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 Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Union of Tranylvania with Romania was ratified in the Treaty of Trianon in 1920.
Romania was granted in October 2004 the much desired 'functional market economy' status by EU officials, and is expected to join the EU in January 2007.
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 Encyclopedia: Carol I of Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Ferdinand of Romania Ferdinand or Ferdinand I (August 24, 1865-July 20, 1927) was the king of Romania from October 10, 1914 until his death Born in Sigmaringen in southwestern Germany, Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen became heir to the throne of his childless uncle, King Carol I of Romania...
King Carol and Queen Elizabeth of Romania Elizabeth of Wied (December 29, 1843 - November 2, 1916) was the Queen Consort of King Carol I of Romania, widely known by her literary name of Carmen Sylva.
The King of Romania was the title of the ruler of the Kingdom of Romania from 1881 until 1947 when Romania was proclaimed a republic.
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 King Carol II
I n Carol's early years, King Carol I took care of his education, preparing him for his duties as heir of the throne.
Carol was sent to the Horaita-Neamt Monastery and later the Court of Ilfov declared the marriage null.
Carol was sent away in a long trip to end the relationship with Ioana Lambrino.
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 Station Information - Carol I of Romania
Carol I (April 20, 1839 - October 10, 1914) was elected prince of Romania in April 1866 following the overthrow of Alexander John Cuza, and proclaimed king on March 26, 1881.
Domestic political life, still dominated by the country's wealthy landowning families organised around the rival Liberal and Conservative parties, was punctuated by two widespread peasant uprisings, in Walachia (the southern half of the country) in April 1888 and in Moldavia (the northern half) in March 1907.
Carol's childlessness left his elder brother Leopold next in line to the throne.
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 King Carol II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
King Carol II, son of King Ferdinand I and of Queen Marie of Romania, Princess of Great Britain, was the first modern monarch to be born in the land in 1893.
Carol’s body and that of his erstwhile mistress (later to become his third wife) Madam Lupescu were brought back from Portugal to be buried in an ancient monastery of the Carpathians, on 14th February 2003.
It is a known fact that Carol’s morganatic marriage to Zizi Lambrino, in 1918, was annulled in 1919, before she gave birth, in 1920, to a male “heir” by the name of Carol Mircea Lambrino.
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 AllRefer.com - Carol II (Romanian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Carol II 1893–1953, king of Romania, son of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie.
On the death (1927) of King Ferdinand, Carol's son Michael became king, but Carol, having divorced Queen Helen in 1928, returned to Romania in 1930, supplanted his son, and had himself proclaimed king de jure since 1927.
Forced to call on Ion Antonescu to form a government (1940), Carol was deposed and fled abroad with Lupescu, whom he finally married in Brazil in 1947.
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 Romania
Ferdinand, king of Romania - Ferdinand, 1865–1927, king of Romania (1914–27), nephew of Carol I. The second son of...
Elizabeth, queen of Romania - Elizabeth, 1843–1916, queen of Romania, consort of King Carol I, whom she married in 1869.
Romania's nitrogen and methanol industries: with one of the largest fertilizer and methanol industries in eastern Europe, Romania has had to adapt to the changing circumstances produced by the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
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 Carol I of Romania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Carol I, original name Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (April 20, 1839 - October 10, 1914) was elected Domnitor (prince) of Romania in April 1866 following the overthrow of Alexander John Cuza, and proclaimed king on March 26, 1881.
He was the first ruler of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty which would rule the country until the proclamation of a republic in 1947.
In October 1880 Leopold renounced his right of succession in favour of his son William, who in turn surrendered his claim eight years later in favour of his younger brother, the future king Ferdinand.
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 Cronologie
Carol I preia conducerea reunita a trupelor romane si ruse.
Romania ca aliat al Austro-Ungarei si Prusiei ar fi trebuit sa intre in razboi alaturi de puterile centrale.
Romania pierde in favoarea Ungariei Transilvania de Nord-Vest, teritoriu locuit in majoritate de romani.
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 Chronology
He was to be known as Carol I. May 10, 1866 - Carol I arrived in Bucharest, the Romanian capital, and swore the oath of office in Parliament.
Romania gave permission to the Russian troops to pass through it’s territory to attack the Turks, resulting in Turkish bombardments of Romanian towns on the Danube.
Romania lost to Hungary the North-Western part of Transylvania, a territory inhabited mainly by Romanians.
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 Michele I, Re di Romania
Nato il 25 ottobre 1921 da Carol II di Romania e da Elena di Grecia, Michele è stato l'ultimo sovrano della Romania.
Il regno di Carol II si protrasse per dieci anni in un clima di sempre maggiore confusione e violenza politica.
Nel 1940 Carol II fu costretto ad abdicare e a partire in esilio dal primo ministro Ion Antonescu che proclamò una sorta di dittatura conservatrice.
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 King Carol I of Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Carol was born in Sigmaringen (south of today's Germany) on April 7/20, 1839, son of Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and his wife Josephine.
Germany was in tense relations with Austria, thus Carol had to travel with a false passport pretending to be a businessman.
Carol name is forever linked with the event and his role was a very important one.
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 King Carol I of Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
DHL Romania Official website of the DHL Worldwide Express offers a brief history of the DHL office in Romania, contact information of all offices across Romania, human resources contact, current sponsorships, and services available.
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Offers details about this institution, a list of faculties available and history facts.
Romania Includes contact for the Embassy of Romania to Canada in Ottawa, and also for the General Consulates of Romania in Montreal and Toronto, and the Honorary Consulate of Romania in Moncton.
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 First World War.com - Who's Who - King Carol I
King Carol I (1839-1914) was Romania's strongly pro-German King when war broke out in August 1914; despite his sympathies to the German Kaiser he was unable to constitutionally bring Romania into the war.
Born on 20 April 1839 in Sigmaringen, King Carol I - actual name Karl Eitel Friedrich - was educated at Dresden and Bonn (as the German Prince Charles of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) and served in the Prussian war of 1864 against Denmark.
Carol was finally crowned king of Romania in the wake of Romania's independence from Ottoman rule in May 1881.
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 Storia della Romania: Tutte le informazioni su Storia della Romania su Encyclopedia.it   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Nel 1938 per prevenire la formazione di un governo che avrebbe incluso ministri della guardia di ferro, re Carol II sciolse il parlamento e istituì una dittatura regale di vita corta.
La Romania entrò nella seconda guerra mondiale a fianco delle Potenze dell'Asse nel giugno 1941, invadendo l'unione sovietica per recuperare la Bessarabia e la Bucovina.
La Romania ebbe pesanti perdite nella lotta contro i tedeschi in Transilvania, Ungheria e Cecoslovacchia.
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 Carol II, re di Romania
Carol II di Romania nacque il 3 ottobre 1893 dal principe Ferdinando e dalla principessa Maria a Sinaia in Romania.
Carol abdicò a favore del figlio diciannovenne Michele e partì in esilio il 7 settembre 1940 non senza condurre con se l'amante e il tesoro della corona insieme con opere di Tiziano, El Greco e di altri artisti di valore inestimabile.
Nel 1944, quando la Romania firmò l'armistizio con gli Alleati, Carol II avviò trattative segrete con i Sovietici sperando di poter salire al trono al posto del figlio Michele.
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 Lupescu, Magda on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Carol renounced (1925) his succession to the throne for her, but after becoming king (1930) he installed her as his official mistress.
Lupescu shared Carol's exile from 1940 and was married (1947) to him in Brazil, becoming Princess Elena.
Death of Carol II of Romania: April 4th.
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 Romania - World War II
Romania suffered three radical dismemberments in the first year of the war that tore away some 100,000 square kilometers of territory and 4 million people.
Carol and his mistress again went into exile, leaving the king's nineteen-year-old son, Michael V (1940-47), to succeed him.
Romania supplied the Nazi war effort with oil, grain, and industrial products, but Germany was reluctant to pay for the deliveries either in goods or gold.
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 Carol I of Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
He was the first ruler of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty which would rule the country the proclamation of a republic in 1947.
Domestic political life still dominated by country's wealthy landowning families organised around the Liberal and Conservative parties was punctuated by widespread peasant uprisings in Walachia (the southern half of the country) April 1888 and in Moldavia (the northern half) in March 1907.
Carol's childlessness left his elder brother Leopold in line to the throne.
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 Carol I of Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Carol I (April 20, 1839 - October 10, 1914) was elected prince of Romania in April 1866 following the overthrowof Alexander John Cuza, and proclaimed king on March 26, 1881.
He was the first ruler of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty which would rulethe country until the proclamation of a republic in 1947.
Domestic political life, still dominated by the country'swealthy landowning families organised around the rival Liberal and Conservative parties, was punctuated by two widespread peasantuprisings, in Walachia (the southern half of the country) in April 1888 and in Moldavia (the northern half) in March 1907.
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 Articles - King of Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The state was previously the Principality of Romania from 1862 when the Ottoman suzerainties of Wallachia and Moldavia were formally united under Alexander John Cuza as Prince of Romania, or Domnitor.
He was deposed in 1866 by the Romanian parliament which then invited a German prince of the Hohenzollern family, Carol (Charles) of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, to become the new Prince of Romania.
Carol had no desire to rule Romania, and was frequently out of the country exploring the rest of Europe with his mistress.
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 Jilava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jilava is a commune near in Ilfov county, Romania, located close to Bucharest, the national capital.
The king Carol I of Romania built a fort here, in order to assure the defensive system of his capital.
After the WWII, Romania was occupied by the Red Army which installed a communist government formed mostly by Comintern agents.
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 Rotary in Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A part of Moldova west of the Prut river east of the Dniester river was until 1940 part of Romania (acquired 1918), but is now an independent republic called the Republic of Moldova, ex Soviet Union region, were the majority of the population is Romanian.
Until after the Crimean war Romanian history was one of feudal princes and rulers, but Romania as a united nation came about in on 17 Jan 1859, when the principalities of Moldavia and Walachia decided to merge into a single Romanian Princedom.
Romania in fact became a state loyal to Germany, being neatly manipulated by Hitler and Stalins henchmen, who between them had already decided the spheres of influence in Eastern Europe.
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 ROMANIA - Official Travel and Tourism Information. History
Romania's post WWII history as a communist-block nation is more widely known, primarily due to the excesses of the former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
Romania enters WWI on the side of the Triple Entente aiming to regain its lost territories (part of Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina).
Germany and Italy force Romania to cede Northern Transylvania to Hungary and Southern Dobrogea to Bulgaria.
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 Romanian Coins - 5 lei 1906   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Obverse: denomination * 5 LEI *, the inscription "CAROL I DOMNUL ROMANIEI" meaning "PRINCE OF ROMANIA" and prince Carol I (with side whiskers) facing left.
The silver and gold coins struck in 1906 were issued to celebrate the fortieth year of reign for king Carol I of Romania.
The forty years of reign of Carol I were also celebrated through a ten value philatelic issue.
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 Romania GREATER ROMANIA TO THE END OF WORLD WAR II, 1920-45 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural ...
In the foreign arena, Romania faced Hungarian, Soviet, and Bulgarian demands for restoration of territories lost under the treaties; Romania geared its interwar network of alliances toward maintaining its territorial integrity.
The Social Democratic Party was Romania's strongest working-class party, but the country's labor movement was weak and Social Democratic candidates never collected enough votes to win the party more than a few seats in parliament.
Communism was unpopular in Romania between the wars, partly because Romanians feared the Soviet Union's threat to reclaim Bessarabia; Moscow even directed Romania's communists to advocate detachment of Romania's newly won territories.
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