Elena Cuza , also known under her semiofficial title Elena Doamna, was a Moldavianborn 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 highranking boyar of the Rosetti family, she was also closely related to the Sturdzas and other families of boyars. Born in Iai, 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 CatargiuObrenovi.
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