Show IJ WIFE BROUGHT BROUGHT KING FERDINAND 1 FAME i Helene Ferdinands Ferdinand's Onetime one time flame By NEA Service Kung ing Fel Ferdinand inand of Rumania was as best known to the world as the husband of the Rumanian Queen Marie ilarie Whatever fame he enjoyed enjoyed en en- joyed joe was of the reflected variety Qu Queerly erly this mate mate- who gave him prominence was not of his own choosing fhe The alliance was a marriage marriage marriage mar of state forced on Ferdinand Ferdi Ferdl nand hand by his parents and nd the Rumanian Ru Rumanian Ru- Ru manian court Born In 1861 Ferdinand was was wasa a a dashing impetuous crown prince o of ot the newly constituted king kingdom om omin in the early nineties Just as his hisson hisson hisson son Carol years later was to fall fallIn fallin fallin in love with the untitled unfilled Ziti Zizi Lambrino Lam Lam- brino Ferdinand I fell In lov love with Helene daughter oC of all an ancient Rumanian n family H He swore he would marr marry her and wh when he ie e ascended the throne m k her IllS his queen FATHER INTERVENES t nut But his fa father el King Charles Cl Charles In arle i ii as did the did the court Helene Helena while charming charming- and socially socially so socially so- so elect was was' w s' s hardly of ot high enough station to be queen o of Ru Ru- mania I Ferdinand nd was Informed that he must marry Marie l daughter daugh daugh- ter of the German Duke of Saxe of-Saxe- Saxe- Saxe Coburg and Gotha Ferdinand nd defied his f father ther at first J. J fang Iving ing Charles then told him that be might do as as s lie he wished only he he- must first renounce his s right of 0 suc succession If It he expected to become becom kl king ho must marry Merle Marie l rie Years Yeal's Int later r young y Carol enamored enamored enam enam- ol ored d anew of ot a commoner was given the same choice He chose to give up his kingship prospects ts Ferdinand die did not The glitter of the throne was vas too powerful He gave up the thc beautiful Helene Helene- who grown glown fat and dowdy still sun sunU U lives in in Buc Bucharest r married Marie arle V t The wedding ng occurred In 1893 1833 Marie arle was was was' not nol long in dIscoverIng discovering discover dIscover- ing Ins that that Ferdinand cared very vary lit little little little lit lit- tle for her hel tie lie made milde no secret of his his feelings and the birth of their theil first child failed to soften his attitude But Marie Marte who later was to becam be lie cam called d Europe's most beautiful queen was at that time Europe's most beautiful princess and sit sitting sitting sit sit- i ting tinS idly in a corner of the palace in the role of neglected wife was no part of her plan She began to move about the court to cultivate cultivate cul cul- te and acquaintances and very soon all Bucharest was wagging wa-ging It Its it tongues over ovel Maries Marie's flirtations flirta flirta- Ferdinand then grew gle angry angly and Jealous Perhaps he even came to Joe love Marie when he saw what was happening Tie He argued with her even going so tar far as to threaten divorce divorce but but to to tono no effect The lovely Marie tarle went her hel way surrounded surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded b by 8 s. A A stronger personality than Ferdinand she swayed the court TO THRONE IN 1914 Ferdinand came to the throne in hi 1314 shortly after the outbreak of the World war tsar The Tho Balkans then had two kings named Ferdinand Ferdinand- Ferdinand of Rumania and Ferdinand Ferdinand Ferdi Ferdi- nand of Bulgaria One Ferdinand Ferdinand- of Bulgaria elected Bulgaria elected to tight fight on the side of or the central powers The other led ed by Marie over vel the strong objections of his c court urt and close advisers drew his hrs country in on the side of ot the allies I for or a time it appeared that he had chosen wrongly He lie and Marie Marie Ma ta rie Ile at one time had to flee Bu Bu- charest But th tHe e tide eventually e turned the allies won the war and Rumania found its territory and population more more- than d doubled bythe bythe by bythe the acquisition of parts palts of Hungary Hungary Hungary Hun Hun- gary and Russia Relations between Ferdinand and Marie Ile failed do to crow JIOW hetter Netter the re renunciation re- re of or his rights by Crown Prince Carol only accentuated them Maries Marie's trip trill to America was taken against Ferdinands Ferdinand's wishes but doubtless by that time he was used seeing his wishes by his royal roal consort At all events his protests were not audible beyond the palace wall walls |