Constantly present in Romania for the last 20 years, King Charles III bought several estates here, established a foundation in our country and became a true ambassador of Romania to the world.

Why did he choose Romania? King Charles says: “I love Romania! And I think you’ve forgotten that I have a great-great-great-grandmother from Transylvania, so I have every reason.”

Who is the great-great-grandmother from Romania

Claudia Rady is an ancestor of the Royal House of Windsor, meaning Hanover, a British house that changed its name from Hanover to Windsor in 1914 when England entered World War I against Germany.

The progenitor of the royal family of Great Britain was born in 1812 in Sangeorgio de Pedure. In 1835, she married Alexander of Württemberg, becoming the Countess of Hohenstein. They had three children: Claudine Henriette, Franz Alexander and Amalia Josephine.

Her son Franz (Franz Paul Karl Ludwig Alexander Herzog von Teck) married Princess Maria Adelaide, the great-great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II, reports Agerpres.

Claudia Redi’s granddaughter from this marriage, Mary Princess von Teck, married George V, granddaughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and grandfather of Elizabeth II, who in 1910 became King of England. Their son, known as George VI, Crown Prince, married Princess Marina of Greece (Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, who lived from 1900 to 2002), with whom they had a daughter, Elizabeth II, the current Queen of England.

Claudia Redi died at the age of 29 after an accident in the town of Pettau, in present-day Slovenia, during a trip to visit her husband Alexander Pol, Prince of Württemberg, who was in Graz at the time. At that time, she was pregnant with her fourth child.

The carriage in which Claudia and three children – Claudine Henriette, Franz Alexander and Amalia Josephine – were, overturned, and despite her injuries, she continued her journey on horseback, which became fatal for her. Alexander’s pain was so great that he kept his heart in a bottle which he kept with him, and led the horses that accompanied the funeral procession to Sangeorge de Pedure.

Claudia Redi has a museum dedicated to her in the five rooms of the Redi Castle in San Giorgio de Pedure, an 18th-century historic site.

The residence of the noble Redey family was built in the 18th century on the site of another castle, it was reconstructed in 1759 and 1809, when it took on its present form, and locals claim that it was connected by a footbridge to the church. built in -mriya almost 700 years ago.

The link between Redy Castle and the nearby Reformed Church continues even today, but only spiritually, in the sense that several members of the Redy family are buried in the crypt beneath its floor, including Claudine, known as Countess Claudia . ready

The Redi family crypt, which houses Claudia Redi, who died in 1841, was completely rebuilt in 1614 due to the plague and reopened only to bury the countess – thus respecting her last wishes. The crypt was closed again for nearly 100 years until 1935, when extensive renovations were carried out inside the church.

Claudia Ready is buried facing the church pulpit, her body identified by a necklace she received from her godparents.

Above the grave, hidden under the floor of the church, there are two memorial plaques of black marble: the first plaque was presented to the church in 1905 by Mary Victoria, Princess of Wales, and the second also by her, but in 1935, when she was already Queen of England.