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de Afumati, Radu b. 1493 d. January 2, 1529
Prince of Wallachia. Son of Radu the Great. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
Curtea de Arges Monastery, Curtea de Arges, Arges, Romania
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen II., Carol b. October 15, 1893 d. April 4, 1953
King of Romania from 1930 to 1940, son of King Ferdinand I and Queen Mary of Great Britain. His first years as king were successful. He was enormously popular, perhaps more so than his father and grandfather. He made the same mistake as the Spanish Bourbons, however, surrounding himself with a group of people (Camarila) that shouldn't have had any connection with the monarchy.The period between the two World Wars was a progressive era. In 1923 a new, and probably the most democratic...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Curtea de Arges Monastery, Curtea de Arges, Arges, Romania
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen I., Carol Eitel Frederick b. April 20, 1839 d. October 10, 1914
Prince of Romania from 1866 to 1881 and king of Romania from 1881 to 1914.He was the first independent modern king of Romania. Carol grew up in Germany and served in the Prussian army. He became king after the Russians defeated the Ottomans in the Russo-Turkish War and Romania declared its independence. King Carol died in 1914 without leaving a male heir. (Bio by: Jelena)
Curtea de Arges Monastery, Curtea de Arges, Arges, Romania
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Ferdinand Victor Albert Meinrad b. August 25, 1865 d. July 20, 1927
King of Romania from 1914 to 1927. He succeeded his uncle Carol I who died without a male heir in 1914. This could not have been a worse time to inherit the throne as it was the year World War I broke out in Europe. While at first declaring neutrality in World War I, Romania finally joined the Allies in 1916 despite the family relationship to the Germans (Ferdinand's father were Leopold Hohenzollern from the Prussian ruling house and the ruling family of the new German Empire). He was succeeded...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Curtea de Arges Monastery, Curtea de Arges, Arges, Romania
Lupescu, Magda b. 1902 d. June 29, 1977
Romanian Princess-Consort. Also known as Princess Elena. She was the longtime mistress of King Carol II of Romania (1925-1947), before they were married in 1947. In 1925 Lupescu was ordered out of the country and Carol who was heir apparent to throne, left his wife and, renounced the throne and took Lupescu to the French Riviera. In 1927, upon the death of his father, Ferdinand, his son Michael became King of Romania, but after two years of political turmoil in Romania he was asked to return to...[Read More]
Curtea de Arges Monastery, Curtea de Arges, Arges, Romania
Ottillie Louise, Elizabeth Pauline b. December 29, 1843 d. March 3, 1916
Queen of Romania, wife of Carol I, mother of King Ferdinand I. (Bio by: Jelena)
Curtea de Arges Monastery, Curtea de Arges, Arges, Romania
Saxe-Coburg, Marie Alexandra Victoria b. October 29, 1875 d. July 10, 1938
Queen of Romania. She was the daughter of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and the former Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia. Marie was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria and married Ferdinand of Romania in 1893. Marie, who became Queen of the Romanians in 1914, was popular among the Romanian public and served as a nurse during World War I. As requested in Queen Marie's will, after her death, her heart was placed in a gold casket and buried in Balcic, later moved to a grotto by the Bran...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Curtea de Arges Monastery, Curtea de Arges, Arges, Romania
Wallachia, Neagoe Basarab Of d. 1521
Prince of Wallachia. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
Curtea de Arges Monastery, Curtea de Arges, Arges, Romania

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