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[NganLing's Blog] King Ferdinand I Viktor Albert Meinrad od Romania (Sigmaringen, 24 August 1865 - Sinaia, 20 July 1927; married at Sigmaringen on 10 January 1893 Princess Marie of Great Britain and Ireland, Pss of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Eastwell Park, 29 October 1875 - Pelesch Castle, 10 July 1938)

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[The Royal Forums] Ferdinand I of Romania (1865-1927) and Marie of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ...: Following the renunciations of his father and elder brother Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, young Ferdinand became the heir to the throne of his childless uncle, King Carol I of Romania in November 1888. The Romanian government did not require his conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy from Catholicism, allowing him to continue with his born creed, but it was required that his children be raised Orthodox, then the state religion of Romania.

[Romer!can] Begging for Benefit from BraÅŸov's Bran fortress - Romer!can ...: Romanian people have national treasures hijacked by specious claims of high falutin ambulance chasers for ill-deserving outsiders demanding a princely ransom believed totaling around 75,000,000 dollars and most everyone just shrugs it off. At least two people on a blog delve into insane amounts of minutae regarding BraÅŸov’s more than 600 year old history with the Bran fortress, including at least 500 years of history wherein the fortress has been abused by proclaimed royals for the purpose of extracting money, and the awkward case of the son of an Austrian who divorced a nun born from an illicit affair by a woman forced to marry at 17 to the nephew of a guy imported to replace an actual Romanian leader named Alexandru Ioan Cuza.

[The Royal Forums] King George II (1890-1947) and Princess Elisabeth of Romania (1894 ...: During this time he married, on 27 February 1921 in Bucharest, Princess Elisabeth of Romania, daughter of King Ferdinand I of Romania and Princess Marie of Edinburgh. When the Turks defeated Greece at the Battle of Smyrna, the military forced the abdication of Constantine, and George succeeded to the Greek throne on September 27, 1922.

[Uploads from londonconstant] George Peter Healy - Portretul Principelui Carol I (1874) on ...: 27 September] 1914), German prince, waselected Domnitor (Prince) of Romania on April20th, 1866, following the overthrow ofAlexandru Ioan Cuza, and proclaimed king onMarch 26th 1881, with the acquiescence of thePorte and the Turkish Sultan whose armieswere defeated in Roumania's 1877 IndependenceWar with the Ottoman Empire by theRoumanian-Russian army under the command ofPrince Charles I. He was, then, the firstruler of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynastywhich would rule the country until theimposition of a Stalin-directed republic,dictated at gun point in a coup d'etatdevised by Dr.

[Morning fellowship] ROMANIA: Besides, the country is facing financial collapse. On 26 March, Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen becomes Prince of Romania as Carol.

[Diana Mandache's Weblog] Romanian Dynasty Today: Line of Succession « Diana Mandache's Weblog: . A notable proportion of the Romanian population believes that a monarchy would bring the much-needed political stability to their country. However an eventual Referendum on the subject of restoring the monarchical system in the country would most probably be unsuccessful. Even so, in 2006 accordingly to a poll (Irecson) 2/3 from the Romanians believes that The Royal Family should be more involved in the development and democratisation of Romania. Many Romanians consider that the Royal family has close connections with country’s traditions, national identity, and national pride.

[Sapte Seri Bucharest - Places] The National Art Museum - Museums/Art Galleries - Sapte Seri Bucharest: Closely following the king’s instructions, architect N.N. Nenciulescu designs a new south wing of the palace, which has remained virtually unchanged to this day, and which includes several rooms devoted to the display of the royal collection (mostly of the Picture Gallery of King Carol I).

[Answers.com: Spotlight] Romania: Definition from Answers.com: Romanian armed intervention (1919) in Hungary defeated the Communist regime of Béla Kun and helped to put Admiral Horthy into power. Romania's acquisition of Bukovina, Transylvania, part of the Banat (the rest going to Yugoslavia [now in Serbia]), and CriÅŸana-MaramureÅŸ (until then a part of Hungary) was confirmed by the treaties of Saint-Germain (1919) and Trianon (1920), but the USSR did not recognize Romania's seizure of Bessarabia.

[HowStuffWorks.com: History - RSS] HowStuffWorks "Queen Marie": In 1893 Marie married Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who became King Ferdinand of Romania in 1914. She helped get Romania into World War I on the side of the Allies, and served as a Red Cross nurse.

[The Royal Forums] February 2007 Newsletter: Round Royal Birthdays - The Royal Forums: The Younger daughter of HRH Prince Moritz, the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, HRH Moritz and Princess Tatjana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. Thourhg his father, she is also in line to the defunct Monarchy of Finland (Prince Moritz is the hypothetical heir to the throne of Fonalnd).

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