Sr Alexandra Ileana von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Issarescu
Royalty. Princess Ilena was the daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania. In 1931, she married Archduke Anton of Austria with whom she had 6 children but the marriage ended in divorce in 1954. She then married Stefan Issarescu in Newton, Massachusetts but the marriage ended in divorce in 1965. She became a Romanian Orthodox Nun at the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration and later became the Abbess, taking the name Mother Alexandra. She visited Romania in 1990 and died in 1991 at the age of 81.
Princess Ileana of Romania
"Known as Mother Alexandra after becoming a nun, died at St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio", Mother Christophora, abbess of the Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration, said.
An aunt of former King Michael of Romania, she was 82 years old and had been a nun at the monastery, which is a community of the Orthodox Church in America in Ellwood City in western Pennsylvania, for 22 years.
Mother Alexandra, who founded the convent in 1968 and was its abbess from 1969 to 1980, fractured her hip in a fall there on Jan. 4, entered the hospital that night, suffered a massive heart attack on Jan. 8 and died of heart failure, Mother Christophora said.
She was born Jan. 5, 1909, the youngest of the five children of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania, and was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain.
-New York Times Obituaries
Princess Ileana of Romania, was the youngest of the five children of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania, and was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain. Her eldest brother became King Carol II of Romania and at his behest she was married in her early 20's to Archduke Anton, thus becoming Archduchess of the Austrian Hapsburg dynasty. Leaving Romania she and the Archduke lived in Austria, having six children. She returned to her homeland in 1943 but in 1948 the Archduke's family was first arrested, their property confiscated and then forced to leave by the Communist Government. She went to Switzerland and then to Argentina, eventually coming to the United States to get medical treatment for severe arthritis in 1950. She carried with her a priceless tiara** she had inherited wrapped in her nightgown. She and the Archduke divorced in 1954. She supported herself and her child by giving lectures on such things as her life, Romania and world peace. She later married Dr. Stefan Issarescu, a Massachusetts doctor, a marriage which also ended in divorce. Then with her children grown, she became a nun of the Orthodox Church in the convent of the Protection of the Holy Virgin in Bussy-en-Othe in east-central France. She founded a community of nuns in the Orthodox Church known as the Transfiguration Monastery in Wurtemberg, Lawrence County. "Mother Alexandra" was its abbess from 1969 to 1980. She traveled to Romania in September 1990, her first visit since 1948, to see the graves of her parents. She died January 21, 1991 at the age of 82 in St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Youngstown after suffering a fractured hip and heart attack.
**Nicholas I of Russia had the tiara made for his wife when he became emperor in 1825. Through his granddaughter, her mother's mother, it descended eventually to Ileana. Ileana's mother, Queen Marie, wore it at her coronation in 1922. Marie chose it, also, to wear on state occasions during the visit she made to the US. Her mother had given it to her when she married the Archduke in 1931. Ileana lent it to her Mother to wear at the Jubilee of King George V of England, and she left it in her bank in London because of unsettled conditions at home. After her mother's death Ileana got it away from England just before World War II broke out. It was kept in Austria until 1943, when she smuggled it into Romania, and from there she saved it from the communists when she left in 1948. The Cartier Diamond Tiara was sold back to Cartier shortly after her arrival in the United States to pay for her expenses of relocating her children from Argentina and to re-establish a home for them in Newton, Massachusetts.
-Lawrence County Historical Society
Royalty. Princess Ilena was the daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania. In 1931, she married Archduke Anton of Austria with whom she had 6 children but the marriage ended in divorce in 1954. She then married Stefan Issarescu in Newton, Massachusetts but the marriage ended in divorce in 1965. She became a Romanian Orthodox Nun at the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration and later became the Abbess, taking the name Mother Alexandra. She visited Romania in 1990 and died in 1991 at the age of 81.
Princess Ileana of Romania
"Known as Mother Alexandra after becoming a nun, died at St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio", Mother Christophora, abbess of the Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration, said.
An aunt of former King Michael of Romania, she was 82 years old and had been a nun at the monastery, which is a community of the Orthodox Church in America in Ellwood City in western Pennsylvania, for 22 years.
Mother Alexandra, who founded the convent in 1968 and was its abbess from 1969 to 1980, fractured her hip in a fall there on Jan. 4, entered the hospital that night, suffered a massive heart attack on Jan. 8 and died of heart failure, Mother Christophora said.
She was born Jan. 5, 1909, the youngest of the five children of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania, and was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain.
-New York Times Obituaries
Princess Ileana of Romania, was the youngest of the five children of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania, and was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain. Her eldest brother became King Carol II of Romania and at his behest she was married in her early 20's to Archduke Anton, thus becoming Archduchess of the Austrian Hapsburg dynasty. Leaving Romania she and the Archduke lived in Austria, having six children. She returned to her homeland in 1943 but in 1948 the Archduke's family was first arrested, their property confiscated and then forced to leave by the Communist Government. She went to Switzerland and then to Argentina, eventually coming to the United States to get medical treatment for severe arthritis in 1950. She carried with her a priceless tiara** she had inherited wrapped in her nightgown. She and the Archduke divorced in 1954. She supported herself and her child by giving lectures on such things as her life, Romania and world peace. She later married Dr. Stefan Issarescu, a Massachusetts doctor, a marriage which also ended in divorce. Then with her children grown, she became a nun of the Orthodox Church in the convent of the Protection of the Holy Virgin in Bussy-en-Othe in east-central France. She founded a community of nuns in the Orthodox Church known as the Transfiguration Monastery in Wurtemberg, Lawrence County. "Mother Alexandra" was its abbess from 1969 to 1980. She traveled to Romania in September 1990, her first visit since 1948, to see the graves of her parents. She died January 21, 1991 at the age of 82 in St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Youngstown after suffering a fractured hip and heart attack.
**Nicholas I of Russia had the tiara made for his wife when he became emperor in 1825. Through his granddaughter, her mother's mother, it descended eventually to Ileana. Ileana's mother, Queen Marie, wore it at her coronation in 1922. Marie chose it, also, to wear on state occasions during the visit she made to the US. Her mother had given it to her when she married the Archduke in 1931. Ileana lent it to her Mother to wear at the Jubilee of King George V of England, and she left it in her bank in London because of unsettled conditions at home. After her mother's death Ileana got it away from England just before World War II broke out. It was kept in Austria until 1943, when she smuggled it into Romania, and from there she saved it from the communists when she left in 1948. The Cartier Diamond Tiara was sold back to Cartier shortly after her arrival in the United States to pay for her expenses of relocating her children from Argentina and to re-establish a home for them in Newton, Massachusetts.
-Lawrence County Historical Society
Sr Alexandra Ileana von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Issarescu
Royalty. Princess Ilena was the daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania. In 1931, she married Archduke Anton of Austria with whom she had 6 children but the marriage ended in divorce in 1954. She then married Stefan Issarescu in Newton, Massachusetts but the marriage ended in divorce in 1965. She became a Romanian Orthodox Nun at the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration and later became the Abbess, taking the name Mother Alexandra. She visited Romania in 1990 and died in 1991 at the age of 81.
Princess Ileana of Romania
"Known as Mother Alexandra after becoming a nun, died at St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio", Mother Christophora, abbess of the Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration, said.
An aunt of former King Michael of Romania, she was 82 years old and had been a nun at the monastery, which is a community of the Orthodox Church in America in Ellwood City in western Pennsylvania, for 22 years.
Mother Alexandra, who founded the convent in 1968 and was its abbess from 1969 to 1980, fractured her hip in a fall there on Jan. 4, entered the hospital that night, suffered a massive heart attack on Jan. 8 and died of heart failure, Mother Christophora said.
She was born Jan. 5, 1909, the youngest of the five children of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania, and was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain.
-New York Times Obituaries
Princess Ileana of Romania, was the youngest of the five children of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania, and was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain. Her eldest brother became King Carol II of Romania and at his behest she was married in her early 20's to Archduke Anton, thus becoming Archduchess of the Austrian Hapsburg dynasty. Leaving Romania she and the Archduke lived in Austria, having six children. She returned to her homeland in 1943 but in 1948 the Archduke's family was first arrested, their property confiscated and then forced to leave by the Communist Government. She went to Switzerland and then to Argentina, eventually coming to the United States to get medical treatment for severe arthritis in 1950. She carried with her a priceless tiara** she had inherited wrapped in her nightgown. She and the Archduke divorced in 1954. She supported herself and her child by giving lectures on such things as her life, Romania and world peace. She later married Dr. Stefan Issarescu, a Massachusetts doctor, a marriage which also ended in divorce. Then with her children grown, she became a nun of the Orthodox Church in the convent of the Protection of the Holy Virgin in Bussy-en-Othe in east-central France. She founded a community of nuns in the Orthodox Church known as the Transfiguration Monastery in Wurtemberg, Lawrence County. "Mother Alexandra" was its abbess from 1969 to 1980. She traveled to Romania in September 1990, her first visit since 1948, to see the graves of her parents. She died January 21, 1991 at the age of 82 in St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Youngstown after suffering a fractured hip and heart attack.
**Nicholas I of Russia had the tiara made for his wife when he became emperor in 1825. Through his granddaughter, her mother's mother, it descended eventually to Ileana. Ileana's mother, Queen Marie, wore it at her coronation in 1922. Marie chose it, also, to wear on state occasions during the visit she made to the US. Her mother had given it to her when she married the Archduke in 1931. Ileana lent it to her Mother to wear at the Jubilee of King George V of England, and she left it in her bank in London because of unsettled conditions at home. After her mother's death Ileana got it away from England just before World War II broke out. It was kept in Austria until 1943, when she smuggled it into Romania, and from there she saved it from the communists when she left in 1948. The Cartier Diamond Tiara was sold back to Cartier shortly after her arrival in the United States to pay for her expenses of relocating her children from Argentina and to re-establish a home for them in Newton, Massachusetts.
-Lawrence County Historical Society
Royalty. Princess Ilena was the daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania. In 1931, she married Archduke Anton of Austria with whom she had 6 children but the marriage ended in divorce in 1954. She then married Stefan Issarescu in Newton, Massachusetts but the marriage ended in divorce in 1965. She became a Romanian Orthodox Nun at the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration and later became the Abbess, taking the name Mother Alexandra. She visited Romania in 1990 and died in 1991 at the age of 81.
Princess Ileana of Romania
"Known as Mother Alexandra after becoming a nun, died at St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio", Mother Christophora, abbess of the Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration, said.
An aunt of former King Michael of Romania, she was 82 years old and had been a nun at the monastery, which is a community of the Orthodox Church in America in Ellwood City in western Pennsylvania, for 22 years.
Mother Alexandra, who founded the convent in 1968 and was its abbess from 1969 to 1980, fractured her hip in a fall there on Jan. 4, entered the hospital that night, suffered a massive heart attack on Jan. 8 and died of heart failure, Mother Christophora said.
She was born Jan. 5, 1909, the youngest of the five children of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania, and was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain.
-New York Times Obituaries
Princess Ileana of Romania, was the youngest of the five children of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania, and was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain. Her eldest brother became King Carol II of Romania and at his behest she was married in her early 20's to Archduke Anton, thus becoming Archduchess of the Austrian Hapsburg dynasty. Leaving Romania she and the Archduke lived in Austria, having six children. She returned to her homeland in 1943 but in 1948 the Archduke's family was first arrested, their property confiscated and then forced to leave by the Communist Government. She went to Switzerland and then to Argentina, eventually coming to the United States to get medical treatment for severe arthritis in 1950. She carried with her a priceless tiara** she had inherited wrapped in her nightgown. She and the Archduke divorced in 1954. She supported herself and her child by giving lectures on such things as her life, Romania and world peace. She later married Dr. Stefan Issarescu, a Massachusetts doctor, a marriage which also ended in divorce. Then with her children grown, she became a nun of the Orthodox Church in the convent of the Protection of the Holy Virgin in Bussy-en-Othe in east-central France. She founded a community of nuns in the Orthodox Church known as the Transfiguration Monastery in Wurtemberg, Lawrence County. "Mother Alexandra" was its abbess from 1969 to 1980. She traveled to Romania in September 1990, her first visit since 1948, to see the graves of her parents. She died January 21, 1991 at the age of 82 in St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Youngstown after suffering a fractured hip and heart attack.
**Nicholas I of Russia had the tiara made for his wife when he became emperor in 1825. Through his granddaughter, her mother's mother, it descended eventually to Ileana. Ileana's mother, Queen Marie, wore it at her coronation in 1922. Marie chose it, also, to wear on state occasions during the visit she made to the US. Her mother had given it to her when she married the Archduke in 1931. Ileana lent it to her Mother to wear at the Jubilee of King George V of England, and she left it in her bank in London because of unsettled conditions at home. After her mother's death Ileana got it away from England just before World War II broke out. It was kept in Austria until 1943, when she smuggled it into Romania, and from there she saved it from the communists when she left in 1948. The Cartier Diamond Tiara was sold back to Cartier shortly after her arrival in the United States to pay for her expenses of relocating her children from Argentina and to re-establish a home for them in Newton, Massachusetts.
-Lawrence County Historical Society
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