![]() Although it was rumored that Ileana’s true father was her mother’s lover, Prince Barbu Ştirbey, the king admitted paternity. Ileana was born in Bucharest on 5 January 1909, the youngest daughter of Queen Marie of Romania and King Ferdinand I of Romania. Ileana of Romania as a young child Ileana with her work in the Red Cross during the War This is her bio from Wikipedia: Birth and early life Princess Ileana of Roumania as a teen a real beauty in body and soul Princess Ileana of Romania The monastery is still open for pilgrims and serves as a blessing for those who seek refuge from the world into a Christ-centered life. Her worldly name was Princess Ileana of Romania, but her tonsured name was Alexandra, eventually she became known as Mother Alexandra as the igoumena of the Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City, Pa. Although she passed away in 1982, her life still inspires, serving as a testament to the attractiveness of the ascetic life that Orthodox theology encourages. Here’s an unconventional life: A princess, great-grand daughter of Queen Victoria of England and Czar Alexander II of Russia, twice divorced, founder of the European equivalent of the Girls’ Scouts, gives up her pampered princess life to found and direct the first English-language Orthodox monastery in rural Pennsylvania. ![]()
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