Princess Elena of Romania

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Romanian Royal Family House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

HM The King HM The Queen HRH The Crown Princess* HRH Prince Radu* HRH Princess Elena HRH Princess Irina HRH Princess Sophie HRH Princess Maria *titled accordingly in new family rules

Styles of Princess Elena of Romania
Reference style	Her Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Royal Highness
Alternative style	Ma'am

Princess Elena (Helen) (born 15 November 1950) is a daughter of Michael I (Mihai), King of Romania.

She was born in Lausanne, Switzerland and on 20 July 1983 she married Dr. Leslie Robin Medforth-Mills (8 December 1942 – 2 February 2002) in a civil ceremony at Durham and later in a Greek Orthodox church in Lausanne on 24 September of that year. The couple had two children:

• Nicholas Michael de Roumanie Medforth-Mills (b. 1 April 1985)
• Elisabetta Karina de Roumanie Medforth-Mills (b. 4 January 1989)

They were divorced on 28 November 1991^[1].

Elena was remarried on 14 August 1998 at Peterlee to Alexander Philips Nixon McAteer (b. 22 October 1964). She is second in the line of succession to the leadership of the Romanian Royal Family, followed by her son, and, as a descendant of Queen Victoria, she and her children are in the line of succession to the British Throne.

Contents 1 Ancestors 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Ancestors

Michael's ancestors in three generations

Princess Elena of Romania	Father: Michael I of Romania	Paternal Grandfather: Carol II of Romania	Paternal Great-grandfather: Ferdinand I of Romania
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Marie of Edinburgh
		Paternal Grandmother: Elena of Greece and Denmark	Paternal Great-grandfather: Constantine I of Greece
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Sophia of Prussia
	Mother: Queen Anne of Romania	Maternal Grandfather: Prince René of Bourbon-Parma	Maternal Great-grandfather: Robert I, Duke of Parma
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal
		Maternal Grandmother: Princess Margaret of Denmark	Maternal Great-grandfather: Prince Valdemar of Denmark
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Princess Marie of Orléans

[edit] See also

• Line of succession to the Romanian throne

[edit] References

1. ^ Blood Royal - From the time of Alexander the Great to Queen Elizabeth II, by Charles Mosley, published for Ruvigny Ltd, London, 2002 (page 288) (ISBN 0-9524229-9-9)

[edit] External links

• The official website of The Romanian Royal Family

Princess Elena of Romania House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Cadet branch of the House of Hohenzollern Born: 26 March 1949
Romanian royalty
Preceded by Crown Princess Margarita of Romania	Line of succession to the Romanian throne 2nd position	Succeeded by Nicholas Michael de Roumanie Medforth-Mills
	Line of succession to the British throne 85th position