The Most Famous
COMPANIONS from Romania
This page contains a list of the greatest Romanian Companions. The pantheon dataset contains 673 Companions, 2 of which were born in Romania. This makes Romania the birth place of the 33rd most number of Companions behind Iraq and Canada.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Romanian Companions of all time. This list of famous Romanian Companions is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Elisabeth of Romania (1894 - 1956)
With an HPI of 61.31, Elisabeth of Romania is the most famous Romanian Companion. Her biography has been translated into 25 different languages on wikipedia.
Elisabeth Charlotte Josephine Alexandra Victoria of Romania (Romanian: Elisabeta, Greek: Ελισάβετ; 12 October 1894 – 14 November 1956) was the second child and eldest daughter of King Ferdinand I and Queen Marie of Romania. She was Queen of Greece from 27 September 1922 until 25 March 1924 as the wife of King George II. Elisabeth was born when her parents were crown prince and crown princess of Romania. She was raised by her great-uncle and great-aunt, King Carol I and Queen Elisabeth. Princess Elisabeth was an introvert and socially isolated. She became crown princess of Greece when she married George in 1921, but she felt no passion for him and underwent the political turmoil in her adopted country after World War I. When her husband succeeded to the Greek throne in 1922, Elisabeth was involved in assisting refugees who arrived to Athens after the disaster of the Greco-Turkish War. The rise of the revolutionary climate, however, affected her health and with great relief she left the Kingdom of Greece with her husband in December 1923. The royal couple then settled in Bucharest, and George was deposed on 25 March 1924, upon the abolition of the Greek monarchy. In Romania, Elisabeth and George's relationship deteriorated, and they divorced in 1935. Very close to her brother Carol II of Romania, the former queen amassed an important fortune, partly due to financial advice given by her lover, the banker Alexandru Scanavi. After the death of her mother in 1938 and the abdication of King Carol II in 1940, Elisabeth took up the role of First Lady of Romania. At the end of World War II, she established close links with the Romanian Communist Party and openly conspired against her nephew, the young King Michael I, earning the nickname of "Red Aunt" of the sovereign. However, her communist links did not prevent her from being expelled from the country when the Romanian People's Republic was proclaimed in 1947. Elisabeth moved to Switzerland and then to Cannes, in southern France. She had a romantic relationship with Marc Favrat, a would-be artist almost thirty years younger, whom she finally adopted just before her death in 1956.
2. Princess Ileana of Romania (1909 - 1991)
With an HPI of 60.10, Princess Ileana of Romania is the 2nd most famous Romanian Companion. Her biography has been translated into 21 different languages.
Princess Ileana of Romania, also known as Mother Alexandra (5 January 1909 – 21 January 1991), was the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand I of Romania and his consort, Queen Marie of Romania. She was a great-granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia, King Ferdinand II, Queen Maria II of Portugal, and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She was born as Her Royal Highness Princess Ileana of Romania, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as companions born between 1894 and 1909. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased companions include Elisabeth of Romania and Princess Ileana of Romania.
