Death
Prince Mircea died at Buftea on 2 November 1916 of typhoid fever, during a time of war, when enemy troops were approaching Bucharest and many battles were taking place close to the city. The royal family had to quickly bury him on the grounds of Cotroceni Palace, before they went into exile to Jassy, the old capital of Moldavia, the unoccupied part north-eastern Romania. His death certificate was partially burnt. His original tombstone read:
| “ | Here lies the youngest son of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie, born 21 December 1912 and died October 1916, in time of war, while the soldiers of Romania were sacrificing their lives for the centuries’ dream of achieving national unity. For two years he remained the sole guardian of the home of his parents, over which the country’s flag had ceased to fly. Mourn for him, for he shared with us the days of suffering, but the days of rejoicing he did not live to see. | ” |
In 1920, the future Carol II named his child with Zizi Lambrino Mircea Grigore, in memory of Prince Mircea who had died just four years earlier. In 1941, Mircea was reburied, at the request of Princess Ileana, from Cotroceni to the little chapel of Bran Castle, close to the burial place of Marie's heart.
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