In his monumental history of the first century of the Baha'i
Era, God Passes By, Shoghi Effendi has referred at some length to the
conversion of Marie, Queen of Rumania, and her services to the Baha'i Faith. In
other works, too, he has strongly emphasized the great importance of these
thrilling events.
Marie was born at Eastwell in Kent, England, on 29th October
1875. Her father Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, was the second son of Queen
Victoria. Her mother, the former Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, was the only
daughter of Czar Alexander II. On 10th January 1893, Marie married Prince
Ferdinand, nephew of King Carol and Queen Carmen Silva of Rumania.
- O.Z. Whitehead
(‘Some Early Baha’is of the West’)
