#Maria of Yugoslavia

[romanovsonelastdance]

Queen Maria of Yugoslavia, nee Romania.

Mignon is wearing what I believe are Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna's emeralds. They were given to Maria Pavlovna the Younger for a wedding present, who sold them to Alexander of Serbia/Yugoslavia after the revolution, who gave them to Mignon as a wedding gift.

[annebrontesrequiem]

Postcard of Alexander I Karađorđević and Maria of Romania at their wedding, 1922

[zlatnoruno]

Краљица Марија на насловној страни часописа „Жена и свет“ из фебруара 1928.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Princess Maria of Romania, later Queen Maria of Yugoslavia on the wedding day in 1922

Serbian vintage postcard

[royalsofhistory]

Crown Princess Helen of Romania, Princess Ileana of Romania, Princess Maria of Romania and Crown Prince Carol of Romania in 1921, shortly after the princely’s couple arrival in Romania following their wedding.

Source: ANF.

[gregor-samsung]

Lunedì 31 maggio 1993

Cara Mimmy,

sono terribilmente giù di morale. Sono annoiata e depressa. Motivo numero uno: non c'è scuola perché è la festa di Bairam. Numero due: è venuta a mancare anche quel poco di elettricità che riusciamo ad avere con un cavo, quindi addio musica, addio film, addio luce. Siamo nuovamente nelle tenebre, sprofondati nelle tenebre. Papà ascolta delle notizie deprimenti. Numero tre: a partire da giovedì, i bombardamenti sono ripresi in modo selvaggio. PUAH! Ieri i cannoneggiamenti sono continuati in modo incessante dalle quattro del mattino fino alle dieci di sera. Sono cadute dalle tre alle quattro bombe al minuto. Bentornati in cantina! Questa mattina abbiamo saputo che l'UNPROFOR ha contato millecento bombe, però secondo Nedo si tratta solo del 60%, perché l'UNPROFOR riesce a contare solo il 60% delle bombe lanciate. In tutto quindi erano duemila bombe. Cioè tre, quattro al minuto. Ecco perché sono giù di morale. Che tutto stia per ricominciare un'altra volta? Scusami, sono nervosa. Non arrabbiarti con me, mi passerà.

Ti voglio bene, Zlata

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Zlata Filipović, Diario di Zlata. Una bambina racconta Sarajevo (traduzione di Raffaella Cardillo e Maria Teresa Cattaneo), Rizzoli, 1994¹; p. 119.

[Ed.ne or.le: Le journal de Zlata, Fixot et éditions Robert Laffont, S.A., Paris, 1993]

[royal-confessions]

“When I found out that Princess Elizabeth of Romania aka the Queen of Greece flirted with her brother in law King Alexander of Yugoslavia, 😶I lost respect for her! I wonder how Princess Mignon felt about this…or she ever knew about this..” - Text & Image Submitted by abigaaal

[la-belle-histoire]

Princess Maria “Mignon” of Romania (later Queen of Yugoslavia), late 1910s.

[dresden-syndrome]

Political offender classification: Class 2

“Class 2 offense is a societally harmful act which undermines the authority of the East European Socialist Union government and its social and political order.”

“Class 2 offenders are potentially dangerous elements committing stated crimes with a possible deliberate anti-socialist intent.”

Rules: 

Can be applied to minors aged 16 and older

Used for most class 1 offenses during martial law 

Used for class 1 repeat offenders 

May be used for class 3 offenses when the state/region is in a great need of agricultural labor

Mostly used in peacetime

Offenses: 

Non-reporting on class 4 crimes

Contribution to class 3 crimes

Illegal country border crossing to an ally state*

Verbal anti-government propaganda in peacetime 

Personal acts of economical sabotage 

Unapproved foreign (Western) media possession

Showing support to enemy states or regimes 

Unregistered media broadcasting device possession**

Unregistered foreign property possession 

Leaking or disclosure of confidential information 

Penalties: 

Limitations on certain jobs, ranks and positions

Demotion from Party member to Party candidate

Termination from the Party (in more severe cases)

Forced resettlement to remote areas with corrective labor for up to a few years 

Deportation to labor communes for up to 10 years 

Protection status: 

All remaining constitutional rights legally and actually protected (may experience discrimination)

Further restrictions: 

Not allowed to get certain jobs or ranks 

Not allowed to be registered within EESU capital, region capitals and biggest cities (usually from 3 to 20 years after release)

Political literacy courses after resettlement or release from the commune

Life prospects: 

Back to freedom after detention or release from the commune

Back to life in a remote town/settlement after serving penalty 

Job, movement and travel prospects reduced

More often become political crime suspects later in life; may be arrested as class 3-4 while in labor commune or resettlement 

Rehabilitation possibility: 

Rehabilitated with a political criminal record after finishing courses

May be fully rehabilitated with charges dropped and rights restored for labor or political achievements

Party membership can be restored (usually a difficult process) 

Class promotion/demotion possibility: 

Promotion to class 1 for labor achievements and political loyalty 

Demotion to class 3 if aggravating circumstances are found during investigation/detention 

Demotion to class 3 if escaped from the labor commune

Prisoner use methods: 

Cheap unskilled labor within their commune or resettlement place 

Cheap labor in the offender’s skill field within their commune or resettlement place 

May be used as voluntary unofficial informers 

May be used in SSR*** for important projects 

Legal documentation: 

ID card stamped with a political criminal record mark

*Ally states (by 1960): USSR, Yugoslavia, China, North Korea. Yugoslavia is the most common EESU escape route aside from West Germany.

**TVs and radios, including DIY radio stations. Must be analyzed and approved by the government before purchase.

***Strategic Scientific Reserve (Science Division).

Picture: Ştefana Rusu and Ana-Maria Antonescu on the field work in a small labor commune. PUR Romania, 1965.

Art tag: @painful-pooch @prismpanic @generic-whumperz @suspicious-whumping-egg @onlywhump @whumpedydump @whumpthefifth @monarchthefirst @sunshiline-writes @project-xiii

Lore dump tag: @sweet-lost-husbands @whumpingandsmilinglikeanidiot

[furordinaricvs]

On this day exactly 100 years ago King Peter II of Yugoslavia was born, first born son of King Alexander and Princess Maria of Romania.

[tiny-librarian]

Royal Birthdays for today, February 5th:

Sanjō, Emperor of Japan, 976

Philip II, Duke of Savoy, 1438

René of Châlon, Prince of Orange, 1519

Maria Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria, 1737

Mary, Queen of Denmark, 1972

Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Prince of the Sa'id, 1979

Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia/Serbia, 1980

Arthur Chatto, Grandson of Princess Margaret, 1990

Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Crown Prince of Bhutan, 2016

[romanovsonelastdance]

From the New York Times, July 1921

Alexander did not, in fact, marry Princess Sophie but DID marry the other rumored candidate mentioned here, Princess Maria 'Mignon' of Romania. But the paragraph about his alleged desire to marry Tatiana is interesting. Although it calls her the eldest daughter, which of course she was not.

[aristotels]

do you have any online resources for Balkan books? i'm learning croatian so it would be cool to practice reading actual books instead of just balkan twitter

balkandownload.org , knjige.club and iirc libgen has some croatian and serbian things

go crazy :) if u want croatian book reccs too, from our authors id reccommend anything by ivica ivanišević (my fav is "primavera", esp since its very classic dalmatian setting) and renato baretić. baretić's "osmi povjerenik" is a cult book, but since it uses a lot of dialect, and a made up dialect too, it might be too advanced. "hotel grand" is also a fantastic book of his, that one might be easier to get through.

if you want classics, one of my favorite book series is "grička vještica" by marija jurić zagorka (the first croatian female journalist). its 7 books, with plot taking place during maria theresa's rule of hungary, but the speed and the twists are like a modern netflix show. she did the "enemies to lovers" trope back in like the 1910. and she and jane austen are the only people ive ever liked it from. ive read all the books like 5 times, and insisted my sister is named Nera after the main character. if netflix producers read this, they would sign the production papers within 10 seconds of finishing the books. unlike krleža, she wrote in a quite simple style and language (tho there is nothing simple about croatian anywhere i guess).

if you want to read some poetry i recc dobriša cesarić - he is one of the most famous croatian poets, and his poems are simple but with incredible flow. you can also find the texts online without downloading. just google dobriša cesarić pjesme. :) "balada iz predgrađa" is one of his best ones. "voćka poslije kiše" is something every single croat can quote.

grigor vitez was also a wonderful poet but he wrote for children - idk what level youre at, but that might be a good start too! his poems are beautiful. "kad bi drveće hodalo", for example.

on topic of poetry, since this is a communist and antifascist blog, i recc you the main poem of yugoslavia: desanka maksimović's "krvava bajka" about genocide in kragujevac. its short and you can find it on wikipedia.

from recent books which were translated to croatian i rly enjoyed nita prose's "maid" and from this french author "fresh water for flowers" (too tired to remember her name rn). anthony doerrs "the light we cannot see" is a bit reactionary but still a great read. "the cathedral" (cant remember the author rn) also won me over.

if you want to watch a good movie i recc "svećenikova djeca", if you can find the torrent. idt i was able to last time when i wanted to watch it. :/

from bands, if you want to hear some dalmatian music and accents, i reccommend daleka obala, tutti frutti band, dino dvornik ("afrika" and "manijak" are bangers), oliver dragojević (listen to "nadalina" its super cool!), TBF ("genije" plays in my head always) and if u wanna see the traditional split dance just search "splitsko kolo" on youtube :)

i can also just send you my own book if u wanna read that lol (im a published author in croatia, and a class traitor for advocating book piracy here on tumblr i guess) . it does use some dalmatian slang tho.

[lifeintheworldtocome]

been using cloudhiker and found a backstreet boys fan page that hasnt been updated since 1997 run by a 14 year old from yugoslavia named maria. special kind of sadness i think

[postcard-from-the-past]

Princess Maria of Romania, Queen consort of Yugoslavia

Serbian vintage postcard

[humansbuttheyarenations]

Okay, so:

Welcome to the humanised countries AU!

And no, this isn't Hetalia.

It's BETTER, if I do say so myself(lmao).

Basically, it's a mix between Hetalia and Countryhumans, so you get the best and worst of each fandom.

Now, the countries themselves.

This is a list that’s being updated continuously, so all subject to change.

Argentina: Bruno Sanchéz/Alejandra Laurier

Austria: Felix Lothringen

Austria-Hungary: Maximillian Habsburg/Emilia Habsburg-Hohenzollern

Australia: Kyle Windsor/Grace Takahashi

Belarus: Nina Sanchéz-Romanov

Belgium: Christine Baumgartner/Francois Laurier

Bosnia: Amar Petrović

Brazil: Antônio Santos/Francisca Sanchéz

Bulgaria: Aleksandra Berzina

Canada: Jackson Windsor/Emma Sanchéz

Chile: Martina Andersson

Croatia: Nika Sepp

Cuba: Alejandro Sanchéz

Cyprus: Kyrenia Becker

Czechia: Tomáš Novák

Denmark: Kevin Jensen

Estonia: Kiira Järvinen/Mattias Sepp

Finland: Timo Järvinen/Kristiina Windsor

France: Michèle Bérnard-Windsor

German Empire: Michael Hohenzollern

Germany: Walter Becker

Greece: Eleni Bianchi

Hungary: István Almassy

Iceland: Gunnar Andersson

Indonesia: Matius Laurier/Gemi Windsor

Ireland: Kelsey Windsor/Saoirse Kowalski

Israel: Eliana Windsor

Italy: Nicola Bianchi

Jamaica: Marley Windsor/Tashelle Sanchéz

Japan: Sakura Takahashi-Windsor/Kenzō Takahashi

Latvia: Andrejs Berzina

Lithuania: Lina Kazlauskas

Luxembourg: Yvette Rossi

Malaysia: Barzin Windsor

Malta: Giulia Bérnard

Mexico: Sergio Sanchéz/Carmen Lothringen-Sanchéz

Moldova: Valentina Ionescu

Morocco: Faisal Idrissi/Amira Ackerman

Monaco: Christian Rossi

NATO(ik an organisation but hey): Lucas Windsor

Netherlands: Hendrik Laurier

New Zealand: Shane Windsor/Heidi Sanchéz

Norway: Ingrid Matić

Philippines: Angelo Sanchéz/Agila Windsor

Poland: Katarzyna Nagy/Robert Kowalski

Portugal: Maria Windsor

Prussia: Friedrich Hohenzollern

Puerto Rico: Sebastian Sanchéz

Romania: Andrei Ionescu

Russia: Sergei Romanov/Sofia Hassan

Serbia: Marijana Romanov

Singapore: Derrik Windsor

Slovakia: Tatiana Novák

Slovenia: Matej Matić

South Africa: Stoffel Ackerman

Spain: Jorge Sanchéz

Sweden: Stefan Andersson

Switzerland: Julian Baumgartner

TR: Klaus Schmidt

Turkey: Safiye Becker

UK: William Windsor

Ukraine: Daniela Windsor

USA: Alex Windsor/Amelia Windsor-Idrissi

Vietnan: Kieu Sanchéz

Yugoslavia: Bogdan Petrović