MARIE OF ROMANIA: (1875-1938) British Princess who served as the last Queen of Romania (1914-27) as the consort of King Ferdinand I. Bold, dark fountain pen ink signature ('Marie') at the head of an 8vo page removed from an album, dated Athens, March 1921, in her hand. Also signed by Elisabeth of Romania (1894-1956) Romanian Princess, Queen consort of the Hellenes 1922-24 as the wife of King George II of Greece; Princess Maria of Romania (1900-1961) Romanian Princess, Queen consort of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 1922-29 and Queen conosrt of Yugoslavia 1929-34 as the wife of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia; and Prince Nicholas of Romania (1903-1978) Prince Regent of Romania 1927-30. Together with three further 8vo pages removed from an album signed by five other members of the Romanian royal family including Carol II (1893-1953) King of Romania 1930-40; Helen of Greece and Denmark (1896-1982) Queen Mother of Romania 1940-47, former wife of Carol, Crown Prince of Romania from 1921-28; Princess Ileana of Romania (1909-1991) Romanian Princess, daughter of Queen Marie of Romania; Michael I of Romania (1921-2017) King of Romania 1927-30, 1940-47; etc. Two of the pages also bear a few additional signatures to the versos including Elisabeth von Gutmann (1875-1947) Princess consort of Liechtenstein 1929-38, wife of Prince Franz I and Prince Heinrich Hartneid of Liechtenstein (1920-1993) Prince of Liechtenstein, brother of Franz Joseph II, etc. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG, 4

 

Provenance: The present pages were removed from the personal album of Baron Robert Stuker (1863-1940) Swiss historian, interpreter, diplomat and educator, a language specialist who was appointed tutor at the Greek Royal Court under King George I. Stuker was later appointed as Royal Chamberlain, Court Librarian and Personal Secretary to the King. Stuker accompanied members of the Greek Royal family on trips, took on sensitive diplomatic missions and became the King's advisor. Following his service with the Greek Royal family, Pope Pius XI appointed the Reformed Protestant Stuker as master of ceremonies and interpreter at the Vatican in 1924, posts he was to hold until 1935. In later years the album was added to whilst in the custody of Jurg Stuker (1914-1988) Swiss antiquarian bookseller and founder of the Stuker auction house in Bern, stepson of Robert Stuker.