
- Simpson, Daniel (19 June 2002). "Bucharest Journal". New York Times. pp. A-4.
- Marlene A. Eilers, "Queen Victoria's Descendants". Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987
Notes
- ^ (in Romanian) "Curierul National article on Rangabe-Lambrino family", Curierul National newspaper, 13 February 2003
- ^ (in Romanian) "Epoca front page article - Letter of HRH Crown Prince Carol of Romania to his wife, Ioana Lambrino", Epoca daily newspaper, 17 January 1920 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Charles Kidd, Christine Shaw, eds., Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage (2008), p. 98
- ^ "Jeanne Marie Valentine Lambrino Papers". Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Retrieved 1 October 2021.