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The daughter of ''[[postelnic]]'' [[Iordache Rosetti]] (a high-ranking [[boyar]] of the [[Rosetti family]]), she was also closely related to the [[Sturdza family|Sturdzas]] and other families of boyars. Born in [[Soleşti, Vaslui|Soleşti]], [[Vaslui County]], she married Cuza in 1844 — their relationship sowered soon after, as Elena was not able to father a child.
She remained, however, very devoted to her husband in their public life, and was responsible for securing his flight from the country in [[`848]], after [[List of rulers of Moldavia|Prince]] [[Mihail Sturdza]] began arresting participants in the [[1848 Moldavian revolution|Moldavian revolutionary movement]]. They returned after the start of [[Grigore Alexandru Ghica]]'s rule, but Elena suffered from [[Clinical depression|depression]] after Cuza bagan engaging in [[Adultery|adulterous]] affairs and left for [[Paris]], [[France]] until [[1853]]. After her return, she became almost completely estranged from her husband, who kept as his [[Mistress (lover)|mistress]] [[Marija Obrenović|Maria Catargi-Obrenović]], the mother of [[Milan Obrenović IV|Milan Obrenović]] (future [[List of Serbian monarchs|Prince]] of [[Serbia]]).
Elena left for Paris and remained there until [[1862]], long after the ''[[ad hoc Divan]]'' had elected Cuza ruler; she had been persuaded to do so by the writer and political figure [[Vasile Alecsandri]], who tried to extinguish the scandal provoked by Cuza's marital neglect. As wife of the head of state, she became noted for her charity work (the builing of the [[Elena Doamna Asylum]] in [[Cotroceni]], [[Bucharest]]) and adopted orphans, including the illegitimate children of her husband; Elena Cuza took over, furnished, and maintained the private residence in [[Ruginoasa]], [[Iaşi County]], and was responsible for the [[Neo-gothic architecture|Neo-gothic style]] of its decorations.
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