Elena Cuza
| Elena Cuza | |
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| Princess Elena Cuza | |
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| Born |
17 June 1825 Iaşi, Moldavia |
| Died | 2 April 1909 (aged 83) Piatra Neamț, Romania |
| Burial | Solești, Romania |
| Spouse | Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza |
| Father | Iordache Rosetti |
| Mother | Ecaterina Rosetti (née Sturdza) |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox |
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 Alexander John Cuza.
The daughter of postelnic Iordache Rosetti, a high-ranking boyar of the Rosetti family, she was also closely related to the Sturdzas and other families of boyars. Born in Iaşi, she married Cuza in 1844 — their relationship soured soon after, as Elena was not able to bear a child. However, she later raised as her own children his two sons by his mistress, Elena Maria Catargiu-Obrenović.
She remained, however, very devoted to her husband in their public life, and was responsible for securing his flight from the country in 1848, after Prince Mihail Sturdza began arresting participants in the Moldavian revolutionary movement. They returned after the start of Grigore Alexandru Ghica's rule, but Elena suffered from depression after Cuza began engaging in adulterous affairs and left for Paris, France until 1853. After her return, she became almost completely estranged from her husband, who kept as his mistress Elena Maria Catargiu-Obrenović, the mother of Milan Obrenović (future Prince of Serbia).
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