Maria text biography

Aurora Novakova Life of Queen Maria of Teksky still attracts the attention of our contemporaries. So, in the cult of the British series “Downton Abbey”, launched in the year, it appears as a secondary, but undoubtedly colorful character. What was unusual in this queen, whose life two world wars fell? Portrait of Maria of the text brush of William Samuel Children's years, the future queen was born on May 26 of the year in a modest Kensington palace.

Despite the kinship with the kings, the family led a modest way of life. Shortly before the ladies of the princess, her parents were so mired in debt that they were forced to live with relatives in Italy for the purpose of saving for a year. Maria of text was not able to get a versatile education, but she possessed high intelligence and good memory. The royal life when the princess turned 24 years old, her engagement with Prince Albert Victor was known as Eddie, the eldest son of King Edward VII, took place.

However, a few weeks before the wedding, the life of the groom took the so -called Russian flu in - years in the world raged pandemia. During mourning, Albert's younger brother, Prince George, Duke of York, became close to Maria and made her an offer in May. On the morning of the wedding day, the Duke of York accidentally saw the bride in the long corridor of the Buckingham Palace and bowed low to her.

The memory of this case she kept all her life, they got married in July of that year. The bride’s dress was decorated with Honiton lace from her mother’s wedding dress and orange with the fresh flowers, and the veil was fixed with diamond pins donated by Queen Victoria. For 11 years, the couple had six children: in the year - Edward, the heir to the throne; B - Albert, who later became King George VI; B - Princess Maria; B - Henry, the first Duke of Glouster; B - Georg, the first Duke of Kent; B - John, who suffered from epilepsy and died of an attack at the age of 13 years.

Although the nanny took care of the children, according to all traditions of the upper class of that time, Maria was a caring mother. She spent a lot of time with her children and taught their stories and music. She not only morally supported her husband, but was also his closest adviser for state affairs. Even before the coronation, she visited Australia and India with him, and these official trips gave her good experience and understanding of the needs of the empire.

When the First World War erupted, at the direction of Mary of the Text in the palace, food was introduced. In addition, the royal couple often visited the wounded military personnel. The royal couple with Canadian soldiers undergoing treatment in Bakinghamshire at the beginning of the year also abandoned connections with her German relatives, founded the needlework guild, where they sewed clothes for the poor, and actively collaborated with a red cross.

In the role of the queen-mother on January 20, Georg V died, and his eldest son Edward ascended the throne.

A year later, he renounced the throne and married American Wallis Simpson. For Mary of the text, the son’s decision to put personal feelings above the debt was a blow, but she had to come to terms with this. She turned to her next son - Berty, who ascended the throne like George VI. Throughout the reign of her son, Queen Maria was very interested in the upbringing of her two granddaughters - Elizabeth and Margaret.

Queen Maria with the Duchess of York and Princess Elizabeth in Balmoral after the death of George VI, she was one of the first to kiss his eldest daughter as a new queen. All this indicates what a reverence Maria Tekskaya experienced for royal power. The passion of the whole life is still in her youth, being in Italy, Maria of the Text became a big fan of art. Although the queen was known for her modesty, she chose inexpensive gifts and saved at home expenses, she never skimped, replenishing her collection with objects that represented historical, cultural and especially family value, recall that she was a great -granddaughter of King George III.

In the year, the collection of Queen Mary replenished the unique puppet house designed by Lutens with all their might tried to fight this stupid thirst for the expansion of the royal collection, and London merchants with antiques often complained that they had not received money from her Majesty for a particular subject. This led to the fact that in society there was a rumor about Kleptomania Maria of Teksky, so before her visit, the owners of the house tried to remove things away, representing historical value.

However, there are no historical confirmation of these rumors that, by the way, are reflected in the series “Abbey Downton”: according to the memoirs of contemporaries, the queen did not even carry handbags with her during visits. With the great -grandson, Prince Charles, despite the inconsistency of the image of Maria of Teksky, it cannot be denied that she abandoned all her strength to maintain the authority of the royal family.

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