Marie Cantacuzène

Maria Tescanu Rosetti (1879–1968), was a Romanian aristocrat and royal court official.

Life Born in Berești-Tazlău, Bacău County, she was a descendant of some illustrious Moldavian boyar families. Her father Dumitru was descended from the Rosetti family, and from her mother, Alice Rosetti-Tescanus, from the Negri-Jora, and both were well-known intellectuals. Dumitru was a philosopher, sociologist, publicist, translator of Vasile Conta's work into French, and her mother, known to have collected "one of the most valuable libraries of the time" was a pianist connoisseur of universal music and literature.

She spent her childhood and adolescence in Tescani and was schooled at home by governesses, who helped Maria acquire "a vast culture through reading, correspondence and travel."

She died in Geneva at age 89 in 1968, and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, next to the remains of her second husband George Enescu.

Work Maria published her memoirs, written in French (Ombres et lumières. Souvenirs d´une Princesse Moldave/ Shadows and lights. Memories of a Moldavian princess), where she described the evolution of Romanian society from 1850 to 1953.