Helen of Greece and Denmark

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
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(m. 1921; div. 1928)​
IssueMichael I of Romania
HouseGlücksburg
FatherConstantine I of Greece
MotherSophia of Prussia
ReligionEastern Orthodox Church

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]

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

  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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