Elena Cuza | |
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Princess of the United Principalities | |
Tenure | 24 January 1859 – 11 February 1866 |
Born | Iaşi, Moldavia | 17 June 1825
Died | 2 April 1909 Piatra Neamț, Romania | (aged 83)
Burial | |
Spouse | Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza |
House | Cuza (by marriage) |
Father | Iordache Rosetti |
Mother | Ecaterina Sturdza |
Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy |
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Elena Cuza (17 June 1825 – 2 April 1909), also known under her semi-official title Elena Doamna, was a Moldavian, later Romanian noblewoman and philanthropist. She was princess consort of the United Principalities and the wife of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the first Romanian prince.