# Marie Marie Alexandra Victoria (1875-1938), an English noblewoman who became queen of Romania through her marriage to Prince Ferdinand, afterwards king of Romania. She took a great interest in the development of her adoptive country. Red Cross and charity organizations were formed at her initiative and, as a Red Cross nurse during the World War, she looked after the wounded in hospitals and ambulances up to the firing line. Queen Marie devoted much of her time to writing and while traveling wrote extensively for the American and other press.