Princess Ileana of Romania, also known as Mother Alexandra (23 December 1908 – 21 January 1991), was the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand I of Romania and his consort, Queen Marie of Romania. She was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Emperor Alexander II of Russia, King Ferdinand II and Queen Maria II of Portugal. She was born as Her Royal Highness Princess Ileana of Romania, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Birth and early life Ileana was born in Bucharest on 5 January 1908, the youngest daughter of Queen Marie of Romania and King Ferdinand I of Romania. Although it was rumored that Ileana's true father was her mother's lover, Prince Barbu Ştirbey, the king admitted paternity. Ileana had four older siblings: Carol, Elisabeth – later Queen of Greece, Princess Maria – later Queen of Yugoslavia – and Nicholas. Her younger brother Mircea was also claimed to be the child of Prince Ştirbey even though the king also claimed to be his father. Girl Guiding Before her marriage, Ileana was the organizer and Chief of the Romanian Girl Guide Movement. Later, Princess Ileana was involved in Guiding in Austria and served as president of the Austrian Girl Guides. From 1935 until Girl Guiding and Scouting were banned in 1938 after the Anschluss. Other achievements Ileana was the organizer of the Girl Reserves of the Red Cross, and of the first school of Social Work in Romania. She was an avid sailor: she earned her navigator's papers, and she owned and sailed the "Isprava" for many years. Before King Michael's abdication Marriage In 1919, Ileana and her sisters Elisabeta and Maria accompanied their mother to Paris at the Peace Conference. The sovereign hoped that during her stay there she could find suitable husbands for her two eldest daughters, especially Elisabeta, already aged twenty-five. After a few months in France, the Queen and her daughters decided to return to Romania in early 1920. On the way back, they made a brief stop in Switzerland, where they found the Greek royal family, who lived in exile since the deposition of King Constantine I during the Great War. The king's eldest son, Crown Prince and future King George II of Greece asked for Elisabeta's hand in marriage. The Swiss visit also resulted in the engagement of Ileana's eldest brother Crown Prince Carol to Princess Eleni of Greece. Both couples married a year later.