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TIL about Romanian Princess and socialite Marthe Bibesco. Marthe lived as a travel writer, political exile, and poet—with high-society affairs scattered all over the European map. A muse to kings and poets alike, she is considered Romania's most influential woman of the millennium. (1886 - 1973)

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