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Why Mama Regina for Queen Maria? This is a picture of the Crowning of Queen Maria and King Ferdinand of Romania. They became King and Queen upon the Death of King Carol I in 1914. Carol I didn't rule over Transylvania as King, but a smaller part of what is now Romania.

But here is the question: Many Romanians called Queen Maria Mama Regina why? And what did they call her husband?
 The Prodigal Tourist said...

What a fabulous photo! Looks like a Peter Sellers movie, doesn't it?

December 8, 2009 at 8:28 AM 
on second look it does doesn't it.

December 8, 2009 at 4:27 PM